Is incest between adults a crime in Tanzania?
Criminal offense
Criminal offense
Tanzania 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
- Malawi
- Criminal offense
- Uganda
- Criminal offense
- Kenya
- Criminal offense
- Zambia
- Criminal offense
- Mozambique
- Legal between adults
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Legal between adults
Other laws in Tanzania
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Sex Work
- Illegal
- Pornography
- Illegal
- Divorce
- Not possible
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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