What is the drinking age in Nepal?
18–20
Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Nepal 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
- India
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Bhutan
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Bangladesh
- 21+ Minimum age to buy alcohol: 21.
- Pakistan
- Alcohol prohibited
- Myanmar
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Tajikistan
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Other laws in Nepal
- Cannabis
- Illegal
- Psilocybin Mushrooms
- Legal
- E-Cigarettes
- Legal / lightly regulated
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