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Ratifications of C138 - Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)

Date of entry into force: 19 Jun 1976

176 ratifications

  1. Denounced: 0

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CountryDateStatusNote
AfghanistanMinimum age specified: 14 years 07 Apr 2010 In Force
AlbaniaMinimum age specified: 16 years 16 Feb 1998 In Force
AlgeriaMinimum age specified: 16 years 30 Apr 1984 In Force
AngolaMinimum age specified: 14 years 13 Jun 2001 In Force
Antigua and BarbudaMinimum age specified: 16 years 17 Mar 1983 In Force
ArgentinaMinimum age specified: 16 years 11 Nov 1996 In Force
ArmeniaMinimum age specified: 16 years 27 Jan 2006 In Force
AustraliaMinimum age specified: 15 years. Pursuant to Article 3, the minimum age for admission to underground work has been specified to be 16 full years. 13 Jun 2023 In Force
AustriaMinimum age specified: 15 years 18 Sep 2000 In Force
AzerbaijanMinimum age specified: 16 years 19 May 1992 In Force
BahamasMinimum age specified: 14 years 31 Oct 2001 In Force
BahrainMinimum age specified: 15 years 07 Mar 2012 In Force
BangladeshMinimum age specified: 14 years. The scope of the Convention is limited to the branches of economic activity or types of undertakings listed in article 5, paragraph 3, of the Convention. 22 Mar 2022 In Force
BarbadosMinimum age specified: 16 years 04 Jan 2000 In Force
BelarusMinimum age specified: 16 years 03 May 1979 In Force
BelgiumMinimum age specified: 15 years 19 Apr 1988 In Force
BelizeMinimum age specified: 14 years 06 Mar 2000 In Force
BeninMinimum age specified: 14 years 11 Jun 2001 In Force
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Minimum age specified: 14 years 11 Jun 1997 In Force
Bosnia and HerzegovinaMinimum age specified: 15 years 02 Jun 1993 In Force
BotswanaMinimum age specified: 14 years 05 Jun 1997 In Force
BrazilMinimum age specified: 16 years 28 Jun 2001 In Force
Brunei DarussalamMinimum age specified: 16 years 17 Jun 2011 In Force
BulgariaMinimum age specified: 16 years 23 Apr 1980 In Force
Burkina FasoMinimum age specified: 15 years 11 Feb 1999 In Force
BurundiMinimum age specified: 16 years 19 Jul 2000 In Force
Cabo VerdeMinimum age specified: 15 years 07 Feb 2011 In Force
CambodiaMinimum age specified: 14 years 23 Aug 1999 In Force
CameroonMinimum age specified: 14 years 13 Aug 2001 In Force
CanadaMinimum age specified: 16 years 08 Jun 2016 In Force
Central African RepublicMinimum age specified: 14 years 28 Jun 2000 In Force
ChadMinimum age specified: 14 years 21 Mar 2005 In Force
ChileMinimum age specified: 15 years 01 Feb 1999 In Force
ChinaMinimum age specified: 16 years 28 Apr 1999 In Force
ColombiaMinimum age specified: 15 years 02 Feb 2001 In Force
ComorosMinimum age specified: 15 years 17 Mar 2004 In Force
CongoMinimum age specified: 14 years 26 Nov 1999 In Force
Costa RicaMinimum age specified: 15 years 11 Jun 1976 In Force
CroatiaMinimum age specified: 15 years 08 Oct 1991 In Force
CubaMinimum age specified: 15 years 07 Mar 1975 In Force
CyprusMinimum age specified: 15 years 02 Oct 1997 In Force
CzechiaMinimum age specified: 15 years 26 Apr 2007 In Force
Côte d'IvoireMinimum age specified: 14 years 07 Feb 2003 In Force
Democratic Republic of the CongoMinimum age specified: 14 years 20 Jun 2001 In Force
DenmarkMinimum age specified: 15 years 13 Nov 1997 In Force
