Is prostitution legal in Spain?
Legal & regulated
Prostitution is legal in Spain, though pimping is illegal and regulation varies by region.
Spain 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 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
- Portugal
- Decriminalized / unregulated Selling sex is legal, but third-party profit and organized prostitution are illegal.
- France
- Buying illegal (Nordic model) France criminalizes the purchase of sex under the Nordic model, while selling remains legal.
- Jersey
- Decriminalized / unregulated Selling sex is legal, but keeping a brothel is outlawed.
- Guernsey
- Decriminalized / unregulated Selling sex is legal, but related activities like solicitation and brothel keeping are prohibited.
- Monaco
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal, but organized prostitution, pimping, and solicitation are prohibited.
- Switzerland
- Legal & regulated Sex work is legal and regulated, including licensed brothels, while trafficking and pimping are illegal.
Other laws in Spain
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Divorce
- Legal
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Limited recognition
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- 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.