Is prostitution legal in Luxembourg?
Decriminalized / unregulated
Prostitution is legal but regulated, with specific areas and times allowed for street work, and related activities like brothel-keeping are illegal.
Luxembourg 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 Europe
- 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
- Belgium
- Decriminalized / unregulated Prostitution was decriminalized in Belgium on 1 June 2022, but pimping is prohibited.
- Netherlands
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal and regulated, with new laws punishing customers who know or suspect coercion or trafficking.
- Germany
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal and regulated in Germany, including brothels and sex work services.
- France
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in France after April 2016, with customers now punishable by fines.
- Switzerland
- Legal & regulated Full-service sex work is legal and regulated since 1942, with licensed brothels and penalties for trafficking and pimping.
- Liechtenstein
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Liechtenstein but tolerated if not street-based.
Other laws in Luxembourg
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Divorce
- Legal
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- 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.