Is homosexuality legal in Eritrea?
Illegal
Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
Eritrea 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
- Djibouti
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Ethiopia
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Yemen
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Sudan
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Saudi Arabia
- Death penalty possible Same-sex sexual activity is illegal and can carry the death penalty under Sharia law.
- Somalia
- Death penalty possible Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.
Other laws in Eritrea
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Pornography
- Illegal
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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