Convention concerning minimum age for admission to employment

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party	Reservations / Declarations	Objections
Afghanistan	Yes	No
Albania	Yes	No
Algeria	Yes	No
Angola	Yes	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes	No
Argentina	Yes	No
Armenia	Yes	No
Australia	Yes	No
Austria	Yes	No
Azerbaijan	Yes	No
Bahamas	Yes	No
Bahrain	Yes	No
Bangladesh	Yes	No
Barbados	Yes	No
Belarus	Yes	No
Belgium	Yes	No
Belize	Yes	No
Benin	Yes	No
Bolivia	Yes	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes	No
Botswana	Yes	No
Brazil	Yes	No
Brunei	Yes	No
Bulgaria	Yes	No
Burkina Faso	Yes	No
Burundi	Yes	No
Cabo Verde	Yes	No
Cambodia	Yes	No
Cameroon	Yes	No
Central African Republic	Yes	No
Chad	Yes	No
Chile	Yes	No
China	Yes	No
Colombia	Yes	No
Comoros	Yes	No
Costa Rica	Yes	No
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes	No
Croatia	Yes	No
Cuba	Yes	No
Cyprus	Yes	No
Czech Republic	Yes	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes	No
Denmark	Yes	No
Djibouti	Yes	No
Dominica	Yes	No
Dominican Republic	Yes	No
Ecuador	Yes	No
Egypt	Yes	No
El Salvador	Yes	No
Equatorial Guinea	Yes	No
Eritrea	Yes	No
Estonia	Yes	No
Eswatini	Yes	No
Ethiopia	Yes	No
Fiji	Yes	No
Finland	Yes	No
France	Yes	No
Gabon	Yes	No
Gambia, The	Yes	No
Georgia	Yes	No
Germany	Yes	No
Ghana	Yes	No
Greece	Yes	No
Grenada	Yes	No
Guatemala	Yes	No
Guinea	Yes	No
Guinea-Bissau	Yes	No
Guyana	Yes	No
Haïti	Yes	No
Honduras	Yes	No
Hungary	Yes	No
Iceland	Yes	No
India	Yes	No
Indonesia	Yes	No
Iraq	Yes	No
Ireland	Yes	No
Israel	Yes	No
Italy	Yes	No
Jamaica	Yes	No
Japan	Yes	No
Jordan	Yes	No
Kazakhstan	Yes	No
Kenya	Yes	No
Kiribati	Yes	No
Kuwait	Yes	No
Kyrgyzstan	Yes	No
Laos	Yes	No
Latvia	Yes	No
Lebanon	Yes	No
Lesotho	Yes	No
Liberia	Yes	No
Libya	Yes	No
Lithuania	Yes	No
Luxembourg	Yes	No
Madagascar	Yes	No
Malawi	Yes	No
Malaysia	Yes	No
Maldives	Yes	No
Mali	Yes	No
Malta	Yes	No
Mauritania	Yes	No
Mauritius	Yes	No
Mexico	Yes	No
Moldova	Yes	No
Mongolia	Yes	No
Montenegro	Yes	No
Morocco	Yes	No
Mozambique	Yes	No
Myanmar	Yes	No
Namibia	Yes	No
Nepal	Yes	No
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the	Yes	No
Nicaragua	Yes	No
Niger	Yes	No
Nigeria	Yes	No
North Macedonia	Yes	No
Norway	Yes	No
Oman	Yes	No
Pakistan	Yes	No
Panama	Yes	No
Papua New Guinea	Yes	No
Paraguay	Yes	No
Peru	Yes	No
Philippines	Yes	No
Poland	Yes	No
Portugal	Yes	No
Qatar	Yes	No
Republic of Korea, the	Yes	No
Republic of the Congo	Yes	No
Romania	Yes	No
Russian Federation	Yes	No
Rwanda	Yes	No
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes	No
Samoa	Yes	No
San Marino	Yes	No
São Tomé e Principe	Yes	No
Saudi Arabia	Yes	No
Senegal	Yes	No
Serbia	Yes	No
Seychelles	Yes	No
Sierra Leone	Yes	No
Singapore	Yes	No
Slovakia	Yes	No
Slovenia	Yes	No
Solomon Islands	Yes	No
South Africa	Yes	No
South Sudan	Yes	No
Spain	Yes	No
Sri Lanka	Yes	No
Sudan	Yes	No
Suriname	Yes	No
Sweden	Yes	No
Switzerland	Yes	No
Syria	Yes	No
Tajikistan	Yes	No
Tanzania	Yes	No
Thailand	Yes	No
Togo	Yes	No
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes	No
Tunisia	Yes	No
Türkiye	Yes	No
Turkmenistan	Yes	No
Uganda	Yes	No
Ukraine	Yes	No
United Arab Emirates	Yes	No
United Kingdom	Yes	No
Uruguay	Yes	No
Uzbekistan	Yes	No
Vanuatu	Yes	No
Venezuela	Yes	No
Vietnam	Yes	No
Yemen	Yes	No
Zambia	Yes	No
Zimbabwe	Yes	No

