Countries

196 countries. Full profiles answer all eleven questions with statistics and a timeline and are independently fact-checked; overviews cover the five core questions.

Europe 49

• AlbaniaSelling and buying prohibited
• AndorraBuying criminalised (Nordic model)
• ArmeniaSelling and buying prohibited
• AustriaRegulation (legal & licensed)
• AzerbaijanSelling and buying prohibited
• BelarusSelling and buying prohibited
• BelgiumDecriminalisation
• Bosnia and HerzegovinaSelling and buying prohibited
• BulgariaLegal, organisation banned
• CroatiaSelling and buying prohibited
• CyprusLegal, organisation banned
• CzechiaLegal, organisation banned
• DenmarkLegal, organisation banned
• EstoniaLegal, organisation banned
• FinlandLegal, organisation banned
• FranceBuying criminalised (Nordic model)
• GeorgiaSelling and buying prohibited
• GermanyRegulation (legal & licensed)
• GreeceRegulation (legal & licensed)
• HungaryLegal, organisation banned
• IcelandBuying criminalised (Nordic model)
• IrelandBuying criminalised (Nordic model)
• ItalyLegal, organisation banned
• KosovoSelling and buying prohibited
• LatviaLegal, organisation banned
• LiechtensteinLegal, organisation banned
• LithuaniaSelling and buying prohibited
• LuxembourgLegal, organisation banned
• MaltaLegal, organisation banned
• MoldovaSelling and buying prohibited
• MonacoLegal, organisation banned
• MontenegroSelling and buying prohibited
• NetherlandsRegulation (legal & licensed)
• North MacedoniaSelling and buying prohibited
• NorwayBuying criminalised (Nordic model)
• PolandLegal, organisation banned
• PortugalLegal, organisation banned
• RomaniaSelling and buying prohibited
• RussiaSelling and buying prohibited
• San MarinoLegal, organisation banned
• SerbiaSelling and buying prohibited
• SlovakiaLegal, organisation banned
• SloveniaLegal, organisation banned
• SpainLegal, organisation banned
• SwedenBuying criminalised (Nordic model)
• SwitzerlandRegulation (legal & licensed)
• TurkeyRegulation (legal & licensed)
• UkraineSelling and buying prohibited
• United KingdomLegal, organisation banned

North America 2

• CanadaBuying criminalised (Nordic model)
• United StatesSelling and buying prohibited

Latin America & Caribbean 33

• Antigua and BarbudaLegal, organisation banned
• ArgentinaLegal, organisation banned
• BahamasLegal, organisation banned
• BarbadosLegal, organisation banned
• BelizeLegal, organisation banned
• BoliviaRegulation (legal & licensed)
• BrazilLegal, organisation banned
• ChileLegal, organisation banned
• ColombiaRegulation (legal & licensed)
• Costa RicaLegal, organisation banned
• CubaLegal, organisation banned
• DominicaLegal, organisation banned
• Dominican RepublicLegal, organisation banned
• EcuadorRegulation (legal & licensed)
• El SalvadorBuying criminalised (Nordic model)
• GrenadaSelling and buying prohibited
• GuatemalaLegal, organisation banned
• GuyanaLegal, organisation banned
• HaitiLegal, organisation banned
• HondurasLegal, organisation banned
• JamaicaLegal, organisation banned
• MexicoLegal, organisation banned
• NicaraguaLegal, organisation banned
• PanamaRegulation (legal & licensed)
• ParaguayLegal, organisation banned
• PeruLegal, organisation banned
• Saint Kitts and NevisLegal, organisation banned
• Saint LuciaLegal, organisation banned
• Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesLegal, organisation banned
• SurinameLegal, organisation banned
• Trinidad and TobagoLegal, organisation banned
• UruguayRegulation (legal & licensed)
• VenezuelaLegal, organisation banned

Middle East & North Africa 19

• AlgeriaLegal, organisation banned
• BahrainSelling and buying prohibited
• EgyptSelling and buying prohibited
• IranSelling and buying prohibited
• IraqSelling and buying prohibited
• IsraelBuying criminalised (Nordic model)
• JordanSelling and buying prohibited
• KuwaitSelling and buying prohibited
• LebanonSelling and buying prohibited
• LibyaSelling and buying prohibited
• MoroccoSelling and buying prohibited
• OmanSelling and buying prohibited
• QatarSelling and buying prohibited
• Saudi ArabiaSelling and buying prohibited
• SudanSelling and buying prohibited
• SyriaSelling and buying prohibited
• TunisiaSelling and buying prohibited
• United Arab EmiratesSelling and buying prohibited
• YemenSelling and buying prohibited

