Is prostitution legal in Guam?
Illegal
Selling and buying sex are criminal offenses under the Guam Crimes and Correctional Code.
Guam is one of 101 countries classified “Illegal” for sex work — 46% of the 219 with data. (Also searched as prostitution.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Prostitution in Oceania
- 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
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Illegal Selling and buying sex are criminalized under the Commonwealth Code.
- Palau
- Illegal Selling and buying sex are criminalized under the Anti-Prostitution Act.
- Micronesia
- Varies by region Sex work legality differs by state, being legal in Yap and Kosrae but illegal in Chuuk and Pohnpei.
- Papua New Guinea
- Illegal Prostitution is effectively illegal in Papua New Guinea due to court interpretations of existing laws.
- Philippines
- Illegal Prostitution is a criminal offense in the Philippines, though enforcement is rare.
- Japan
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal under the 1956 Anti-Prostitution Law, though enforcement is loose.
Other laws in Guam
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
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