Minimum age for admission to work

Country	Country iso alpha 3 code	Region	Minimum age for admission to work
Afghanistan	AFG	Asia and the Pacific	14 - 18
Angola	AGO	Africa	16
Albania	ALB	Europe and Central Asia	16
United Arab Emirates	ARE	Arab States	15
Argentina	ARG	Americas	16
Armenia	ARM	Europe and Central Asia	16
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Americas	14
Australia	AUS	Asia and the Pacific	15
Austria	AUT	Europe and Central Asia	15
Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe and Central Asia	15
Burundi	BDI	Africa	16
Belgium	BEL	Europe and Central Asia	15
Benin	BEN	Africa	14
Burkina Faso	BFA	Africa	16
Bangladesh	BGD	Asia and the Pacific	14
Bulgaria	BGR	Europe and Central Asia	16
Bahrain	BHR	Arab States	15
Bahamas	BHS	Americas	14
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	Europe and Central Asia	15
Belarus	BLR	Europe and Central Asia	16
Belize	BLZ	Americas	14
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	BOL	Americas	14
Brazil	BRA	Americas	16
Barbados	BRB	Americas	16
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	Asia and the Pacific	16
Botswana	BWA	Africa	15
Central African Republic	CAF	Africa	14
Canada	CAN	Americas	16
Switzerland	CHE	Europe and Central Asia	15
Chile	CHL	Americas	15
China	CHN	Asia and the Pacific	16
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	Africa	16
Cameroon	CMR	Africa	14
Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD	Africa	16
Congo	COG	Africa	16
Cook Islands	COK	Asia and the Pacific	13
Colombia	COL	Americas	15
Comoros	COM	Africa	15
Cabo Verde	CPV	Africa	15
Costa Rica	CRI	Americas	15
Cuba	CUB	Americas	17
Cyprus	CYP	Europe and Central Asia	15
Czech Republic	CZE	Europe and Central Asia	15
Germany	DEU	Europe and Central Asia	15
Djibouti	DJI	Africa	16
Dominica	DMA	Americas	15
Denmark	DNK	Europe and Central Asia	15
Dominican Republic	DOM	Americas	14
Algeria	DZA	Africa	16
Ecuador	ECU	Americas	15
Egypt	EGY	Africa	15
Eritrea	ERI	Africa	14
Spain	ESP	Europe and Central Asia	16
Estonia	EST	Europe and Central Asia	15
Ethiopia	ETH	Africa	15
Finland	FIN	Europe and Central Asia	15
Fiji	FJI	Asia and the Pacific	15
France	FRA	Europe and Central Asia	16
Gabon	GAB	Africa	16
United Kingdom	GBR	Europe and Central Asia	16
Georgia	GEO	Europe and Central Asia	16
Ghana	GHA	Africa	15
Guinea	GIN	Africa	16
Gambia	GMB	Africa	18
Guinea - Bissau	GNB	Africa	16
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	Africa	14 - 18
Greece	GRC	Europe and Central Asia	15
Grenada	GRD	Americas	16
Guatemala	GTM	Americas	15
Guyana	GUY	Americas	15
Honduras	HND	Americas	14
Croatia	HRV	Europe and Central Asia	15
Haiti	HTI	Americas	15
Hungary	HUN	Europe and Central Asia	16
Indonesia	IDN	Asia and the Pacific	15
India	IND	Asia and the Pacific	14
Ireland	IRL	Europe and Central Asia	16
Iran, Islamic Republic of	IRN	Asia and the Pacific	15
Iraq	IRQ	Arab States	15
Iceland	ISL	Europe and Central Asia	15
Israel	ISR	Europe and Central Asia	15
Italy	ITA	Europe and Central Asia	15
Jamaica	JAM	Americas	15
Jordan	JOR	Arab States	16
Japan	JPN	Asia and the Pacific	15
Kazakhstan	KAZ	Europe and Central Asia	16
Kenya	KEN	Africa	16
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	Europe and Central Asia	16
Cambodia	KHM	Asia and the Pacific	15
Kiribati	KIR	Asia and the Pacific	15
