Minimum age for light work

Country	Country iso alpha 3 code	Region	Minimum age for light work
Afghanistan	AFG	Asia and the Pacific	15
Angola	AGO	Africa	14
Albania	ALB	Europe and Central Asia	15-16
United Arab Emirates	ARE	Arab States	N/A
Argentina	ARG	Americas	16
Armenia	ARM	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Americas	N/A
Australia	AUS	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Austria	AUT	Europe and Central Asia	13
Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe and Central Asia	14
Burundi	BDI	Africa	12
Belgium	BEL	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Benin	BEN	Africa	12
Burkina Faso	BFA	Africa	13
Bangladesh	BGD	Asia and the Pacific	12
Bulgaria	BGR	Europe and Central Asia	15
Bahrain	BHR	Arab States	N/A
Bahamas	BHS	Americas	12
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Belarus	BLR	Europe and Central Asia	14
Belize	BLZ	Americas	14
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	BOL	Americas	N/A
Brazil	BRA	Americas	N/A
Barbados	BRB	Americas	14
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	Asia and the Pacific	14
Botswana	BWA	Africa	14
Central African Republic	CAF	Africa	12
Canada	CAN	Americas	13-15
Switzerland	CHE	Europe and Central Asia	13
Chile	CHL	Americas	15
China	CHN	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	Africa	13
Cameroon	CMR	Africa	N/A
Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD	Africa	15
Congo	COG	Africa	N/A
Cook Islands	COK	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Colombia	COL	Americas	N/A
Comoros	COM	Africa	N/A
Cabo Verde	CPV	Africa	N/A
Costa Rica	CRI	Americas	N/A
Cuba	CUB	Americas	15
Cyprus	CYP	Europe and Central Asia	15
Czech Republic	CZE	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Germany	DEU	Europe and Central Asia	13
Djibouti	DJI	Africa	N/A
Dominica	DMA	Americas	14
Denmark	DNK	Europe and Central Asia	13
Dominican Republic	DOM	Americas	12
Algeria	DZA	Africa	N/A
Ecuador	ECU	Americas	15
Egypt	EGY	Africa	12
Eritrea	ERI	Africa	N/A
Spain	ESP	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Estonia	EST	Europe and Central Asia	13
Ethiopia	ETH	Africa	N/A
Finland	FIN	Europe and Central Asia	14
Fiji	FJI	Asia and the Pacific	13
France	FRA	Europe and Central Asia	14
Gabon	GAB	Africa	N/A
United Kingdom	GBR	Europe and Central Asia	13
Georgia	GEO	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Ghana	GHA	Africa	13
Guinea	GIN	Africa	12
Gambia	GMB	Africa	16
Guinea - Bissau	GNB	Africa	14
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	Africa	16
Greece	GRC	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Grenada	GRD	Americas	N/A
Guatemala	GTM	Americas	15
Guyana	GUY	Americas	N/A
Honduras	HND	Americas	N/A
Croatia	HRV	Europe and Central Asia	14
Haiti	HTI	Americas	N/A
Hungary	HUN	Europe and Central Asia	15
Indonesia	IDN	Asia and the Pacific	13
India	IND	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Ireland	IRL	Europe and Central Asia	14
Iran, Islamic Republic of	IRN	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Iraq	IRQ	Arab States	N/A
Iceland	ISL	Europe and Central Asia	13
Israel	ISR	Europe and Central Asia	14
Italy	ITA	Europe and Central Asia	14
Jamaica	JAM	Americas	13
Jordan	JOR	Arab States	N/A
Japan	JPN	Asia and the Pacific	13
Kazakhstan	KAZ	Europe and Central Asia	14
Kenya	KEN	Africa	13
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	Europe and Central Asia	14
Cambodia	KHM	Asia and the Pacific	12
Kiribati	KIR	Asia and the Pacific	12
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	Americas	N/A
Korea, Republic of	KOR	Asia and the Pacific	13
