Crime > Age of criminal responsibility: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: The age at which a person is no longer excluded from criminal liability. The lowest age is indicated for countries where there isn’t a single age limit, for example where different states have different regulations (such as the USA) or there is different limits for boy and girls (such as in Iran). The spectrum is specifically wide for the USA and Mexico (both 6-12 years). Several US states do not stipulate any minimal age for criminal responsibility at all. For further qualifications, exceptions and other notes, please refer to notes.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
=1	Peru	18	2014
=1	Colombia	18	2014
=1	Brazil	18	2014
=1	Argentina	18	2014
=5	Portugal	16	2014
=5	Belgium	16	2014
=5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	16	2014
=8	Czech Republic	15	2014
=8	Sweden	15	2014
=8	Denmark	15	2014
=8	Philippines	15	2014
=8	Uzbekistan	15	2014
=8	Finland	15	2014
=8	Egypt	15	2014
=8	Iceland	15	2014
=8	Norway	15	2014
=17	China	14	2014
=17	Ukraine	14	2014
=17	Russia	14	2014
=17	Estonia	14	2014
=17	Austria	14	2014
=17	Italy	14	2014
=17	Vietnam	14	2014
=17	Croatia	14	2014
=17	Germany	14	2014
=17	Slovenia	14	2014
=17	Romania	14	2014
=17	Spain	14	2014
=29	Algeria	13	2014
=29	France	13	2014
=31	Uganda	12	2014
=31	Ireland	12	2014
=31	Japan	12	2014
=31	Morocco	12	2014
=31	Canada	12	2014
=31	Netherlands	12	2014
=31	South Korea	12	2014
=31	Turkey	12	2014
=31	Israel	12	2014
=40	Australia	10	2014
=40	Thailand	10	2014
=40	Nepal	10	2014
=40	South Africa	10	2014
=40	Switzerland	10	2014
=45	Bangladesh	9	2014
=45	Iran	9	2014
=45	Ethiopia	9	2014
=48	Kenya	8	2014
=48	Indonesia	8	2014
=50	Nigeria	7	2014
=50	Sudan	7	2014
=50	Tanzania	7	2014
=50	Pakistan	7	2014
=50	Burma	7	2014
=50	Singapore	7	2014
=50	India	7	2014
=57	United States	6	2014
=57	Mexico	6	2014

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