Is prostitution legal in Kiribati?
Decriminalized / unregulated
Selling sex is legal, but keeping a brothel is illegal.
Kiribati 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 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
- American Samoa
- Illegal Selling sex and related activities like brothel keeping are illegal.
- French Polynesia
- Legal & regulated Selling sex is legal, but operating brothels is prohibited.
- Samoa
- Illegal Selling sex is a criminal offense under the Crimes Act 2013.
- Cook Islands
- Legal & regulated Selling sex is legal, though procuring, brothel keeping, and solicitation remain illegal.
- Niue
- Illegal Selling sex is a criminal offense under the Niue Act 1966.
- Tuvalu
- Legal & regulated Selling sex is legal, but procuring, brothel keeping, and solicitation are illegal.
Other laws in Kiribati
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Pornography
- Restricted
- 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.