What is the Slovenia Age of Consent?

The Age of Consent in Slovenia is 15 years old. The age of consent is the minimum age at which an individual is considered legally old enough to consent to participation in sexual activity. Individuals aged 14 or younger in Slovenia are not legally able to consent to sexual activity, and such activity may result in prosecution for statutory rape or the equivalent local law.

Slovenia statutory rape law is violated when an individual has consensual sexual contact with a person under age 15, where there is a marked difference between their maturities.

Slovenia does not have a close-in-age exemption. Close in age exemptions, commonly known as "Romeo and Juliet laws" in the United States, are put in place to prevent the prosecution of individuals who engage in consensual sexual activity when both participants are significantly close in age to each other, and one or both partners are below the age of consent.

Because there is no close-in-age exemption in Slovenia, it is possible for two individuals both under the age of 15 who willingly engage in intercourse to both be prosecuted for statutory rape, although this is rare. Similarly, no protections are reserved for sexual relations in which one participant is a 14 year old and the second is a 15 or 16 year old.