Is prostitution legal in Brazil?
Decriminalized / unregulated
Selling sex is not criminal in Brazil, but operating brothels or employing sex workers is illegal.
Brazil 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
- Bolivia
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal and regulated in Bolivia, restricted to registered prostitutes in licensed brothels.
- Suriname
- Illegal Prostitution is a criminal offense in Suriname, despite being widespread and rarely enforced.
- Paraguay
- Decriminalized / unregulated Selling sex is legal for adults, but related activities like brothel keeping are prohibited.
- Guyana
- Illegal Prostitution is a criminal offense in Guyana, though enforcement is inconsistent.
- Peru
- Legal & regulated Sex work is legal and regulated, requiring registration and health certificates.
- Venezuela
- Legal & regulated Sex work is legal and regulated, requiring identification and health checkups.
Other laws in Brazil
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Divorce
- Legal
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Limited recognition
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- Incest Laws
- Legal between adults
- 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.