How many countries have legalized prostitution in the world?
Prostitution legal, but procuring illegal In these countries there is no specific law prohibiting the exchange of sex for money, but procuring (running a brothel, deriving financial gain from the prostitution of another, facilitating the prostitution of another etc) is illegal. Since most of these countries also have laws against soliciting in a public place (eg. a street) and advertising prostitution, it is difficult to engage in prostitution without breaking any law. This legal system can be found in: Africa: Burkina Faso [hr 32], Central African Republic [hr 33] Cote d’Ivoire [hr 34] Ethiopia [hr 35], Madagascar [hr 36], Malawi, [hr 37] Sierra Leone [24] Asia: Hong Kong [hr 38],India [hr 39], Kazakhstan, [25], Kyrgyzstan [26], Macau[hr 40], Timor-Leste, [hr 41] Europe: Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and United Kingdom (see Prostitution in Europe).
