Dataset
Age of consent for same-sex and different-sex partners
owid.age-of-consent-same-sex-different-sex-partners
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Whether the minimum age of consent for same-sex sexual activity equals that for different-sex sexual activity.
Cite as: Velasco (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Age of consent – Velasco” [dataset]. Velasco, “LGBTI National Policy Dataset 3.0” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1991–2025
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- 2026-07-15
- Units
- not stated
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/age-of-consent-same-sex-different-sex-partners
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| age_of_consent | text | Age of consent |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |