Is prostitution legal in Uruguay?
Legal & regulated
Prostitution is legal and regulated under the 2002 sex work law.
Uruguay 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 the Americas
- 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
- Argentina
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal under federal law, though organized prostitution and brothels are illegal, with some provincial restrictions.
- Paraguay
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal for adults over 18, but brothel keeping is prohibited.
- Chile
- Decriminalized / unregulated Prostitution is legal but brothels and pimping are prohibited; sex workers undergo mandatory health checks.
- Bolivia
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal and regulated in Bolivia, limited to registered prostitutes in licensed brothels with mandatory health checks.
- Falkland Islands
- Illegal Prostitution is legal in the Falkland Islands, but related activities like solicitation and keeping brothels are prohibited by law.
- Brazil
- Decriminalized / unregulated Prostitution is not criminalized for adults, but operating brothels or employing sex workers is illegal, with public order laws targeting street prostitutes.
Other laws in Uruguay
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Divorce
- Legal
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Limited recognition
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- Incest Laws
- Legal between adults
- 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.