Is prostitution legal in Mozambique?
Legal & regulated
Selling sex is legal and widely practised, although the country also contains illegal brothels.
Mozambique 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 Africa
- 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
- Malawi
- Legal & regulated Selling sex is legal and prevalent, although living off the proceeds of prostitution is illegal.
- Zimbabwe
- Illegal Sex work is explicitly stated to be illegal in Zimbabwe, including solicitation and brothel keeping.
- Zambia
- Legal & regulated Selling sex is legal, while soliciting and procuring are prohibited.
- Eswatini
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Eswatini, with laws dating back to 1889.
- Comoros
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Comoros, though it is openly practiced in some areas.
- Botswana
- Decriminalized / unregulated Selling sex is not illegal, but related activities like soliciting and brothel keeping are.
Other laws in Mozambique
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Divorce
- Heavily restricted
- 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.