Minimum age for admission to apprenticeship

Country	Country iso alpha 3 code	Region	Minimum age for admission to apprenticeship
Afghanistan	AFG	Asia and the Pacific	14
Angola	AGO	Africa	14
Albania	ALB	Europe and Central Asia	14
United Arab Emirates	ARE	Arab States	15
Argentina	ARG	Americas	16
Armenia	ARM	Europe and Central Asia	No
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Americas	No
Australia	AUS	Asia and the Pacific	No
Austria	AUT	Europe and Central Asia	No
Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe and Central Asia	14
Burundi	BDI	Africa	14
Belgium	BEL	Europe and Central Asia	15
Benin	BEN	Africa	14
Burkina Faso	BFA	Africa	16
Bangladesh	BGD	Asia and the Pacific	No
Bulgaria	BGR	Europe and Central Asia	16
Bahrain	BHR	Arab States	No
Bahamas	BHS	Americas	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	Europe and Central Asia	No
Belarus	BLR	Europe and Central Asia	No
Belize	BLZ	Americas	14
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	BOL	Americas	No
Brazil	BRA	Americas	14
Barbados	BRB	Americas	16
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	Asia and the Pacific	No
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	No
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	Africa	14
Cameroon	CMR	Africa	14
Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD	Africa	15
Congo	COG	Africa	16
Cook Islands	COK	Asia and the Pacific	No
Colombia	COL	Americas	15
Comoros	COM	Africa	No
Cabo Verde	CPV	Africa	No
Costa Rica	CRI	Americas	15
Cuba	CUB	Americas	No
Cyprus	CYP	Europe and Central Asia	14
Czech Republic	CZE	Europe and Central Asia	No
Germany	DEU	Europe and Central Asia	18
Djibouti	DJI	Africa	No
Dominica	DMA	Americas	No
Denmark	DNK	Europe and Central Asia	15
Dominican Republic	DOM	Americas	No
Algeria	DZA	Africa	No
Ecuador	ECU	Americas	15
Egypt	EGY	Africa	14
Eritrea	ERI	Africa	No
Spain	ESP	Europe and Central Asia	16
Estonia	EST	Europe and Central Asia	17
Ethiopia	ETH	Africa	16
Finland	FIN	Europe and Central Asia	No
Fiji	FJI	Asia and the Pacific	18
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	No
Ghana	GHA	Africa	15
Guinea	GIN	Africa	14
Gambia	GMB	Africa	12
Guinea - Bissau	GNB	Africa	No
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	Africa	13
Greece	GRC	Europe and Central Asia	No
Grenada	GRD	Americas	No
Guatemala	GTM	Americas	15 years
Guyana	GUY	Americas	15
Honduras	HND	Americas	14
Croatia	HRV	Europe and Central Asia	14
Haiti	HTI	Americas	14
Hungary	HUN	Europe and Central Asia	15
Indonesia	IDN	Asia and the Pacific	14
India	IND	Asia and the Pacific	14
Ireland	IRL	Europe and Central Asia	14
Iran, Islamic Republic of	IRN	Asia and the Pacific	15
Iraq	IRQ	Arab States	No
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	No
Kazakhstan	KAZ	Europe and Central Asia	15
Kenya	KEN	Africa	13
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	Europe and Central Asia	14
Cambodia	KHM	Asia and the Pacific	No
Kiribati	KIR	Asia and the Pacific	15
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	Americas	12
Korea, Republic of	KOR	Asia and the Pacific	16
Kuwait	KWT	Arab States	15
Lao People's Democratic Republic	LAO	Asia and the Pacific	No
Lebanon	LBN	Arab States	12
Liberia	LBR	Africa	No
Libya	LBY	Africa	16
Saint Lucia	LCA	Americas	No
Sri Lanka	LKA	Asia and the Pacific	16
Lesotho	LSO	Africa	No
Lithuania	LTU	Europe and Central Asia	14
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	No
Madagascar	MDG	Africa	No
Maldives, Republic of	MDV	Asia and the Pacific	No
Mexico	MEX	Americas	No
Marshall Islands	MHL	Asia and the Pacific	No
North Macedonia	MKD	Europe and Central Asia	14
Mali	MLI	Africa	13
Malta	MLT	Europe and Central Asia	16
Myanmar	MMR	Asia and the Pacific	No
Montenegro	MNE	Europe and Central Asia	No
Mongolia	MNG	Asia and the Pacific	14
Mozambique	MOZ	Africa	12
Mauritania	MRT	Africa	14
Mauritius	MUS	Africa	16
Malawi	MWI	Africa	14
Malaysia	MYS	Asia and the Pacific	14
Namibia	NAM	Africa	14
Niger	NER	Africa	16
Nigeria	NGA	Africa	12
Nicaragua	NIC	Americas	No
Netherlands	NLD	Europe and Central Asia	14
Norway	NOR	Europe and Central Asia	15
Nepal	NPL	Asia and the Pacific	14
New Zealand	NZL	Asia and the Pacific	16
Oman	OMN	Arab States	No
Pakistan	PAK	Asia and the Pacific	No
Panama	PAN	Americas	15
Peru	PER	Americas	14
Philippines	PHL	Asia and the Pacific	15
Palau	PLW	Asia and the Pacific	No
Papua New Guinea	PNG	Asia and the Pacific	No
Poland	POL	Europe and Central Asia	15
Portugal	PRT	Europe and Central Asia	15
Paraguay	PRY	Americas	15
Qatar	QAT	Arab States	No
Romania	ROU	Europe and Central Asia	15
Russian Federation	RUS	Europe and Central Asia	14
Rwanda	RWA	Africa	13
Saudi Arabia	SAU	Arab States	14
Sudan	SDN	Africa	14
Senegal	SEN	Africa	15
Singapore	SGP	Asia and the Pacific	No
Solomon Islands	SLB	Asia and the Pacific	No
Sierra Leone	SLE	Africa	14
El Salvador	SLV	Americas	14
San Marino	SMR	Europe and Central Asia	No
Somalia	SOM	Africa	15
Serbia	SRB	Europe and Central Asia	No
South Sudan	SSD	Africa	No
Sao Tome and Principe	STP	Africa	No
Suriname	SUR	Americas	14
Slovakia	SVK	Europe and Central Asia	15
Slovenia	SVN	Europe and Central Asia	14
Sweden	SWE	Europe and Central Asia	16
Eswatini	SWZ	Africa	No
Seychelles	SYC	Africa	No
Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	Arab States	15
Chad	TCD	Africa	13
Togo	TGO	Africa	15
Thailand	THA	Asia and the Pacific	No
Tajikistan	TJK	Europe and Central Asia	No
Turkmenistan	TKM	Europe and Central Asia	No
Timor-Leste	TLS	Asia and the Pacific	No
Tonga	TON	Asia and the Pacific	No
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	Americas	14
Tunisia	TUN	Africa	14
Türkiye	TUR	Europe and Central Asia	No
Tuvalu	TUV	Asia and the Pacific	No
Tanzania, United Republic of	TZA	Africa	14
Uganda	UGA	Africa	12
Ukraine	UKR	Europe and Central Asia	14-18
Uruguay	URY	Americas	15
Uzbekistan	UZB	Europe and Central Asia	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	Americas	No
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	VEN	Americas	14
Viet Nam	VNM	Asia and the Pacific	14
Vanuatu	VUT	Asia and the Pacific	No
Samoa	WSM	Asia and the Pacific	No
Yemen	YEM	Arab States	No
South Africa	ZAF	Africa	No
Zambia	ZMB	Africa	15
Zimbabwe	ZWE	Africa	16