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 LGBTQ rights by country and territory. ^[7] As of September 2022, the head of Equaldex is Dan Leveille. ^[8]

LGBTQ 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 LGBTQ 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 LGBTQ 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 June 2, 2025:

Map of countries by the LGBTQ Equality Index, as of June 2, 2025

Map of countries by the LGBTQ Legal Index (2025)

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

The website's planning and development began in December of 2009. After 5 years of work, the Equaldex index went public on February 25, 2014. ^[10]

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

References

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External links

• Official website