Is prostitution legal in Lithuania?
Illegal
Prostitution is explicitly stated to be illegal in Lithuania, despite being common.
Lithuania 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 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
- Latvia
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal and regulated with mandatory registration and health checks, though procuring is illegal.
- Belarus
- Illegal Selling sex is an administrative offense, while running a brothel is a criminal offense.
- Estonia
- Decriminalized / unregulated Selling and buying sex are not crimes, but prostitution is not considered a profession.
- Poland
- Legal & regulated Selling sex is legal, but operating brothels, pimping, and coercive prostitution are prohibited.
- Slovakia
- Decriminalized / unregulated Selling sex is legal, but operating brothels and related activities are prohibited.
- Czech Republic
- Legal & regulated Selling sex is legal, but brothels and procuring are prohibited, though enforcement is lax.
Other laws in Lithuania
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Civil unions
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Pornography
- Illegal
- Divorce
- Legal
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Not permitted
- 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.