Afghanistan

07-04-2010

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Albania

16-02-1998

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Algeria

30-04-1984

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Angola

13-06-2001

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Antigua and Barbuda

17-03-1983

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Argentina

11-11-1996

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Armenia

27-01-2006

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Australia

13-06-2023

Minimum age specified: 15 years. Pursuant to Article 3, the minimum age for admission to underground work has been specified to be 16 full years.

Austria

18-09-2000

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Azerbaijan

19-05-1992

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Bahamas

31-10-2001

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Bahrain

07-03-2012

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Bangladesh

22-03-2022

Minimum 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.

Barbados

04-01-2000

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Belarus

03-05-1979

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Belgium

19-04-1988

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Belize

06-03-2000

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Benin

11-06-2001

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Bolivia

11-06-1997

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

02-06-1993

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Botswana

05-06-1997

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Brazil

28-06-2001

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Brunei

17-06-2011

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Bulgaria

23-04-1980

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Burkina Faso

11-02-1999

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Burundi

19-07-2000

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Cabo Verde

07-02-2011

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Cambodia

23-08-1999

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Cameroon

13-08-2001

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Central African Republic

28-06-2000

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Chad

21-03-2005

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Chile

01-02-1999

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

China

28-04-1999

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Colombia

02-02-2001

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Comoros

17-03-2004

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Costa Rica

11-06-1976

Mimimum age specified: 15 years.

Côte d'Ivoire

07-02-2003

Mimimum age specified: 14 years.

Croatia

08-10-1991

Mimimum age specified: 15 years.

Cuba

07-03-1975

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Cyprus

02-10-1997

Mimimum age specified: 15 years.

Czech Republic

26-04-2007

Minimum age specified: 15 years

Democratic Republic of the Congo

20-06-2001

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Denmark

13-11-1997

Mimimum age specified: 15 years.

Djibouti

14-06-2005

Mimimum age specified: 16 years.

Dominica

27-09-1983

Mimimum age specified: 15 years.

Dominican Republic

15-06-1999

Mimimum 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.

