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Democracy Statistics > Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality (most recent) by country
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| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Algeria |
Yes |
| American Samoa |
No |
| Angola |
Yes |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Yes |
| Argentina |
No |
| Aruba |
No |
| Bahamas, The |
No, same-gender sex "in Public" is a 20 year jail sentence and the age of consent "in private" for homosexual sex is 18, 16 for heterosexual sex |
| Bahrain |
Male only |
| Bangladesh |
Yes |
| Barbados |
Yes |
| Belize |
Yes* |
| Benin |
Yes |
| Bermuda |
No, age of consent set at 18 for male-male sex, 16 for others from 1994 - Under review. |
| Bhutan |
Yes* |
| Bolivia |
No |
| Botswana |
Yes |
| Brazil |
No |
| Brunei |
Yes |
| Burkina Faso |
No |
| Burma |
Yes* |
| Burundi |
No |
| Cambodia |
No |
| Cameroon |
Yes |
| Canada |
No, the age of consent (The "age of protection" as it is called in Canada) 18 for anal sex, 14 for all non-anal sex, regardless of sexuality of the participants, from 1988 |
| Cape Verde |
No (Since 2004) |
| Cayman Islands |
No |
| Central African Republic |
No |
| Chad |
No |
| Chile |
No, age of consent is 18 for same-sex sexual activity, 14 for opposite-sex sexual activity. |
| China |
No |
| Colombia |
No |
| Comoros |
No |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
No |
| Congo, Republic of the |
No |
| Cook Islands |
Male only* |
| Costa Rica |
No |
| Cuba |
No |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
No |
| Djibouti |
Yes |
| Dominica |
Yes |
| Dominican Republic |
No |
| East Timor |
No |
| Ecuador |
No |
| Egypt |
No* |
| El Salvador |
No |
| Equatorial Guinea |
No |
| Eritrea |
Yes |
| Ethiopia |
Yes |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
No |
| Fiji |
No, still illegal in statutes (Yet to be repealed) and cannot be enforced. |
| French Guiana |
No |
| French Polynesia |
No |
| Gabon |
No |
| Gambia, The |
Yes |
| Ghana |
Yes |
| Greenland |
No |
| Grenada |
Male only |
| Guadeloupe |
No |
| Guam |
No |
| Guatemala |
No |
| Guinea |
Yes |
| Guyana |
Male only |
| Haiti |
No |
| Honduras |
No |
| Hong Kong |
No, statutes still have age of consent at 21 for male-male sex, yet to be repealed, but not enforceable. |
| India |
Yes* |
| Indonesia |
No* |
| Iran |
Yes |
| Iraq |
No* |
| Israel |
No |
| Jamaica |
Male only |
| Japan |
No |
| Jordan |
No* |
| Kazakhstan |
No |
| Kenya |
Male only |
| Kiribati |
Male only |
| Korea, North |
No |
| Korea, South |
No |
| Kuwait |
Yes |
| Kyrgyzstan |
No |
| Laos |
No |
| Lebanon |
Yes |
| Lesotho |
Male only |
| Liberia |
Yes |
| Libya |
Yes |
| Madagascar |
No |
| Malawi |
Yes |
| Malaysia |
Yes |
| Maldives |
Male only |
| Mali |
No |
| Marshall Islands |
No (Since 2004) |
| Martinique |
No |
| Mauritania |
Yes |
| Mauritius |
Yes |
| Mexico |
No |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
No |
| Mongolia |
No* |
| Morocco |
Yes |
| Mozambique |
Yes |
| Namibia |
No |
| Nauru |
Male only |
| Nepal |
Yes |
| Netherlands Antilles |
No |
| New Caledonia |
No |
| New Zealand |
No |
| Nicaragua |
Yes/No* |
| Niger |
No |
| Nigeria |
Yes* |
| Niue |
Male only* |
| Oman |
Yes |
| Pakistan |
Yes* |
| Palau |
Male only |
| Panama |
No, "public" homosexuality prohibited with 1 year prison or a fine of US$500 under Decree No. 149 of 1949 |
| Papua New Guinea |
Male only |
| Paraguay |
No |
| Peru |
No |
| Philippines |
No |
| Puerto Rico |
No (Since 2005) |
| Qatar |
Yes |
| Rwanda |
No* |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Male only |
| Saint Lucia |
Male only |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Yes |
| Samoa |
Yes |
| Saudi Arabia |
Yes |
| Senegal |
Yes |
| Seychelles |
Yes |
| Sierra Leone |
Yes |
| Singapore |
Yes* |
| Solomon Islands |
Yes |
| Somalia |
Yes* |
| South Africa |
No, statutes still have age of consent higher at 19 (16 for heterosexuality), under review and yet to be repealed. |
| Sri Lanka |
Yes |
| Sudan |
Yes |
| Suriname |
No, age of consent for homosexual sex set at 18, 16 for heterosexual sex. Section 302 is rarely enforced |
| Swaziland |
Male only* |
| Syria |
Yes |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
Yes |
| Taiwan |
No |
| Tajikistan |
No |
| Tanzania |
Yes |
| Thailand |
No |
| Togo |
Yes |
| Tokelau |
Male only* |
| Tonga |
Male only |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Yes* |
| Tunisia |
Yes |
| Turkey |
No |
| Turkmenistan |
Male only |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
No |
| Tuvalu |
Male only |
| Uganda |
Male only |
| United Arab Emirates |
Yes |
| United States |
No, 21 states still have sodomy laws in the statutes, not allowed to be enforced Lawrence v. Texas |
| Uruguay |
No |
| Uzbekistan |
Male only* |
| Vanuatu |
No, age of consent for homosexuality is 18, while it is 15 for heterosexuality |
| Venezuela |
No |
| Vietnam |
No |
| West Bank |
No |
| Yemen |
Yes |
| Zambia |
Male only |
| Zimbabwe |
Male only |
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
via NationMaster
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