Equaldex

Equaldex is an online publication resource on LGBTQ rights. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Subsections of the website are a collaborative knowledge base. ^{[4] [5] [6]} Equaldex publishes a ranking of LGBT rights by country and territory. ^[7] As of September 2022, the head of Equaldex is Dan Leveille. ^[8]

LGBT Equality Index

The Legal Index is determined on the basis of 13 different legal issues, such as the legal status of homosexuality, the possibility of same-sex marriage, the fullness of the rights of transgender people, and so on. These issues have different weights. For example, the legality of same-sex marriage has a greater impact on the index than the ability of LGBT people to openly serve in the military. If different laws apply in different regions of the country, then the average value is calculated. Laws begin to affect the index only after they come into force, and not immediately after adoption, so changing the index has a delay. A complete list of criteria and coefficients is provided on the resource's website. ^[9]

The Public Opinion Index measures the public attitudes towards LGBT people. The index is calculated on the basis of polls and votes conducted by reputable organizations, using on arithmetic averages of various studies. If the survey contained a point "Do you approve of same-sex marriage?" and 56% of people answered "yes", then the value "56" will be used for the corresponding sub-item of the index. In some cases results of a survey can be used with less weight if the survey was specific or conducted among a specific group of people (for example, among representatives of a religion). Surveys over the age of 2 years are taken with less weights. ^[9]

The Equality Index is the arithmetic mean between the Legal Index and the Public Opinion Index. ^[9]

The data as of April 2, 2025:

Map of countries by the LGBT Equality Index, as of March 2, 2025

Map of countries by the LGBT Legal Index (2025)

Map of countries by the LGBT Public Opinion Index (2025)

