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Date
Decriminalised
Criminalised
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1789
126 countries -
1791
France -
1793
Monaco -
1795
BelgiumLuxembourg -
1811
Netherlands -
1819
Singapore -
1822
Dominican Republic -
1831
Brazil -
1832
Russian Empire -
1837
Peru -
1841
Hong Kong -
1858
Turkey -
1860
IndiaBangladeshBhutanPakistanMyanmarSri Lanka -
1860s
GhanaSeyshelles -
1861
Sierra Leone -
1864
Jamaica -
1865
San Marino -
1867
Zanzibar -
1869
Suriname -
1871
German Empire -
1872
Mexico -
1874
Fiji -
1880s
KiribatiMaldivesMarshall IslandsSolomon IslandsTongaTuvaluSolomon IslandsWestern SamoaLesothoSwaziland -
1880
Paraguay -
1884
Togo -
1885
Botswana -
1886
Portugal -
1887
Argentina -
1888
BelizePapua New GuineaSomaliaGambia -
1890
Italy -
1891
MalawiZimbabwe -
1894
Uganda -
1896
Taiwan -
1897
Kenya -
1899
HondurasBurundiSudanNauru -
1901
Nigeria -
1902
Uganda -
1906
BruneiVanuatu -
1911
Zambia -
1917
USSR -
1920
NamibiaTanzania -
1932
Poland -
1933
Denmark -
1934
UruguayUSSR -
1940
Iceland -
1942
Switzerland -
1944
Sweden -
1951
GreeceJordanWest Bank -
1957
Thailand -
1961
Mongolia -
1962
CzechoslovakiaHungary -
1966
Algeria -
1968
East GermanyBulgaria -
1969
CanadaWest Germany -
1971
FinlandAustriaCosta Rica -
1972
CameroonNorway -
1973
Malta -
1975
Timor Leste -
1976
Bahrain -
1977
CroatiaMontenegroSlovenia -
1979
CubaSpain -
1981
Colombia -
1982
UK -
1983
Portugal -
1986
New ZealandHaiti -
1988
Israel -
1989
Liechtenstein -
1990
Andorra -
1991
BahamasUkraineHong Kong -
1992
NicaraguaLatviaEstonia -
1993
AustraliaRussia*IrelandLithuaniaGuinea Bissau -
1994
BelarusSerbia -
1995
DjiboutiMoldovaAlbania -
1996
MacedoniaRomania -
1997
ChinaEcuador -
1998
CyprusKazakhstanKyrgyzstanSouth AfricaTajikistan -
1999
Chile -
2000
AzerbaijanGeorgia -
2001
Bosnia and Herzegovina -
2003
USArmenia -
2004
Cape Verde -
2005
Marshall Islands -
2007
Vanuatu -
2008
NepalNicaraguaPanama -
2009
IndiaBurundi -
2010
Fiji -
2013
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