Is prostitution legal in Algeria?
Legal & regulated
Selling sex is legal, though brothel keeping and solicitation are criminalized.
Algeria is one of 61 countries classified “Legal & regulated” for sex work — 28% of the 219 with data. (Also searched as prostitution.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Prostitution in Africa
- 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
- Tunisia
- Illegal Selling sex is currently illegal following a 2022 ban.
- Morocco
- Illegal Selling sex has been illegal since the 1970s.
- Malta
- Decriminalized / unregulated Selling sex is legal, but running brothels and loitering are illegal.
- Libya
- Illegal Selling sex is illegal, with punishments based on Sharia law.
- Spain
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal in Spain, though pimping is illegal and regulation varies by region.
- Portugal
- Decriminalized / unregulated Selling sex is legal, but third-party profit and organized prostitution are illegal.
Other laws in Algeria
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- 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.