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

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