Can same-sex couples adopt in Costa Rica?
Joint adoption legal
Same-sex couples can jointly petition to adopt.
Costa Rica is one of 48 countries classified “Joint adoption legal” for same-sex adoption — 33% of the 147 with data. (Also searched as LGBT adoption.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: LGBTQ adoption
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Nicaragua
- Not permitted Same-sex couples cannot adopt.
- Honduras
- Not permitted Same-sex couples cannot adopt.
- El Salvador
- Not permitted Same-sex couples cannot adopt.
- Guatemala
- Not permitted Same-sex couples cannot adopt.
- Belize
- Not permitted Same-sex couples cannot adopt.
- Cayman Islands
- Not permitted Same-sex couples cannot adopt.
Other laws in Costa Rica
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Sex Work
- Decriminalized / unregulated
- Incest Laws
- Legal between adults
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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