Is prostitution legal in Côte d'Ivoire?
Legal & regulated
Prostitution itself is legal but associated activities like soliciting and running brothels are illegal.
Côte d'Ivoire 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 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
- Liberia
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal but widespread in Liberia with estimated 1,822 sex workers.
- Guinea
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Guinea with estimated 8,357 sex workers.
- Ghana
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Ghana but widespread, with no effective enforcement.
- Sierra Leone
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal but soliciting and third-party involvement are prohibited under the Sexual Offences Act 2012.
- Burkina Faso
- Decriminalized / unregulated Prostitution is not specifically prohibited, but soliciting and pimping are illegal.
- Mali
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal in Mali but third-party activities like procuring are illegal.
Other laws in Côte d'Ivoire
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Incest Laws
- Legal between adults
- 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.