Is prostitution legal in Sudan?
Illegal
Prostitution is illegal in Sudan but widespread, with significant sex trafficking.
Sudan is one of 105 countries classified “Illegal” for sex work — 48% 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
- South Sudan
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal but related activities like soliciting and brothel-keeping are illegal.
- Eritrea
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal and regulated, with restrictions near schools and hospitals, and arrests for foreign encounters.
- Ethiopia
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal but procuring and brothel operations are illegal, with significant sex tourism and child exploitation issues.
- Central African Republic
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal in the Central African Republic.
- Chad
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Chad but common.
- Uganda
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Uganda but common due to poverty and lack of opportunities.
Other laws in Sudan
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Age of Consent
- Under 14
- Pornography
- Illegal
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- Under 16 possible
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.