Is pornography legal in Bulgaria?
Illegal
Bulgaria criminalizes the production, distribution, and sale of pornographic materials with imprisonment and fines.
Bulgaria is one of 49 countries classified “Illegal” for pornography — 71% of the 69 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Pornography laws by region
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Serbia
- Illegal Serbia criminalizes the sale, display, and possession of pornographic material, particularly involving minors.
- Albania
- Restricted Albania criminalizes the distribution of pornography in environments with children and strictly prohibits child pornography.
- Moldova
- Illegal Producing, selling, broadcasting, or keeping pornographic products for sale is sanctioned in Moldova.
- Hungary
- Illegal Hungary criminalizes the production, sale, and distribution of pornographic material.
- Ukraine
- Illegal Ukraine prohibits the importation, making, sale, and distribution of pornographic items.
- Austria
- Restricted Austria criminalizes the production and distribution of obscene materials for profit, imposing imprisonment and fines.
Other laws in Bulgaria
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Divorce
- Legal
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Limited (step-child / single)
- 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.