Is prostitution legal in the Solomon Islands?
Legal & regulated
Prostitution is legal but soliciting and brothel keeping are prohibited, with laws rarely enforced.
The Solomon Islands 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 Oceania
- 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
- Vanuatu
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Vanuatu but common, especially in the capital Port Vila.
- Nauru
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal in Nauru but brothels are prohibited by the Criminal Code.
- Papua New Guinea
- Illegal Prostitution is generally illegal but rarely enforced, with laws criminalizing brothel keeping and living off earnings.
- New Caledonia
- Buying illegal (Nordic model) Purchasing sex is criminalized while selling sex remains legal, following the French Law of June 2016.
- Micronesia
- Varies by region Prostitution is legal in Yap and Kosrae but illegal in Chuuk and Pohnpei.
- Marshall Islands
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in the Marshall Islands under the Prostitution Prohibition Act of 2001.
Other laws in Solomon Islands
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Pornography
- Illegal
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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