Is prostitution legal in Chile?
Legal & regulated
Adult prostitution is legal and regulated in Chile, while brothels and pimping are prohibited.
Chile 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 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
- Argentina
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal under federal law in Argentina, though organized prostitution is illegal.
- Uruguay
- Legal & regulated Sex work is legal and regulated under the 2002 sex work law.
- Falkland Islands
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal in the Falkland Islands, though solicitation and brothels are prohibited.
- Paraguay
- Decriminalized / unregulated Selling sex is legal for adults, but related activities like brothel keeping are prohibited.
- Bolivia
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal and regulated in Bolivia, restricted to registered prostitutes in licensed brothels.
- Peru
- Legal & regulated Sex work is legal and regulated, requiring registration and health certificates.
Other laws in Chile
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Limited recognition
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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