Is prostitution legal in Malta?
Legal & regulated
Prostitution is legal in Malta, but running brothels and loitering are illegal with penalties up to two years.
Malta 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 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
- Tunisia
- Illegal Prostitution was legal in Tunisia until 2022 when it was banned by government.
- Vatican City
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Vatican City and not commonplace.
- Albania
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Albania but widespread, with street prostitution and brothels present.
- Italy
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal in Italy, but organized prostitution and brothel operations are prohibited, with individual sex workers tolerated.
- Libya
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Libya but common, with Sharia penalties for offenders.
- Montenegro
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Montenegro, with the country being a source and transit point for sex trafficking.
Other laws in Malta
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Recognized
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- 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.