LGBT Rights by Country 2025

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Global Acceptance Index

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Iceland9.78949890330
Netherlands9.46789065374
Norway9.38878787343
Sweden9.18738065378
Canada9.02789562383
Spain8.778310066341
Denmark8.69809367307
Ireland8.41728559294
United Kingdom8.34698256347
New Zealand8.23758764323
Australia8.03758861307
Malta8.017610053369
Switzerland8707664325
Finland7.96748563299
Belgium7.95748661343
Uruguay7.9839373306
Nepal7.84728361181
Luxembourg7.82678152269
Germany7.738110061259
France7.73748959338
Puerto Rico7.52210
Andorra7.48808674175
United States7.42688156267
Brazil7.22769557223
Austria7.2759159305
Argentina7.07759061260
Italy6.94677560168
Portugal6.87769360358
Chile6.838110061312
Cape Verde6.78654980125
Mexico6.5708357173
Hong Kong6.3899
Costa Rica6.35668348197
Slovenia6.21668448242
Colombia6.1759852241
Philippines6.0656555747
South Africa6.01718459292
Czech Republic5.87667557185
Singapore5.8647445118
Thailand5.81696968131
Cuba5.8758170176
Taiwan5.74607348188
Bahrain5.73373142-15
Israel5.69627647220
Nicaragua5.57394137122
Venezuela5.5153505634
Ecuador5.47648841228
Greece5.44649039189
Mauritius5.3451495315
India5.2858615677
Panama5.2837443053
Japan5.2655585383
Estonia5.25628043206
Bolivia5.24628539223
Syria5.22191027
El Salvador5.2237413318
Cyprus5.16577836192
Poland5.1553614582
Peru5.15576846207
Honduras5.1541562715
Hungary5.08516041136
Croatia5.05567933254
Vietnam4.9951524954
Dominican Republic4.983641301
Cambodia4.9647454994
Namibia4.9347514248
Mozambique4.9246484487
Laos4.8947474745
Slovakia4.82496633186
Paraguay4.7435412829
Guatemala4.71384629-6
Trinidad and Tobago4.728282771
Suriname4.64436323171
South Korea4.5350604197
Barbados4.43574271-93
Latvia4.42486235109
Lithuania4.38476826145
Guyana4.36382253-175
Botswana4.354565398
Algeria4.2812420-75
Bulgaria4.19405227128
Lesotho4.1840522980
Bhutan4.1848574016
Belize4.14535353-12
Myanmar4.11191227-118
Romania4.1455534137
Bahamas4.0931461650
Macau4.0140
Turkey3.9436353640
Benin3.8830421810
Grenada3.8819211733
Jamaica3.83212518-132
Iraq3.8113322-28
Saint Lucia3.8212517-75
Libya3.7811419-150
Serbia3.71486234172
Saint Kitts and Nevis3.71314715-52
China3.6954426631
Bangladesh3.69231531-9
Uzbekistan3.68212318-65
Pakistan3.66313131-93
Angola3.66444940213
Uganda3.639118-92
Lebanon3.63181819-58
Kenya3.62192117-87
Kuwait3.61666-180
Saudi Arabia3.613322-177
Dominica3.56304514-57
Ivory Coast3.55243315-25
Qatar3.54749-137
Montenegro3.53526836141
Antigua and Barbuda3.52314517-67
Malaysia3.4819829-165
Comoros3.47141316-56
Yemen3.4110317-128
Morocco3.3911815-89
Tunisia3.38131115-91
Belarus3.3827381653
Madagascar3.3629401926
DR Congo3.32213210-27
Afghanistan3.32112-147
Haiti3.3227431188
Burundi3.39810-45
Russia3.28273222-2
Tanzania3.2711814-120
Republic of the Congo3.2735482216
Sri Lanka3.23302437-91
Palestine3.214236-106
Togo3.1510614-45
Sao Tome and Principe3.15475044
North Macedonia3.13476134113
Guinea3.06151712-80
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3.0411148-70
Eswatini3.02292632-46
Sudan2.9912619-109
Niger2.9725391014
Sierra Leone2.9715227-63
Burkina Faso2.961929923
Georgia2.94294612122
Ukraine2.9147573680
Djibouti2.89373715
Bosnia and Herzegovina2.87496039123
Gabon2.828411620
Indonesia2.792232123
Cameroon2.798312-54
Rwanda2.77353832-29
Mali2.74871012
South Sudan2.7377-126
Chad2.72141512-58
Mongolia2.71426322117
Kazakhstan2.692539123
Ghana2.68202021-49
Liberia2.65192711-39
Albania2.65466230141
Central African Republic2.622727-52
Egypt2.4810515-96
Gambia2.44325-139
Nigeria2.18658-190
Armenia2.172543664
Kyrgyzstan2.1623341232
Iran2.11563-104
Zambia2.04656-104
Moldova1.9138678110
Jordan1.8720346-30
Senegal1.85434-67
Mauritania1.7711318-96
Malawi1.75786-163
Ethiopia1.6310713-93
Somalia1.5911-150
Zimbabwe1.57141710-52
Tajikistan1.56353525
Azerbaijan1.4218306
North Korea3434
United Arab Emirates1223-134
Papua New Guinea2222-80
Turkmenistan2020-65
Oman33-145
Eritrea55-75
Guinea-Bissau354724
Equatorial Guinea383840
Timor-Leste54496010
Fiji606086
Solomon Islands1818-85
Maldives12168-100
Brunei33-200
Vanuatu384334
Samoa212148
Curacao50
Guam289
Kiribati2828-70
Seychelles59516675
Micronesia5353100
Aruba138
Tonga2121-155
United States Virgin Islands264
Cayman Islands59
Turks and Caicos Islands50
Sint Maarten75
Northern Mariana Islands85
Liechtenstein686968217
Monaco53555161
Marshall Islands5757110
San Marino6764238
Palau304416
Nauru4848
Tuvalu2727-75
Vatican City3333
  • Global Acceptance Index (GAI) is a measure of overall LGBTQ+ acceptance. GAI was devised by researchers at the Williams Institute at UCLA University. Higher scores are preferable.
  • Equaldex Equality Index (EEI) is a combined metric that calculates “the current status of LGBT rights, laws, and freedoms (Legal Index) as well as public attitudes towards LGBT people (Public Opinion Index).” Higher scores are preferable.
  • The LGBTQI+ Travel Safety Index (TSI) combines several factors in ten categories. Higher scores are preferable.
  • Maximum penalties listed are those outlined by legal code. Individuals arrested for homosexual conduct are often subjected to additional mistreatment, from torture and forced anal exams by dishonorable law enforcement officials to oversized sentences or extended pre-trial incarceration that can last for years.
  • Years listed indicate the year the first protection was put in place. For example, Andorra has passed employment protections in 2003, 2009, and 2018, so 2003 is listed.
  • Countries that have not legalized same-sex marriage may still acknowledge same-sex marriages performed in other countries.
  • Countries marked “varied” include a wide range of regulations depending upon which state, province, or other subdivision one is evaluating.
  • Second-parent adoptions are those in which one member of a partnership adopts the child of the other member, thereby becoming the “second parent”.