Is prostitution legal in Honduras?
Legal & regulated
Prostitution is legal in Honduras with no specific prohibition, though related activities are illegal.
Honduras 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 the Americas
- 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
- Nicaragua
- Decriminalized / unregulated Prostitution is legal but promoting and procuring are prohibited, with a minimum age of 14.
- El Salvador
- Decriminalized / unregulated Prostitution is legal but pimping and related activities are illegal, with local ordinances varying.
- Belize
- Buying illegal (Nordic model) Prostitution is legal but buying sex is illegal, with associated activities also prohibited.
- Guatemala
- Decriminalized / unregulated Prostitution is legal but procuring is prohibited, with brothel ownership allowed.
- Costa Rica
- Decriminalized / unregulated Prostitution is not illegal but related activities like pimping and brothels are prohibited.
- Cayman Islands
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal but brothel keeping is prohibited.
Other laws in Honduras
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Pornography
- Illegal
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Not permitted
- 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.