DjiboutiMinimum age specified: 16 years 14 Jun 2005 In Force
DominicaMinimum age specified: 15 years 27 Sep 1983 In Force
Dominican RepublicMinimum age specified: 14 years. The scope of the Convention is limited to industry or to the economic activities set forth in article 5, paragraph 3. The employment of persons from twelve to fourteen years of age on light work is authorized as provided in article 7, paragraph 4. 15 Jun 1999 In Force
EcuadorMinimum age specified: 15 years 19 Sep 2000 In Force
EgyptMinimum age specified: 15 years 09 Jun 1999 In Force
El SalvadorMinimum age specified: 14 years 23 Jan 1996 In Force
Equatorial GuineaMinimum age specified: 14 years 12 Jun 1985 In Force
EritreaMinimum age specified: 14 years 22 Feb 2000 In Force
EstoniaMinimum age specified: 15 years 15 Mar 2007 In Force
EswatiniMinimum age specified: 15 years 23 Oct 2002 In Force
EthiopiaMinimum age specified: 15 years 27 May 1999 In Force
FijiMinimum age specified: 15 years 03 Jan 2003 In Force
FinlandMinimum age specified: 15 years 13 Jan 1976 In Force
FranceMinimum age specified: 16 years 13 Jul 1990 In Force
GabonMinimum age specified: 16 years 25 Oct 2010 In Force
GambiaMinimum age specified: 14 years 04 Sep 2000 In Force
GeorgiaMinimum age specified: 15 years 23 Sep 1996 In Force
GermanyMinimum age specified: 15 years 08 Apr 1976 In Force
GhanaMinimum age specified: 15 years 06 Jun 2011 In Force
GreeceMinimum age specified: 15 years 14 Mar 1986 In Force
GrenadaMinimum age specified: 16 years 14 May 2003 In Force
GuatemalaMinimum age specified: 14 years 27 Apr 1990 In Force
GuineaMinimum age specified: 16 years 06 Jun 2003 In Force
Guinea-BissauMinimum age specified: 14 years 05 Mar 2009 In Force
GuyanaMinimum age specified: 15 years 15 Apr 1998 In Force
HaitiMinimum age specified: 14 years 03 Jun 2009 In Force
HondurasMinimum age specified: 14 years 09 Jun 1980 In Force
HungaryMinimum age specified: 16 years 28 May 1998 In Force
IcelandMinimum age specified: 15 years 06 Dec 1999 In Force
IndiaMinimum age specified: 14 years 13 Jun 2017 In Force
IndonesiaMinimum age specified: 15 years 07 Jun 1999 In Force
IraqMinimum age specified: 15 years 13 Feb 1985 In Force
IrelandMinimum age specified: 16 years 22 Jun 1978 In Force
IsraelMinimum age specified: 15 years 21 Jun 1979 In Force
ItalyMinimum age specified: 15 years 28 Jul 1981 In Force
JamaicaMinimum age specified: 15 years 13 Oct 2003 In Force
JapanMinimum age specified: 15 years 05 Jun 2000 In Force
JordanMinimum age specified: 16 years 23 Mar 1998 In Force
KazakhstanMinimum age specified: 16 years 18 May 2001 In Force
KenyaMinimum age specified: 16 years 09 Apr 1979 In Force
KiribatiMinimum age specified: 14 years 17 Jun 2009 In Force
KuwaitMinimum age specified: 15 years 15 Nov 1999 In Force
KyrgyzstanMinimum age specified: 16 years 31 Mar 1992 In Force
Lao People's Democratic RepublicMinimum age specified: 14 years 13 Jun 2005 In Force
LatviaMinimum age specified: 15 years 02 Jun 2006 In Force
LebanonMinimum age specified: 14 years 10 Jun 2003 In Force
LesothoMinimum age specified: 15 years 14 Jun 2001 In Force
LiberiaMinimum age specified: 15 years. The scope of the Convention is limited to the branches of economic activity or types of undertakings listed in article 5, paragraph 3, of the Convention. 13 Jun 2022 In Force
LibyaMinimum age specified: 15 years 19 Jun 1975 In Force
LithuaniaMinimum age specified: 16 years 22 Jun 1998 In Force
