Is prostitution legal in Kyrgyzstan?
Legal & regulated
Prostitution is legal since 1998, but brothels, pimping, and recruiting are illegal with penalties up to five years.
Kyrgyzstan 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 Asia
- 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
- Tajikistan
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal but related activities like soliciting and brothel keeping are prohibited, with penalties including imprisonment.
- Uzbekistan
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal but common, especially in major cities, with inconsistent law enforcement and some police harassment.
- Afghanistan
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal with 5-15 year imprisonment, though practiced in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif.
- Kazakhstan
- Legal & regulated Prostitution itself is legal in Kazakhstan, but facilitating it through brothels or rings is illegal.
- Pakistan
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Pakistan, with some regions imposing severe penalties including death, though it is practiced underground.
- Turkmenistan
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal but common, with poverty and family pressure driving women into the trade.
Other laws in Kyrgyzstan
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Not permitted
- Incest Laws
- Legal between adults
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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