Kuwait	KWT	Arab States	N/A
Lao People's Democratic Republic	LAO	Asia and the Pacific	12
Lebanon	LBN	Arab States	N/A
Liberia	LBR	Africa	13
Libya	LBY	Africa	16
Saint Lucia	LCA	Americas	13
Sri Lanka	LKA	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Lesotho	LSO	Africa	13
Lithuania	LTU	Europe and Central Asia	14
Luxembourg	LUX	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Latvia	LVA	Europe and Central Asia	13
Morocco	MAR	Africa	N/A
Moldova, Republic of	MDA	Europe and Central Asia	15
Madagascar	MDG	Africa	14
Maldives, Republic of	MDV	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Mexico	MEX	Americas	N/A
Marshall Islands	MHL	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
North Macedonia	MKD	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Mali	MLI	Africa	12
Malta	MLT	Europe and Central Asia	14
Myanmar	MMR	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Montenegro	MNE	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Mongolia	MNG	Asia and the Pacific	13
Mozambique	MOZ	Africa	15
Mauritania	MRT	Africa	12
Mauritius	MUS	Africa	N/A
Malawi	MWI	Africa	N/A
Malaysia	MYS	Asia and the Pacific	13
Namibia	NAM	Africa	N/A
Niger	NER	Africa	12
Nigeria	NGA	Africa	12
Nicaragua	NIC	Americas	N/A
Netherlands	NLD	Europe and Central Asia	13
Norway	NOR	Europe and Central Asia	13
Nepal	NPL	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
New Zealand	NZL	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Oman	OMN	Arab States	13
Pakistan	PAK	Asia and the Pacific	12
Panama	PAN	Americas	12
Peru	PER	Americas	12
Philippines	PHL	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Palau	PLW	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Papua New Guinea	PNG	Asia and the Pacific	11
Poland	POL	Europe and Central Asia	13
Portugal	PRT	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Paraguay	PRY	Americas	12
Qatar	QAT	Arab States	N/A
Romania	ROU	Europe and Central Asia	15
Russian Federation	RUS	Europe and Central Asia	14
Rwanda	RWA	Africa	13
Saudi Arabia	SAU	Arab States	13
Sudan	SDN	Africa	N/A
Senegal	SEN	Africa	12
Singapore	SGP	Asia and the Pacific	13
Solomon Islands	SLB	Asia and the Pacific	12
Sierra Leone	SLE	Africa	13
El Salvador	SLV	Americas	16
San Marino	SMR	Europe and Central Asia	14
Somalia	SOM	Africa	13
Serbia	SRB	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
South Sudan	SSD	Africa	12
Sao Tome and Principe	STP	Africa	14
Suriname	SUR	Americas	13
Slovakia	SVK	Europe and Central Asia	15
Slovenia	SVN	Europe and Central Asia	13
Sweden	SWE	Europe and Central Asia	13
Eswatini	SWZ	Africa	N/A
Seychelles	SYC	Africa	N/A
Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	Arab States	13
Chad	TCD	Africa	12
Togo	TGO	Africa	15
Thailand	THA	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Tajikistan	TJK	Europe and Central Asia	14
Turkmenistan	TKM	Europe and Central Asia	N/A
Timor-Leste	TLS	Asia and the Pacific	13
Tonga	TON	Asia and the Pacific	N/A
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	Americas	N/A
Tunisia	TUN	Africa	13
Türkiye	TUR	Europe and Central Asia	14
Tuvalu	TUV	Asia and the Pacific	15
Tanzania, United Republic of	TZA	Africa	14
Uganda	UGA	Africa	14
Ukraine	UKR	Europe and Central Asia	14
Uruguay	URY	Americas	13
Uzbekistan	UZB	Europe and Central Asia	14
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	Americas	N/A
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	VEN	Americas	14
Viet Nam	VNM	Asia and the Pacific	13
Vanuatu	VUT	Asia and the Pacific	12
Samoa	WSM	Asia and the Pacific	12
Yemen	YEM	Arab States	N/A
South Africa	ZAF	Africa	N/A
Zambia	ZMB	Africa	13
Zimbabwe	ZWE	Africa	13