Is homosexuality legal in Mali?
Illegal
Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
Mali 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
- Burkina Faso
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Guinea
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Ghana
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Mauritania
- Death penalty possible Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.
- Sierra Leone
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
Other laws in Mali
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Divorce
- Legal
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.