Is same-sex marriage legal in Puerto Rico?
Marriage legal
Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
Puerto Rico is one of 56 countries classified “Marriage legal” for same-sex marriage — 36% of the 154 with data. (Also searched as gay marriage.)
Source
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Sint Maarten
- Not recognized Sint Maarten recognizes foreign same-sex marriages but does not perform them locally.
- Saint-Martin
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
- Saint-Barthélemy
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
- Dominican Republic
- Not recognized Same-sex unions have no legal recognition, and marriage is constitutionally or statutorily barred.
- Aruba
- Civil unions Same-sex couples can enter a civil union or registered partnership, but not marry.
- Barbados
- Not recognized Barbados does not recognize same-sex unions domestically, only foreign partnerships for immigration.
Other laws in Puerto Rico
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Sex Work
- Illegal
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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