Is prostitution legal in Mali?
Legal & regulated
Prostitution is legal in Mali but third-party activities like procuring are illegal.
Mali 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
- Burkina Faso
- Decriminalized / unregulated Prostitution is not specifically prohibited, but soliciting and pimping are illegal.
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Legal & regulated Prostitution itself is legal but associated activities like soliciting and running brothels are illegal.
- 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.
- Mauritania
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Mauritania with estimated 315 sex workers.
- Sierra Leone
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal but soliciting and third-party involvement are prohibited under the Sexual Offences Act 2012.
Other laws in Mali
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Divorce
- 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.