Face Analysis Technology Evaluation: Age Estimation and Verification

Age assurance applications can employ either an age verification (AV) algorithm that produces a yes or no guess at whether someone is above an age threshold, or an age estimation (AE) algorithm that emits a numeric age estimate that can be compared with the age threshold or it can be computed without explicit AE.

This report quantifies the capability of six software-based AE and AV prototypes applied to around eleven million photos drawn from four operational repositories: immigration visas, arrest mugshots, border crossings, and immigration office photos. The report includes statements of AE accuracy globally and across demographic groups.