What is the drinking age in Vanuatu?
18–20
Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Vanuatu 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
- Solomon Islands
- 21+ Minimum age to buy alcohol: 21.
- Fiji
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Nauru
- 21+ Minimum age to buy alcohol: 21.
- Tonga
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
- Samoa
- 21+ Minimum age to buy alcohol: 21.
- Papua New Guinea
- 18–20 Minimum age to buy alcohol: 18.
Other laws in Vanuatu
- Cannabis
- Legal (Medical)
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