Country or territory	Equality Index	Legal Index	Public Opinion Index
Iceland	94	98	90
Norway	87	87	87
Guernsey	85	84	87
Spain	83	100	67
Uruguay	83	93	73
New Caledonia	82	93	71
Chile	81	100	62
Germany	81	100	61
Faroe Islands	80	93	68
Denmark	80	93	67
Puerto Rico	79	91	66
Andorra	79	84	74
Canada	78	95	62
Netherlands	78	90	65
Brazil	77	97	57
Malta	76	100	53
Portugal	76	93	60
Cuba	76	83	70
Jersey	75	90	60
New Zealand	75	87	64
Australia	75	89	61
Colombia	75	98	52
Austria	75	91	59
Isle of Man	74	87	60
Gibraltar	74	85	63
Réunion	74	93	55
Argentina	74	87	61
Finland	74	85	63
France	74	89	59
Belgium	74	86	61
Sweden	73	80	65
Guam	72	89	55
Ireland	72	85	59
Nepal	72	83	61
South Africa	71	84	59
Switzerland	70	76	64
United States	70	83	56
Thailand	69	69	68
Mexico	69	80	57
United Kingdom	69	82	56
Liechtenstein	68	69	68
Bermuda	67	84	50
Italy	67	75	60
San Marino	67	64	71
Luxembourg	67	81	53
Hong Kong, China	66	78	54
Czech Republic	66	75	57
Costa Rica	66	83	49
Slovenia	66	84	48
Greece	65	92	39
Cape Verde	65	49	80
Ecuador	64	88	41
Estonia	63	83	43
Guadeloupe	62	93	32
Martinique	62	92	32
Israel	62	76	47
French Guiana	61	88	34
Bolivia	61	85	37
Taiwan	60	73	48
Fiji	60	60	—
Seychelles	59	51	66
India	59	61	56
Aruba	58	69	48
Barbados	57	44	71
Marshall Islands	57	57	—
Peru	56	67	46
Cyprus	56	77	36
Philippines	56	55	58
Croatia	56	79	34
Botswana	56	59	53
Japan	55	58	53
China	54	42	66
Timor-Leste	54	49	60
Montenegro	54	71	36
Micronesia	53	53	—
Belize	53	53	53
Monaco	53	55	51
Venezuela	52	49	56
Mauritius	52	51	53
Vietnam	51	52	49
Hungary	51	60	41
South Korea	50	60	41
Poland	50	55	45
Singapore	50	49	51
Slovakia	49	66	33
Bosnia and Herzegovina	49	60	39
Ukraine	49	57	41
Sao Tome and Principe	49	53	44
Nauru	48	48	—
Latvia	48	62	35
Serbia	48	62	34
Kosovo	48	63	33
Macau, China	47	54	40
North Macedonia	47	61	34
Cambodia	47	45	49
Laos	47	47	47
Bhutan	47	54	40
Mozambique	46	48	44
Albania	46	62	30
Romania	46	58	34
Namibia	46	49	42
Honduras	43	60	27
Equatorial Guinea	43	43	—
Angola	43	46	40
Suriname	43	62	23
Mongolia	42	63	22
Lithuania	42	58	26
Lesotho	42	55	29
Nicaragua	40	42	37
Vanuatu	39	45	34
El Salvador	39	45	33
Bulgaria	39	51	27
Guatemala	39	48	29
Dominican Republic	38	46	31
Guyana	38	22	53
Djibouti	37	37	—
Panama	37	44	30
Bahrain	37	31	42
Central African Republic	36	36	—
North Korea	36	36	—
Turkey	36	35	36
Guinea-Bissau	35	47	24
Moldova	35	63	8
Rwanda	35	39	32
Republic of the Congo	35	48	22
Tajikistan	35	35	—
Eswatini	34	36	32
Bahamas	33	49	16
Vatican City	33	33	—
Kiribati	32	32	—
Antigua and Barbuda	32	48	17
Paraguay	32	39	26
Sri Lanka	31	26	37
Saint Kitts and Nevis	31	47	15
Pakistan	31	31	31
Dominica	31	47	14
Gabon	31	46	16
Benin	30	42	18
Palau	30	44	16
Madagascar	29	40	19
Georgia	29	47	12
Trinidad and Tobago	29	29	28
Belarus	27	38	16
Bangladesh	27	23	31
Haiti	27	43	11
Russia	27	32	22
Tuvalu	27	27	—
Niger	26	41	10
Kazakhstan	25	39	12
Armenia	25	43	6
Côte d'Ivoire	24	33	15
Indonesia	24	35	12
Kyrgyzstan	23	34	12
Papua New Guinea	22	22	—
Saint Lucia	22	27	17
Samoa	21	21	—
Jamaica	21	25	18
Tonga	21	21	—
Jordan	20	35	6
Democratic Republic of the Congo	20	31	10
Ghana	20	20	21
Turkmenistan	20	20	—
Grenada	20	22	17
Myanmar	19	12	27
Liberia	19	27	11
Burkina Faso	19	29	9
Uzbekistan	19	20	18
Lebanon	19	19	19
Syria	19	10	27
Kenya	19	21	17
Solomon Islands	19	19	—
Malaysia	19	8	29
Azerbaijan	18	30	6
Guinea	15	18	12
Sierra Leone	15	23	7
Comoros	15	14	16
Palestine	14	23	6
Saudi Arabia	14	3	25
Chad	14	15	12
Algeria	13	4	22
Tunisia	13	11	15
United Arab Emirates	13	0	25
Zimbabwe	13	15	10
Iraq	13	3	22
Egypt	12	9	16
Sudan	12	6	19
Maldives	12	16	8
Libya	11	4	19
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11	15	8
Morocco	11	7	15
Mauritania	11	3	18
Tanzania	10	6	14
Togo	10	6	14
Yemen	10	3	17
Ethiopia	10	7	13
Malawi	10	13	6
Uganda	9	1	18
Cameroon	9	6	12
Burundi	8	6	10
Mali	8	7	10
Gambia	8	12	5
Qatar	8	7	9
South Sudan	8	8	—
Nigeria	6	5	8
Zambia	6	6	6
Kuwait	6	6	6
Eritrea	5	5	—
Iran	5	6	3
Senegal	4	3	4
Brunei	4	4	—
Oman	3	3	—
Afghanistan	1	1	2
Somalia	1	1	—
Greenland	—	91	—
Western Sahara	—	24	—

About

Equaldex is a collaborative knowledge base for the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) movement.

The website's planning and development began in December of 2009. After nearly 5 years of work, the "collaborative knowledge base for the LGBTQ+ movement” was completed and prepared for launch. It officially became available to the public on February 25, 2014. ^[10]

The site currently has 8 moderators: danlev, beeurd, Notdog1996, Samanthos, Ratabzoo, qcksws, Aleksander, and Unknownmiles. ^[11]

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External links

• Official website