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 February 24, 2025:

Map of countries by the LGBT Equality Index, as of February 3, 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
Andorra	80	85	74
Canada	78	95	62
Netherlands	78	90	65
Puerto Rico	77	88	66
Brazil	77	98	57
Jersey	76	93	60
Malta	76	100	53
Portugal	76	93	60
Australia	76	90	61
Cuba	75	81	70
New Zealand	75	87	64
Colombia	75	98	52
Austria	75	91	59
Gibraltar	74	85	63
Réunion	74	93	55
Finland	74	85	63
France	74	89	59
Belgium	74	86	61
Argentina	73	85	61
Sweden	73	80	65
Mexico	73	89	56
Guam	72	90	55
Ireland	72	85	59
Thailand	72	75	68
United Kingdom	72	83	60
South Africa	71	84	59
Switzerland	70	77	64
United States	70	83	56
Nepal	69	78	61
Liechtenstein	69	69	68
Bermuda	67	84	50
Italy	67	75	60
Luxembourg	67	81	53
Hong Kong, China	66	78	54
San Marino	66	62	71
Czech Republic	66	74	57
Costa Rica	66	83	49
Slovenia	65	83	48
Cape Verde	64	48	80
Ecuador	64	88	41
Taiwan	64	81	48
Estonia	64	84	43
Guadeloupe	62	93	32
Martinique	62	92	32
French Guiana	62	90	34
Greece	62	85	39
Israel	62	76	47
Barbados	62	53	71
Fiji	61	61	—
India	61	65	56
Aruba	59	70	48
Bolivia	59	85	33
Seychelles	59	51	66
Peru	58	70	46
Cyprus	57	79	36
Philippines	56	55	58
Marshall Islands	56	56	—
Croatia	56	78	34
Japan	55	58	53
Monaco	55	59	51
China	54	42	66
Vietnam	54	58	49
Namibia	53	64	42
Micronesia	53	53	—
Mauritius	53	53	53
Belize	53	53	53
Montenegro	53	70	36
Venezuela	53	50	56
Cambodia	52	54	49
Singapore	51	52	51
Bosnia and Herzegovina	51	63	39
Hungary	51	60	41
South Korea	50	60	41
Poland	50	55	45
Botswana	49	60	39
Slovakia	49	66	33
Ukraine	49	58	41
Mozambique	48	51	46
Laos	48	49	47
Serbia	48	62	34
Latvia	48	61	35
North Macedonia	48	62	34
Sao Tome and Principe	48	51	44
Macau, China	47	54	40
Nauru	47	47	—
Albania	47	64	30
Bhutan	47	53	40
Kosovo	46	60	33
Romania	45	56	34
Angola	45	50	40
Lesotho	43	58	29
Honduras	43	60	27
Mongolia	43	64	22
Nicaragua	42	46	37
El Salvador	41	49	33
Lithuania	41	56	26
Suriname	40	58	23
Vanuatu	40	47	34
Bulgaria	40	52	27
Equatorial Guinea	39	39	—
Dominican Republic	38	46	31
Panama	38	46	30
Guatemala	38	47	29
Trinidad and Tobago	38	48	28
North Korea	38	38	—
Bahrain	37	33	42
Tajikistan	37	37	—
Guyana	37	20	53
Central African Republic	37	37	—
Turkey	36	37	36
Rwanda	36	40	32
Djibouti	35	35	—
Guinea-Bissau	35	46	24
Moldova	35	61	8
Saint Kitts and Nevis	35	55	15
Vatican City	35	35	—
Republic of the Congo	33	44	22
Antigua and Barbuda	32	48	17
Eswatini	32	32	32
Paraguay	32	39	26
Timor-Leste	32	50	14
Bahamas	31	46	16
Benin	31	44	18
Sri Lanka	31	25	37
Dominica	31	47	14
Pakistan	30	30	31
Madagascar	30	41	19
Gabon	30	44	16
Palau	30	43	16
Tonga	29	29	—
Georgia	29	45	12
Samoa	28	28	—
Belarus	27	38	16
Haiti	27	43	11
Kiribati	27	27	—
Bangladesh	27	23	31
Kazakhstan	27	41	12
Russia	26	30	22
Armenia	26	45	6
Papua New Guinea	26	26	—
Côte d'Ivoire	25	35	15
Niger	24	37	10
Kyrgyzstan	23	35	12
Tuvalu	23	23	—
Saint Lucia	22	28	17
Jordan	22	39	6
Azerbaijan	22	39	6
Grenada	21	26	17
Turkmenistan	21	21	—
Democratic Republic of the Congo	21	32	10
Jamaica	21	24	18
Palestine	21	35	6
Burkina Faso	20	32	9
Syria	20	13	27
Solomon Islands	20	20	—
Ghana	20	19	21
Uzbekistan	19	20	18
Kenya	19	21	17
Liberia	18	26	11
Myanmar	18	9	27
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18	28	8
Lebanon	17	16	19
Sierra Leone	16	25	7
Comoros	16	15	16
Malaysia	16	8	23
Saudi Arabia	15	4	25
South Sudan	14	14	—
Guinea	14	16	12
Chad	14	15	12
Tunisia	14	12	15
Togo	14	14	14
Maldives	13	19	8
Iraq	13	5	22
Indonesia	13	14	12
Algeria	13	4	22
Zimbabwe	13	15	10
United Arab Emirates	13	0	25
Sudan	13	6	19
Malawi	12	19	5
Libya	11	4	19
Egypt	11	7	16
Morocco	11	7	16
Mauritania	11	3	18
Tanzania	10	6	14
Ethiopia	10	7	13
Uganda	9	1	18
Cameroon	9	5	12
Burundi	9	7	10
Yemen	8	0	17
Gambia	8	12	5
Mali	8	7	10
Qatar	7	6	9
Kuwait	7	7	6
Zambia	6	6	6
Nigeria	5	3	8
Eritrea	5	5	—
Iran	5	6	3
Senegal	4	4	4
Brunei	4	4	—
Oman	3	3	—
Somalia	2	2	—
Afghanistan	2	1	2
Greenland	—	96	—
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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