Is prostitution legal in Antigua and Barbuda?
Decriminalized / unregulated
Selling sex is legal, but brothel keeping and solicitation are prohibited.
Antigua and Barbuda is one of 38 countries classified “Decriminalized / unregulated” for sex work — 17% of the 219 with data. (Also searched as prostitution.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Prostitution in the Americas
- 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
- Montserrat
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal in Montserrat, though related activities like pimping are prohibited.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Illegal Prostitution is explicitly illegal under the Small Charges Act in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
- Saint-Martin
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Saint Martin under French law, though street prostitution persists.
- Dominica
- Legal & regulated Selling sex is legal, while brothel keeping and solicitation are prohibited.
- Anguilla
- Decriminalized / unregulated Selling sex is legal, but brothel keeping and other related activities are illegal.
- United States Virgin Islands
- Illegal Prostitution is explicitly stated to be illegal in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Other laws in Antigua and Barbuda
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Not permitted
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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