Is incest between adults a crime in Cape Verde?
Legal between adults
Legal between adults
Cape Verde is one of 53 countries classified “Legal between adults” for incest between adults — 32% of the 164 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Laws regarding incest
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Guinea-Bissau
- Legal between adults
- Senegal
- Criminal offense
- Sierra Leone
- Criminal offense
- Liberia
- Criminal offense
- Mali
- Criminal offense
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Legal between adults
Other laws in Cape Verde
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
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