Is prostitution legal in South Sudan?
Legal & regulated
Selling sex is legal, though related activities like soliciting are illegal.
South Sudan 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
- Sudan
- Illegal Selling sex is illegal, though it is widespread.
- Uganda
- Illegal Selling sex is illegal under the 1950 Penal Code.
- Ethiopia
- Legal & regulated Selling sex is legal in Ethiopia, while procuring and brothel operation remain illegal.
- Central African Republic
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal in the Central African Republic, while procuring or profiting from it is illegal.
- Rwanda
- Illegal Selling sex is illegal for all parties, though a draft decriminalization bill was debated in 2017.
- Kenya
- Varies by region National law does not criminalize selling sex, but municipal by-laws like Nairobi's ban make it illegal in specific areas.
Other laws in South Sudan
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Pornography
- Illegal
- 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.