Is prostitution legal in Eritrea?
Legal & regulated
Prostitution is legal and regulated, with restrictions near schools and hospitals, and arrests for foreign encounters.
Eritrea 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
- Djibouti
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal but tolerated, with a red-light district and foreign military presence increasing demand.
- Ethiopia
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal but procuring and brothel operations are illegal, with significant sex tourism and child exploitation issues.
- Yemen
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Yemen with three-year imprisonment, though it occurs in hotels and among women from Yaffai.
- Sudan
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Sudan but widespread, with significant sex trafficking.
- Saudi Arabia
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Saudi Arabia with punishments including prison, flogging, and deportation, with death penalty possible for adultery.
- Somalia
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal, though sex trafficking and child prostitution are problems.
Other laws in Eritrea
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Pornography
- Illegal
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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