Bosnia & Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Bulgaria Croatia Georgia Kazakhstan Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Romania Russia Serbia Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Herzegovina ALB ARM AZE BLR BIH BGR HRV GEO KAZ KSV KGZ MKD MDA MNE ROU RUS SRB TJK TUR TKM UKR UZB Southern Western Western Eastern Southern Eastern Southern Western Southern Southern Eastern Southern Eastern Eastern Southern Western Eastern Central Asia Central Asia Central Asia Central Asia Central Asia Europe Asia Asia Europe Europe Europe Europe Asia Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Asia Europe Economic participation Minimum legal full-time working age 16 16 15' 14* 15 18' 15 16' 16 15 16' 15* 16' 15+ 16' 15 15+ 15 15' 16' 16' 16 Minimum legal part-time working age 14 14* 15 14* 15 15 15 14 15* 15 14* 15* 16' 15+ 16' 14* 15+ 14* 15' 14* 14* 15* Admission to hazardous employment 18 18 18 18 18 18 unclear 18 18 18 18 18 18 18' 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 At what age do children get acces to national minimum wage schemes where 16 16 15' 14* 15 18' 15 16' 16 15' 16' 15* 16' 15+ 16' 15 15+ 15 15' 16' 16' 16 such exist? Age at which a child / adolescent can 0 0 0 0 0 0 unclear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 unclear n.d. 0+ 0 0 0 n.d. 0 inherit? Age at which a child / adolescent can dispose of his/her own income and make 14 14 14 14' 15' 14 15 7* 14* 14+' 14* 15+ 14 15' 14 14' 14+' 14' [18] 7* 15*' 14* petty dealings? Education Mandatory age for starting compulsory primary education (or pre-primary if 6 6 6' 6 6 5 5 6 6' 6 6' 6 7 6 6 6.5 5.5 7 6 6 6 6' applicable) End of mandatory schooling / Minimum 16' 16 17 17 15 16 15 15 18 15 15 16 18 15 17 18' 14 16 14' 18 17 14 school leaving age Age requirements with respect to access to right of Special Education Need support 6 unclear 6 >3 n.d. n.d. n.d. 6 6' 6 unclear 6 unclear 6 8 unclear 5.5 unclear unclear unclear n.d. 6-7 services (for children with disabilities) Data in light grey: The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has kindly provided information on BG, HR, RO collected by their interdisciplinary research network FRANET. Data in light blue: Data has not yet been verified by UNICEF Country Offices.

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