Gay-Friendly Countries / GLBTQ+ Friendly Countries 2025

Spartacus GTI 2024 (Total Score)

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5 Most Gay-Friendly Countries

Country
Spartacus GTI 2024 (Total Score)
Global Acceptance Index 2017-2020
Spain128.77
Canada129.02
Portugal126.87
New Zealand128.23
Malta128.01
Australia118.03
Switzerland118
Germany107.73
Denmark108.69
Norway109.38
Uruguay107.9
Iceland109.78
Colombia96.1
Taiwan95.74
Chile96.83
Sweden99.18
Austria97.2
Finland97.96
Ireland98.41
Luxembourg97.82
United Kingdom88.34
France87.73
Argentina87.07
Netherlands89.46
Belgium87.95
Reunion8
Andorra87.48
Greenland8
Costa Rica76.35
New Caledonia7
French Polynesia7
Brazil67.22
Cuba65.8
Slovenia66.21
Estonia65.25
Guadeloupe6
Martinique6
South Africa56.01
Greece55.44
Israel55.69
United States47.42
Mexico46.5
Puerto Rico47.52
India35.28
Ecuador35.47
Guam3
Gibraltar3
Croatia25.05
Nepal17.84
Czech Republic15.87
United States Virgin Islands1
Liechtenstein1
San Marino1
Vietnam-14.99
Italy-16.94
Bosnia and Herzegovina-12.87
Latvia-14.42
Cyprus-15.16
Montenegro-13.53
South Korea-24.53
Ukraine-22.91
Singapore-25.86
Slovakia-24.82
Albania-22.65
Bhutan-24.18
Japan-35.26
Angola-33.66
Romania-34.1
Laos-34.89
Serbia-33.71
Mongolia-32.71
North Macedonia-33.13
Fiji-3
Belize-34.14
Curacao-3
Antigua and Barbuda-33.52
Sint Maarten-3
Monaco-3
Cambodia-44.96
Lithuania-44.38
Botswana-44.3
Macau-44.01
Cape Verde-46.78
Barbados-44.43
Saint Lucia-43.8
China-53.69
Mozambique-54.92
Peru-55.15
Niger-52.97
Kazakhstan-52.69
Hungary-55.08
Bulgaria-54.19
El Salvador-55.22
Panama-55.28
Moldova-51.91
Lesotho-54.18
Mauritius-55.34
Suriname-54.64
Samoa-5
Seychelles-5
British Virgin Islands-5
Mali-62.74
Sri Lanka-63.23
Benin-63.88
Georgia-62.94
Armenia-62.17
Guinea Bissau-6
Vanuatu-6
Sao Tome and Principe-63.15
Cook Islands-6
Pakistan-73.66
Philippines-76.06
Poland-75.15
Honduras-75.15
Kyrgyzstan-72.16
Trinidad and Tobago-74.7
Saint Kitts and Nevis-73.71
Palau-7
Venezuela-85.51
Burkina Faso-82.96
Paraguay-84.74
Nicaragua-85.57
Lebanon-83.63
Namibia-84.93
Gabon-82.8
Grenada-83.88
Tuvalu-8
Vatican City-8
Bangladesh-93.69
Guatemala-94.71
Guinea-93.06
Tajikistan-91.56
Bahrain-95.73
Tonga-9
DR Congo-103.32
Turkey-103.94
Kenya-103.62
Myanmar-104.11
Rwanda-102.77
Burundi-103.3
Haiti-103.32
Jordan-101.87
Papua New Guinea-10
Azerbaijan-101.42
Togo-103.15
Sierra Leone-102.97
Republic of the Congo-103.27
Central African Republic-102.62
Equatorial Guinea-10
Comoros-103.47
Guyana-104.36
Bahamas-104.09
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-103.04
Uzbekistan-113.68
Madagascar-113.36
North Korea-11
Chad-112.72
Dominican Republic-114.98
Belarus-113.38
Liberia-112.65
Gambia-112.44
Djibouti-112.89
Solomon Islands-11
Maldives-11
Dominica-113.56
Sudan-122.99
Algeria-124.28
Ghana-122.68
Ivory Coast-123.55
Zambia-122.04
Zimbabwe-121.57
Oman-12
Mauritania-121.77
Jamaica-123.83
Eswatini-12
Indonesia-132.79
Cameroon-132.79
Syria-135.22
Senegal-131.85
Eritrea-13
Ethiopia-141.63
Egypt-142.48
Iraq-143.81
Morocco-143.39
Malawi-141.75
South Sudan-142.73
Tunisia-143.38
Turkmenistan-14
Brunei-14
Tanzania-153.27
Malaysia-153.48
Libya-163.78
United Arab Emirates-16
Kuwait-163.61
Qatar-163.54
Nigeria-172.18
Russia-173.28
Somalia-18
Uganda-183.63
Yemen-193.41
Iran-212.11
Afghanistan-213.32
Saudi Arabia-213.6
Thailand5.81
Bolivia5.24
Palestine3.2
  • The Williams Institute’s Global Acceptance Index (GAI) measures the extent to which LGBTI people are seen in ways that are positive and inclusive, both with respect to an individual’s opinions about LGBTI people and with regard to an individual’s position on LGBTI policies.
  • The Spartacus International Gay Guide publishes the Gay Travel Index (GTI), a ranking of gay-friendly countries. Higher scores are preferable. Points are added to countries for anti-discrimination legislation, equal marriage, partnership and adoption laws, and LGBT marketing. Meanwhile, points are subtracted for anti-LGBT laws, HIV travel restrictions, religious influence, and prosecution, murders, and death sentences. Not all categories are displayed.
  • The GIA score for United Kingdom pertains only to Great Britain. The Spartacus score for China includes Hong Kong.