Is homosexuality legal in the Cook Islands?
Legal
Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
The Cook Islands 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
- Niue
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- French Polynesia
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- American Samoa
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Samoa
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Tonga
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
Other laws in Cook Islands
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
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