Is prostitution legal in Switzerland?
Legal & regulated
Sex work is legal and regulated, including licensed brothels, while trafficking and pimping are illegal.
Switzerland 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
- Liechtenstein
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Liechtenstein, though police tolerate it if it is not street prostitution.
- Monaco
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal, but organized prostitution, pimping, and solicitation are prohibited.
- Luxembourg
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal and regulated in specific zones, while organized prostitution and pimping remain illegal.
- France
- Buying illegal (Nordic model) France criminalizes the purchase of sex under the Nordic model, while selling remains legal.
- Austria
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal and regulated in Austria, with specific restrictions on location and age.
- San Marino
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in San Marino.
Other laws in Switzerland
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Divorce
- Legal
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- 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.