LuxembourgMinimum age specified: 15 years 24 Mar 1977 In Force
MadagascarMinimum age specified: 15 years 31 May 2000 In Force
MalawiMinimum age specified: 14 years 19 Nov 1999 In Force
MalaysiaMinimum age specified: 15 years 09 Sep 1997 In Force
MaldivesMinimum age specified: 16 years 04 Jan 2013 In Force
MaliMinimum age specified: 15 years 11 Mar 2002 In Force
MaltaMinimum age specified: 16 years 09 Jun 1988 In Force
MauritaniaMinimum age specified: 14 years 03 Dec 2001 In Force
MauritiusMinimum age specified: 15 years 30 Jul 1990 In Force
MexicoMinimum age specified: 15 years. 10 Jun 2015 In Force
MongoliaMinimum age specified: 15 years 16 Dec 2002 In Force
MontenegroMinimum age specified: 15 years 03 Jun 2006 In Force
MoroccoMinimum age specified: 15 years 06 Jan 2000 In Force
MozambiqueMinimum age specified: 15 years 16 Jun 2003 In Force
MyanmarMinimum age specified: 14 years. The scope of the Convention is limited to industry or to the economic activities set forth in article 5, paragraph 3. 08 Jun 2020 In Force
NamibiaMinimum age specified: 14 years 15 Nov 2000 In Force
NepalMinimum age specified: 14 years 30 May 1997 In Force
NetherlandsMinimum age specified: 15 years 14 Sep 1976 In Force
NicaraguaMinimum age specified: 14 years 02 Nov 1981 In Force
NigerMinimum age specified: 14 years 04 Dec 1978 In Force
NigeriaMinimum age specified: 15 years 02 Oct 2002 In Force
North MacedoniaMinimum age specified: 15 years 17 Nov 1991 In Force
NorwayMinimum age specified: 15 years 08 Jul 1980 In Force
OmanMinimum age specified: 15 years 21 Jul 2005 In Force
PakistanMinimum age specified: 14 years 06 Jul 2006 In Force
PanamaMinimum age specified: 14 years. Minimum age specified for maritime employment and maritime fishing, and for young persons that have not completed compulsory schooling: 15 years. Minimum age specified for underground work in mines: 18 years. The scope of the Convention is limited to those branches of economic activity or types of undertakings listed in Article 5 paragraph 3. 31 Oct 2000 In Force
Papua New GuineaMinimum age specified: 16 years 02 Jun 2000 In Force
ParaguayMinimum age specified: 14 years 03 Mar 2004 In Force
PeruMinimum age specified: 14 years 13 Nov 2002 In Force
PhilippinesMinimum age specified: 15 years 04 Jun 1998 In Force
PolandMinimum age specified: 15 years 22 Mar 1978 In Force
PortugalMinimum age specified: 16 years 20 May 1998 In Force
QatarMinimum age specified: 16 years 03 Jan 2006 In Force
Republic of KoreaMinimum age specified: 15 years 28 Jan 1999 In Force
Republic of MoldovaMinimum age specified: 16 years 21 Sep 1999 In Force
RomaniaMinimum age specified: 16 years 19 Nov 1975 In Force
Russian FederationMinimum age specified: 16 years 03 May 1979 In Force
RwandaMinimum age specified: 14 years 15 Apr 1981 In Force
Saint Kitts and NevisMinimum age specified: 16 years 03 Jun 2005 In Force
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesMinimum age specified: 14 years 25 Jul 2006 In Force
SamoaMinimum age specified: 15 years 29 Oct 2008 In Force
San MarinoMinimum age specified: 16 years 01 Feb 1995 In Force
Sao Tome and PrincipeMinimum age specified: 14 years 04 May 2005 In Force
Saudi ArabiaMinimum age specified: 15 years 02 Apr 2014 In Force
