What is the drinking age in Lesotho?
18–20
Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Lesotho is one of 135 countries classified “18–20” for the drinking age — 70% 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
- South Africa
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Eswatini
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Botswana
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Zimbabwe
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Namibia
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Mozambique
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Other laws in Lesotho
- Cannabis
- Illegal
- Smoking Age
- Under 18
- E-Cigarettes
- Legal / lightly regulated
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