Is incest between adults a crime in Ghana?
Criminal offense
Criminal offense
Ghana is one of 111 countries classified “Criminal offense” for incest between adults — 68% 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
- Togo
- Criminal offense
- Benin
- Criminal offense
- Burkina Faso
- Criminal offense
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Legal between adults
- Mali
- Criminal offense
- Liberia
- Criminal offense
Other laws in Ghana
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Sex Work
- Illegal
- Pornography
- Illegal
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
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