Is prostitution legal in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Legal & regulated
Prostitution is legal in Bosnia and Herzegovina but related activities like solicitation and brothel keeping are illegal.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of 73 countries classified “Legal & regulated” for sex work — 33% of the 219 with data. (Also searched as prostitution.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Prostitution in Europe
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Croatia
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Croatia, with penalties for brothel operations and procuring, though voluntary prostitution is treated as a public order infraction.
- Montenegro
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Montenegro, with the country being a source and transit point for sex trafficking.
- Serbia
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Kosovo with penalties up to sixty days imprisonment, and is linked to human trafficking.
- Slovenia
- Decriminalized / unregulated Prostitution was decriminalized in Slovenia in June 2003.
- Albania
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Albania but widespread, with street prostitution and brothels present.
- Hungary
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal and regulated in Hungary since 1999, with sex workers required to pay taxes.
Other laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Limited (step-child / single)
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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