| Country | Legal status of PAD and VAE |
| Austria | PAD legal pursuant to a December 2020 court ruling, but implementing legislation has not yet been enacted. |
| Belgium | PAD and VAE legal for adults; euthanasia permitted for terminally ill children of any age. |
| Canada | PAD and VAE legal for adults. May be practiced by physicians and, in some provinces, by nurse practitioners. |
| Colombia | VAE legal for adults and for children with the consent of their parents. |
| Germany | Assisted suicide is legal for competent, uncoerced adults. Euthanasia is not legal. |
| Italy | PAD legal pursuant to a November 2019 court ruling, but implementing legislation has not yet been enacted. |
| Luxembourg | PAD and VAE legal for adults and children age 12 or older. |
| Netherlands | PAD and VAE legal for adults and children. VAE is also legal by advance request. |
| New Zealand | PAD and VAE legal for competent terminally ill, suffering adult patients showing a significant decline in physical capabilities. Enacted law becomes effective in November 2021. |
| Spain | PAD and VAE legal for adults with serious, chronic illness and no chance of recovery. VAE is also legal by advance request. Effective June 2021. |
| Switzerland | PAD legal for adults if performed by someone with no direct interest in the death. Some clinics will accept nonresidents including patients from abroad. |
| Australia (Tasmania) | PAD legal for adults. VAE is permitted only if the person is incapable of self-administration. Enacted law becomes effective in November 2022. |
| Australia (Victoria) | PAD legal for adults. VAE is permitted only if the person is physically incapable of self-administration. |
| Australia (Western Australia) | PAD legal for adults, expected to take effect in mid-2021. VAE is permitted only if the person is physically incapable of self-administration. |
