Is homosexuality legal in Tonga?
Illegal
Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
Tonga 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
- Niue
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Fiji
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Samoa
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
- American Samoa
- Legal Same-sex sexual activity is legal.
- Tuvalu
- Illegal Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.
Other laws in Tonga
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Pornography
- Illegal
- 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.