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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]

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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 LGBT Equality Index map.png
Map of countries by the LGBT Equality Index, as of March 2, 2025
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Map of countries by the LGBT Legal Index (2025)
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Map of countries by the LGBT Public Opinion Index (2025)
Country or territoryEquality
Index
Legal
Index
Public Opinion
Index
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 949890
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 878787
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 858487
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8310067
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 839373
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 829371
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8110062
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8110061
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 809368
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 809367
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 799166
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 798474
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 789562
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 789065
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 779757
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 7610053
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 769360
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 768370
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 759060
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 758764
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 758961
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 759852
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 759159
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 748760
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 748563
Flag of France.svg  Réunion 749355
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 748761
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 748563
Flag of France.svg  France 748959
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 748661
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 738065
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 728955
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 728559
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 728361
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 718459
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 707664
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 708356
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 696968
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 698057
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 698256
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 686968
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 678450
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 677560
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 676471
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 678153
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong, China 667854
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 667557
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 668349
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 668448
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 659239
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 654980
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 648841
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 638343
Flag of France.svg  Guadeloupe 629332
Flag-of-Martinique.svg  Martinique 629232
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 627647
Flag of France.svg  French Guiana 618834
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 618537
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 607348
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 6060
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 595166
Flag of India.svg  India 596156
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 586948
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 574471
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 5757
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 566746
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 567736
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 565558
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 567934
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 565953
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 555853
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 544266
Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste 544960
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 547136
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia 5353
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 535353
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 535551
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 524956
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 525153
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 515249
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 516041
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 506041
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 505545
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 504951
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 496633
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 496039
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 495741
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  Sao Tome and Principe 495344
Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 4848
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 486235
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 486234
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 486333
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau, China 475440
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 476134
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 474549
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 474747
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 475440
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 464844
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 466230
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 465834
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 464942
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 436027
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 4343
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 434640
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 436223
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 426322
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 425826
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 425529
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 404237
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 394534
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 394533
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 395127
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 394829
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 384631
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 382253
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 3737
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 374430
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 373142
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 3636
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 3636
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 363536
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 354724
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 35638
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 353932
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 354822
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 3535
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 343632
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 334916
Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City 3333
Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati 3232
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 324817
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 323926
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 312637
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 314715
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 313131
Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 314714
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 314616
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 304218
Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 304416
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 294019
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 294712
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 292928
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 273816
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 272331
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 274311
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 273222
Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 2727
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 264110
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 253912
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 25436
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Côte d'Ivoire 243315
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 243512
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 233412
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 2222
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 222717
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 2121
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 212518
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 2121
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 20356
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 203110
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 202021
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 2020
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 202217
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 191227
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 192711
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 19299
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 192018
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 191919
Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria 191027
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 192117
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 1919
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 19829
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 18306
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 151812
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 15237
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 151416
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 14236
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 14325
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 141512
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 13422
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 131115
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 13025
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 131510
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 13322
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 12916
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 12619
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 12168
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 11419
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11158
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 11715
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 11318
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 10614
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 10614
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 10317
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 10713
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 10136
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 9118
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 9612
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 8610
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 8710
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 8125
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 879
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 88
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 658
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 666
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 666
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 55
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 563
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 434
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 44
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 33
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan 112
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 11
Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland 91
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  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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