Is homosexuality legal in Chad?
Illegal
Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
Chad is one of 56 countries classified “Illegal” for same-sex sexual activity — 25% of the 226 with data. (Also searched as homosexuality.)
Source
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Central African Republic
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Cameroon
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Niger
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Nigeria
- Death penalty possible Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.
- Sudan
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- South Sudan
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
Other laws in Chad
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Sex Work
- Illegal
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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