Ecuador

19-09-2000

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Egypt

09-06-1999

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

El Salvador

23-01-1996

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Equatorial Guinea

12-06-1985

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Eritrea

22-02-2000

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Estonia

15-03-2007

Minimum age specified: 15 years

Eswatini

23-10-2002

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Ethiopia

27-05-1999

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Fiji

03-01-2003

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Finland

13-01-1976

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

France

13-07-1990

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Gabon

25-10-2010

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Gambia, The

04-09-2000

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Georgia

23-09-1996

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Germany

08-04-1976

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Ghana

06-06-2011

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Greece

14-03-1986

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Grenada

14-05-2003

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Guatemala

27-04-1990

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Guinea

06-06-2003

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Guinea-Bissau

05-03-2009

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Guyana

15-04-1998

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Haïti

03-06-2009

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Honduras

09-06-1980

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Hungary

28-05-1998

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Iceland

06-12-1999

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

India

13-06-2017

Minimum age specified: 14 years

Indonesia

07-06-1999

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Iraq

13-02-1985

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Ireland

22-06-1978

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Israel

21-06-1979

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Italy

28-07-1981

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Jamaica

13-10-2003

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Japan

05-06-2000

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Jordan

23-03-1998

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Kazakhstan

18-05-2001

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Kenya

09-04-1979

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Kiribati

17-06-2009

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Kuwait

15-11-1999

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Kyrgyzstan

31-03-1992

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Laos

13-06-2005

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Latvia

02-06-2006

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Lebanon

10-06-2003

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Lesotho

14-06-2001

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Liberia

13-06-2022

Minimum 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.

Libya

19-06-1975

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Lithuania

22-06-1998

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Luxembourg

24-03-1977

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Madagascar

31-05-2000

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Malawi

19-11-1999

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Malaysia

09-09-1997

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Maldives

04-01-2013

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Mali

11-03-2002

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Malta

09-06-1988

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Mauritania

03-12-2001

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Mauritius

30-07-1990

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Mexico

10-06-2015

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Moldova

21-09-1999

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Mongolia

16-12-2002

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Montenegro

03-06-2006

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Morocco

06-01-2000

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Mozambique

16-06-2003

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Myanmar

08-06-2020

Minimum 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.

Namibia

15-11-2000

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Nepal

30-05-1997

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

14-09-1976

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Nicaragua

02-11-1981

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Niger

04-12-1978

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Nigeria

02-10-2002

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

North Macedonia

17-11-1991

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Norway

08-07-1980

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Oman

21-07-2005

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Pakistan

06-07-2006

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Panama

31-10-2000

Minimum 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.

Papua New Guinea

02-06-2000

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Paraguay

03-03-2004

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Peru

13-11-2002

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Philippines

04-06-1998

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Poland

22-03-1978

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Portugal

20-05-1998

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Qatar

03-01-2006

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Republic of Korea, the

28-01-1999

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Republic of the Congo

26-11-1999

Mimimum age specified: 14 years,

Romania

19-11-1975

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Russian Federation

03-05-1979

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Rwanda

15-04-1981

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Saint Kitts and Nevis

03-06-2005

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

25-07-2006

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Samoa

29-10-2008

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

San Marino

01-02-1995

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

São Tomé e Principe

04-05-2005

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Saudi Arabia

02-04-2014

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Senegal

15-12-1999

Minimum 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.

Serbia

24-11-2000

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Seychelles

07-03-2000

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Sierra Leone

10-06-2011

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Singapore

07-11-2005

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Slovakia

29-09-1997

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Slovenia

29-05-1992

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Solomon Islands

22-04-2013

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

South Africa

30-03-2000

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

South Sudan

29-04-2012

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Spain

16-05-1977

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Sri Lanka

11-02-2000

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Sudan

07-03-2003

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Suriname

15-01-2018

Minimum age specified: 16 years

Sweden

23-04-1990

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Switzerland

17-08-1999

Minimum 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.

Syria

18-09-2001

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Tajikistan

26-11-1993

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Tanzania

16-12-1998

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Thailand

11-05-2004

Minimum 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.

Togo

16-03-1984

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Trinidad and Tobago

03-09-2004

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Tunisia

19-10-1995

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Türkiye

30-10-1998

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Turkmenistan

27-03-2012

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Uganda

25-03-2003

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Ukraine

03-05-1979

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

United Arab Emirates

02-10-1998

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

United Kingdom

07-06-2000

Minimum age specified: 16 years.

Uruguay

02-06-1977

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Uzbekistan

06-03-2009

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Vanuatu

24-06-2019

Minimum age specified: 14 years

Venezuela

15-07-1987

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Vietnam

24-06-2003

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Yemen

15-06-2000

Minimum age specified: 14 years.

Zambia

09-02-1976

Minimum age specified: 15 years.

Zimbabwe

06-06-2000

Mimimum age specified: 14 years.