Is prostitution legal in Malta?
Decriminalized / unregulated
Selling sex is legal, but running brothels and loitering are illegal.
Malta 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 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
- Tunisia
- Illegal Selling sex is currently illegal following a 2022 ban.
- Vatican City
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Vatican City.
- Albania
- Illegal Prostitution is explicitly stated to be illegal in Albania.
- Italy
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal in Italy, though organized prostitution and brothels are prohibited.
- Libya
- Illegal Selling sex is illegal, with punishments based on Sharia law.
- Montenegro
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Montenegro.
Other laws in Malta
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Recognized
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- 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.