What is the drinking age in Guyana?
16–17
Minimum age to buy alcohol: 16.
Guyana is one of 21 countries classified “16–17” for the drinking age — 11% of the 192 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Legal drinking age
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Trinidad and Tobago
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Grenada
- 16–17 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 16.
- Venezuela
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Barbados
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 16–17 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 16.
- Saint Lucia
- 16–17 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 16.
Other laws in Guyana
- Cannabis
- Illegal
- E-Cigarettes
- Legal / lightly regulated
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