Is homosexuality legal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Legal
Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
The Democratic 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
- Burundi
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Rwanda
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Republic of the Congo
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Angola
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Zambia
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Uganda
- Death penalty possible Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.
Other laws in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
- Incest Laws
- Legal between adults
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