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	Americas	16
Korea, Republic of	KOR	Asia and the Pacific	15
Kuwait	KWT	Arab States	15
Lao People's Democratic Republic	LAO	Asia and the Pacific	14
Lebanon	LBN	Arab States	14
Liberia	LBR	Africa	15
Libya	LBY	Africa	18
Saint Lucia	LCA	Americas	15
Sri Lanka	LKA	Asia and the Pacific	16
Lesotho	LSO	Africa	15
Lithuania	LTU	Europe and Central Asia	16
Luxembourg	LUX	Europe and Central Asia	15
Latvia	LVA	Europe and Central Asia	15
Morocco	MAR	Africa	15
Moldova, Republic of	MDA	Europe and Central Asia	15
Madagascar	MDG	Africa	15
Maldives, Republic of	MDV	Asia and the Pacific	16
Mexico	MEX	Americas	15
Marshall Islands	MHL	Asia and the Pacific	No
North Macedonia	MKD	Europe and Central Asia	15
Mali	MLI	Africa	15
Malta	MLT	Europe and Central Asia	16
Myanmar	MMR	Asia and the Pacific	14
Montenegro	MNE	Europe and Central Asia	15
Mongolia	MNG	Asia and the Pacific	15
Mozambique	MOZ	Africa	18
Mauritania	MRT	Africa	14
Mauritius	MUS	Africa	16
Malawi	MWI	Africa	14
Malaysia	MYS	Asia and the Pacific	15
Namibia	NAM	Africa	14
Niger	NER	Africa	14
Nigeria	NGA	Africa	No
Nicaragua	NIC	Americas	14
Netherlands	NLD	Europe and Central Asia	16
Norway	NOR	Europe and Central Asia	15
Nepal	NPL	Asia and the Pacific	14
New Zealand	NZL	Asia and the Pacific	No
Oman	OMN	Arab States	15
Pakistan	PAK	Asia and the Pacific	14
Panama	PAN	Americas	14
Peru	PER	Americas	14
Philippines	PHL	Asia and the Pacific	15
Palau	PLW	Asia and the Pacific	16
Papua New Guinea	PNG	Asia and the Pacific	No
Poland	POL	Europe and Central Asia	15
Portugal	PRT	Europe and Central Asia	16
Paraguay	PRY	Americas	14
Qatar	QAT	Arab States	16
Romania	ROU	Europe and Central Asia	16
Russian Federation	RUS	Europe and Central Asia	16
Rwanda	RWA	Africa	16
Saudi Arabia	SAU	Arab States	15
Sudan	SDN	Africa	14
Senegal	SEN	Africa	15
Singapore	SGP	Asia and the Pacific	15
Solomon Islands	SLB	Asia and the Pacific	14
Sierra Leone	SLE	Africa	15
El Salvador	SLV	Americas	14
San Marino	SMR	Europe and Central Asia	16
Somalia	SOM	Africa	15
Serbia	SRB	Europe and Central Asia	15
South Sudan	SSD	Africa	14
Sao Tome and Principe	STP	Africa	15
Suriname	SUR	Americas	16
Slovakia	SVK	Europe and Central Asia	15
Slovenia	SVN	Europe and Central Asia	15
Sweden	SWE	Europe and Central Asia	16
Eswatini	SWZ	Africa	15
Seychelles	SYC	Africa	15
Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	Arab States	15
Chad	TCD	Africa	14
Togo	TGO	Africa	15
Thailand	THA	Asia and the Pacific	15
Tajikistan	TJK	Europe and Central Asia	15
Turkmenistan	TKM	Europe and Central Asia	16
Timor-Leste	TLS	Asia and the Pacific	15
Tonga	TON	Asia and the Pacific	No
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	Americas	16
Tunisia	TUN	Africa	16
Türkiye	TUR	Europe and Central Asia	15
Tuvalu	TUV	Asia and the Pacific	15
Tanzania, United Republic of	TZA	Africa	14
Uganda	UGA	Africa	16
Ukraine	UKR	Europe and Central Asia	16
Uruguay	URY	Americas	15
Uzbekistan	UZB	Europe and Central Asia	15
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	Americas	14
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	VEN	Americas	14
Viet Nam	VNM	Asia and the Pacific	15
Vanuatu	VUT	Asia and the Pacific	14
Samoa	WSM	Asia and the Pacific	15
Yemen	YEM	Arab States	14
South Africa	ZAF	Africa	15
Zambia	ZMB	Africa	15
Zimbabwe	ZWE	Africa	16