Sub-Saharan Africa 47

• AngolaLegal, organisation banned
• BeninLegal, organisation banned
• BotswanaLegal, organisation banned
• Burkina FasoLegal, organisation banned
• BurundiLegal, organisation banned
• Cabo VerdeDecriminalisation
• CameroonSelling and buying prohibited
• Central African RepublicLegal, organisation banned
• ChadLegal, organisation banned
• ComorosSelling and buying prohibited
• Côte d'IvoireLegal, organisation banned
• Democratic Republic of the CongoLegal, organisation banned
• DjiboutiLegal, organisation banned
• EritreaLegal, organisation banned
• EswatiniLegal, organisation banned
• EthiopiaLegal, organisation banned
• GabonLegal, organisation banned
• GhanaLegal, organisation banned
• GuineaLegal, organisation banned
• Guinea-BissauLegal, organisation banned
• KenyaLegal, organisation banned
• LesothoLegal, organisation banned
• LiberiaSelling and buying prohibited
• MadagascarLegal, organisation banned
• MalawiLegal, organisation banned
• MaliLegal, organisation banned
• MauritaniaSelling and buying prohibited
• MauritiusLegal, organisation banned
• MozambiqueLegal, organisation banned
• NamibiaLegal, organisation banned
• NigerLegal, organisation banned
• NigeriaLegal, organisation banned
• Republic of the CongoLegal, organisation banned
• RwandaLegal, organisation banned
• São Tomé and PríncipeLegal, organisation banned
• SenegalRegulation (legal & licensed)
• SeychellesLegal, organisation banned
• Sierra LeoneLegal, organisation banned
• SomaliaSelling and buying prohibited
• South AfricaSelling and buying prohibited
• South SudanLegal, organisation banned
• TanzaniaLegal, organisation banned
• The GambiaSelling and buying prohibited
• TogoBuying criminalised (Nordic model)
• UgandaSelling and buying prohibited
• ZambiaLegal, organisation banned
• ZimbabweLegal, organisation banned

Asia 32

• AfghanistanSelling and buying prohibited
• BangladeshLegal, organisation banned
• BhutanSelling and buying prohibited
• BruneiSelling and buying prohibited
• CambodiaLegal, organisation banned
• ChinaSelling and buying prohibited
• Hong KongLegal, organisation banned
• IndiaLegal, organisation banned
• IndonesiaSelling and buying prohibited
• JapanLegal, organisation banned
• KazakhstanLegal, organisation banned
• KyrgyzstanSelling and buying prohibited
• LaosSelling and buying prohibited
• MacauLegal, organisation banned
• MalaysiaLegal, organisation banned
• MaldivesSelling and buying prohibited
• MongoliaSelling and buying prohibited
• MyanmarSelling and buying prohibited
• NepalBuying criminalised (Nordic model)
• North KoreaSelling and buying prohibited
• PakistanSelling and buying prohibited
• PhilippinesSelling and buying prohibited
• SingaporeLegal, organisation banned
• South KoreaSelling and buying prohibited
• Sri LankaLegal, organisation banned
• TaiwanSelling and buying prohibited
• TajikistanSelling and buying prohibited
• ThailandSelling and buying prohibited
• Timor-LesteLegal, organisation banned
• TurkmenistanSelling and buying prohibited
• UzbekistanSelling and buying prohibited
• VietnamSelling and buying prohibited

Oceania 14

• AustraliaDecriminalisation
• FijiSelling and buying prohibited
• KiribatiLegal, organisation banned
• Marshall IslandsSelling and buying prohibited
• Micronesia (Federated States of)Selling and buying prohibited
• NauruBuying criminalised (Nordic model)
• New ZealandDecriminalisation
• PalauSelling and buying prohibited
• Papua New GuineaSelling and buying prohibited
• SamoaSelling and buying prohibited
• Solomon IslandsLegal, organisation banned
• TongaLegal, organisation banned
• TuvaluLegal, organisation banned
• VanuatuLegal, organisation banned