SenegalMinimum age specified: 15 years. The Government declared in conformity with Article 5, paragraph 2, of the Convention that the provisions of the Convention do not apply to traditional pastoral or rural work without remuneration carried out in a family setting by children of less than 15 years of age and which aims at better integrating them in their social surroundings and the environment. 15 Dec 1999 In Force
SerbiaMinimum age specified: 15 years 24 Nov 2000 In Force
SeychellesMinimum age specified: 15 years 07 Mar 2000 In Force
Sierra LeoneMinimum age specified: 15 years 10 Jun 2011 In Force
SingaporeMinimum age specified: 15 years 07 Nov 2005 In Force
SlovakiaMinimum age specified: 15 years 29 Sep 1997 In Force
SloveniaMinimum age specified: 15 years 29 May 1992 In Force
Solomon IslandsMinimum age specified: 14 years 22 Apr 2013 In Force
South AfricaMinimum age specified: 15 years 30 Mar 2000 In Force
South SudanMinimum age specified: 14 years 29 Apr 2012 In Force
SpainMinimum age specified: 16 years 16 May 1977 In Force
Sri LankaMinimum age specified: 16 years 11 Feb 2000 In Force
SudanMinimum age specified: 14 years 07 Mar 2003 In Force
SurinameMinimum age specified: 16 years 15 Jan 2018 In Force
SwedenMinimum age specified: 15 years 23 Apr 1990 In Force
SwitzerlandMinimum age specified: 15 years. Pursuant to Article 3, the minimum age for admission to underground work has been specified to be 19 full years, and for apprentices 20 full years. 17 Aug 1999 In Force
Syrian Arab RepublicMinimum age specified: 15 years 18 Sep 2001 In Force
TajikistanMinimum age specified: 16 years 26 Nov 1993 In Force
ThailandMinimum age specified: 15 years. Pursuant to Article 5, the provisions of the Convention shall be applicable to the following branches of economic activity: mining and quarrying; manufacturing; construction; electricity; gas and water; sanitary services; transport; storage service and communication; and plantations and other agricultural undertakings mainly producing for commercial purposes, with the exception of family and small-scale holdings producing for local consumption and not regularly employing hired workers. 11 May 2004 In Force
TogoMinimum age specified: 14 years 16 Mar 1984 In Force
Trinidad and TobagoMinimum age specified: 16 years 03 Sep 2004 In Force
TunisiaMinimum age specified: 16 years 19 Oct 1995 In Force
TurkmenistanMinimum age specified: 16 years 27 Mar 2012 In Force
TürkiyeMinimum age specified: 15 years 30 Oct 1998 In Force
UgandaMinimum age specified: 14 years 25 Mar 2003 In Force
UkraineMinimum age specified: 16 years 03 May 1979 In Force
United Arab EmiratesMinimum age specified: 15 years 02 Oct 1998 In Force
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandMinimum age specified: 16 years 07 Jun 2000 In Force
United Republic of TanzaniaMinimum age specified: 14 years 16 Dec 1998 In Force
UruguayMinimum age specified: 15 years 02 Jun 1977 In Force
UzbekistanMinimum age specified: 15 years 06 Mar 2009 In Force
VanuatuMinimum age specified: 14 years 24 Jun 2019 In Force
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Minimum age specified: 14 years 15 Jul 1987 In Force
Viet NamMinimum age specified: 15 years. Pursuant to Article 3, the minimum age for admission to underground work has been specified to be 18 years. 24 Jun 2003 In Force
YemenMinimum age specified: 14 years 15 Jun 2000 In Force
ZambiaMinimum age specified: 15 years 09 Feb 1976 In Force
ZimbabweMinimum age specified: 14 years 06 Jun 2000 In Force
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