16 (number) - Age 16

Age 16

• Sixteen is the minimum age for being allowed an official beginners driver's license with parental consent in many U.S. states and in Canada. In Australia, Iceland, Norway and the Isle of Man, it is the age one can begin to get a learner's licence
• In some states in the U.S, and some provinces in Canada, it is the age one can obtain a learner's permit
• Sixteen is the minimum age for getting an adult job in most states and provinces across the globe
• Sixteen is the minimum age that one can drop out of school in most states of the US (however, restrictions apply and vary depending on state)
• In the United States, female sixteen year olds earn the right to privacy laws surrounding OBGYN practices
• In the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy, it is the legal minimum age for a person to purchase any tobacco product
• In the United States, sixteen is the most common age of sexual consent. Sixteen is also the legal age for sex in many foreign countries, including the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• For its "coming of age" significance, this age has inspired the titles of many songs, such as "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen", "You're Sixteen", "Sweet Sixteen", "U16 Girls" "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Sixteen Candles"
• Sixteen is the minimum age to get married with parental consent in many countries and without parental consent in Scotland
• Sixteen is the legal drinking age in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal
• In the Netherlands, sixteen is the age when all adult rights are granted, but the age of majority is 18
• Minimum age at which one can buy, rent, purchase, buy tickets to, or view a 16+ rated movie in the province of Quebec. It is also the minimum age at which one can accompany a minor under 13 while buying, renting, or purchasing tickets to a 13+ rated movie in the province of Quebec
• Minimum age at which one can donate blood with parental consent in many states
• Minimum age at which one can obtain a 10 year passport in the United States and Australia
• Minimum age at which one can join the Armed Forces in the United Kingdom
• Voting age in the Isle of Man, Austria and Nicaragua, and during the nineteenth century, in the Transvaal Republic