Is homosexuality legal in the Republic of the Congo?
Legal
Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
The Republic of the Congo is one of 160 countries classified “Legal” for same-sex sexual activity — 71% 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
- Gabon
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Equatorial Guinea
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Cameroon
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- São Tomé and Principe
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Central African Republic
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
Other laws in Republic of the Congo
- Sex Work
- Illegal
- Incest Laws
- Legal between adults
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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