Is homosexuality legal in Nauru?
Legal
Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
Nauru 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
- Marshall Islands
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Solomon Islands
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Micronesia
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Tuvalu
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- Vanuatu
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
Other laws in Nauru
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Pornography
- Illegal
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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