Is prostitution legal in Austria?
Legal & regulated
Prostitution is legal and regulated in Austria, with specific restrictions on location and age.
Austria 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 Europe
- 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
- Slovenia
- Decriminalized / unregulated Prostitution was decriminalized in Slovenia in 2003, though forcing others into it remains an offense.
- Czech Republic
- Legal & regulated Selling sex is legal, but brothels and procuring are prohibited, though enforcement is lax.
- Liechtenstein
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Liechtenstein, though police tolerate it if it is not street prostitution.
- Croatia
- Illegal Voluntary prostitution is an infraction against public order for prostitutes only.
- Switzerland
- Legal & regulated Sex work is legal and regulated, including licensed brothels, while trafficking and pimping are illegal.
- San Marino
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in San Marino.
Other laws in Austria
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Pornography
- Restricted
- Divorce
- Legal
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Recognized
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- 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.