Introduction: The world of escort services is as diverse as the cultures it serves. In this blog post, we’ll take you on a journey around the globe to explore the variations in escort services and the regulations governing them in different countries and regions. Understanding these differences is not only informative but also essential for anyone interested in or involved with escorting.

Escort Services in Europe

Europe boasts a wide spectrum of escort services, from high-end companionship to legalized red-light districts in countries like the Netherlands and Germany. Regulations vary, with some countries permitting escorting while others strictly control or prohibit it.

Escort Services in North America

In North America, the United States and Canada have differing approaches to escorting. While the U.S. has a complex legal landscape with varying state laws, Canada decriminalised sex work, affecting the escorting industry.

Escort Services in Asia

Asia’s escort industry is marked by significant diversity. In countries like Japan, escorting is tolerated but regulated, while in others, it may be illegal or exist in underground markets.

1. Afghanistan 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
2. Albania 🟢: Sex work is legal but regulated.
3. Algeria 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
4. Andorra 🟢: Generally tolerated but not explicitly regulated.
5. Angola 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
6. Antigua and Barbuda 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
7. Argentina 🟢: Sex work is legal but regulated.
8. Armenia 🚫: Sex work is illegal and prohibited.
9. Australia 🟢: Legal and regulated in most states.
10. Austria 🟢: Legal and regulated.
11. Azerbaijan 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
12. Bahamas 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
13. Bahrain 🚫: Sex work is illegal and prohibited.
14. Bangladesh 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
15. Barbados 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
16. Belarus 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
17. Belgium 🟢: Legal and regulated.
18. Belize 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
19. Benin 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
20. Bhutan 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
21. Bolivia 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
22. Bosnia and Herzegovina 🚫: Sex work is illegal and prohibited.
23. Botswana 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
24. Brazil 🟢: Generally legal but regulated.
25. Brunei 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
26. Bulgaria 🟢: Legal and regulated.
27. Burkina Faso 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
28. Burundi 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
29. Cambodia 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
30. Cameroon 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
31. Canada 🟢: Legal and regulated in some provinces.
32. Cape Verde 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
33. Central African Republic 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
34. Chad 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
35. Chile 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
36. China 🌐: Complex and varying regulations.
37. Colombia 🟢: Generally legal but regulated.
38. Comoros 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
39. Congo (Brazzaville) 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
40. Congo (Kinshasa) 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
41. Costa Rica 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
42. Croatia 🟢: Legal and regulated.
43. Cuba 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
44. Cyprus 🟢: Legal and regulated.
45. Czech Republic 🟢: Legal and regulated.
46. North Korea 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
47. Denmark 🟢: Legal and regulated.
48. Djibouti 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
49. Dominica 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
50. Dominican Republic 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
51. East Timor 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
52. Ecuador 🟢: Generally legal but regulated.
53. Egypt 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
54. El Salvador 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
55. Equatorial Guinea 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
56. Eritrea 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
57. Estonia 🟢: Legal and regulated.
58. Eswatini 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
59. Ethiopia 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
60. Fiji 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
61. Finland 🟢: Legal and regulated.
62. France 🌐: Escorting is in a legal gray area.
63. Gabon 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
64. Gambia 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
65. Georgia 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
66. Germany 🟢: Legal and regulated.
67. Ghana 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
68. Greece 🟡: Escorting is not explicitly regulated.
69. Grenada 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
70. Guatemala 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
71. Guinea 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
72. Guinea-Bissau 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
73. Guyana 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
74. Haiti 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
75. Honduras 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
76. Hungary 🟢: Legal and regulated.
77. Iceland 🟢: Legal and regulated.
78. India 🌐: Complex and varied regulations.
79. Indonesia 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
80. Iran 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
81. Iraq 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
82. Ireland 🟢: Legal and regulated.
83. Israel 🟡: Escorting is not explicitly regulated.
84. Italy 🌐: Complex and varying regulations.
85. Ivory Coast 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
86. Jamaica 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
87. Japan 🌐: Escorting is regulated.
88. Jordan 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
89. Kazakhstan 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
90. Kenya 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
91. Kiribati 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
92. Kosovo 🟢: Legal and regulated.
93. Kuwait 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
94. Kyrgyzstan 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
95. Laos 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
96. Latvia 🟢: Legal and regulated.
97. Lebanon 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
98. Lesotho 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
99. Liberia 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
100. Libya 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
101. Liechtenstein 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
102. Lithuania 🟢: Legal and regulated.
103. Luxembourg 🟢: Legal and regulated.
104. North Macedonia 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
105. Madagascar 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
106. Malawi 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
107. Malaysia 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
108. Maldives 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
109. Mali 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
110. Malta 🟢: Legal and regulated.
111. Marshall Islands 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
112. Mauritania 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
113. Mauritius 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
114. Mexico 🌐: Complex and varying regulations.
115. Micronesia 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
116. Moldova 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
117. Monaco 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
118. Mongolia 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
119. Montenegro 🟢: Legal and regulated.
120. Morocco 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
121. Mozambique 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
122. Myanmar 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
123. Namibia 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
124. Nauru 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
125. Nepal 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
126. Netherlands 🟢: Legal and regulated.
127. New Zealand 🟢: Legal and regulated.
128. Nicaragua 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
129. Niger 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
130. Nigeria 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
131. Norway 🟢: Follows the Nordic Model.
132. Oman 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
133. Pakistan 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
134. Palau 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
135. Palestine 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
136. Panama 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
137. Papua New Guinea 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
138. Paraguay 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
139. Peru 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
140. Philippines 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
141. Poland 🟢: Legal and regulated.
142. Portugal 🟢: Legal and regulated.
143. Qatar 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
144. Romania 🟢: Legal and regulated.
145. Russia 🌐: Escorting operates in a legal gray area.
146. Rwanda 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
147. Saint Kitts and Nevis 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
148. Saint Lucia 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
149. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
150. Samoa 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
151. San Marino 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
152. Sao Tome and Principe 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
153. Saudi Arabia 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
154. Senegal 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
155. Serbia 🟢: Legal and regulated.
156. Seychelles 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
157. Sierra Leone 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
158. Singapore 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
159. Slovakia 🟢: Legal and regulated.
160. Slovenia 🟢: Legal and regulated.
161. Solomon Islands 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
162. Somalia 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
163. South Africa 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
164. South Korea 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
165. South Sudan 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
166. Spain 🌐: Complex and varying regulations.
167. Sri Lanka 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
168. Sudan 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
169. Suriname 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
170. Sweden 🟢: Follows the Nordic Model.
171. Switzerland 🟢: Legal and regulated.
172. Syria 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
173. Taiwan 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
174. Tajikistan 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
175. Tanzania 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
176. Thailand 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
177. Togo 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
178. Tonga 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
179. Trinidad and Tobago 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
180. Tunisia 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
181. Turkey 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
182. Turkmenistan 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
183. Tuvalu 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
184. Uganda 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
185. Ukraine 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
186. United Arab Emirates 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
187. United Kingdom 🟢: Legal and regulated.
188. United States 🌐: Complex and varying regulations.
189. Uruguay 🟢: Generally legal but regulated.
190. Uzbekistan 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
191. Vanuatu 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
192. Vatican City 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
193. Venezuela 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
194. Vietnam 🚫: Generally illegal but tolerated.
195. Yemen 🚫: Generally illegal and prohibited.
196. Zambia 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.
197. Zimbabwe 🟡: Generally illegal but tolerated.