Is prostitution legal in Burkina Faso?
Decriminalized / unregulated
Prostitution is not specifically prohibited, but soliciting and pimping are illegal.
Burkina Faso is one of 28 countries classified “Decriminalized / unregulated” for sex work — 13% of the 219 with data. (Also searched as prostitution.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Prostitution in Africa
- 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
- Ghana
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Ghana but widespread, with no effective enforcement.
- Togo
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal but related activities like solicitation and procuring are prohibited with up to 10 years imprisonment.
- Mali
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal in Mali but third-party activities like procuring are illegal.
- Benin
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal but related activities like brothel keeping and benefiting from prostitution are illegal.
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Legal & regulated Prostitution itself is legal but associated activities like soliciting and running brothels are illegal.
- Liberia
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal but widespread in Liberia with estimated 1,822 sex workers.
Other laws in Burkina Faso
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Divorce
- Legal
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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