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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]

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LGBT Equality Index

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This rating reflects the situation of LGBT people by country, as of November 11, 2024. The maximum possible value for each criterion is 100.

The Equality Index is the arithmetic mean between the Legal Index and the Public Opinion Index.[9]

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 one of religions). Surveys over the age of 2 years are taken with less weights.[9]

 
Map of countries by the LGBT Equality Index, as of November 4, 2024
 
Map of countries by the LGBT Legal Index
 
Map of countries by the LGBT Public Opinion Index
Country or territory Equality
Index 		Legal
Index 		Public Opinion
Index
  Iceland 93 95 90
  Norway 87 87 87
  Spain 83 100 67
  Uruguay 83 93 73
  Germany 81 100 62
  Chile 81 100 61
  Denmark 80 93 67
  Andorra 80 86 74
  Canada 79 95 63
  Netherlands 78 90 66
  Brazil 78 98 57
  Malta 76 100 53
  Portugal 76 93 60
  Australia 76 90 62
  Cuba 75 81 70
  New Zealand 75 87 64
  France 75 90 59
  Austria 75 91 59
  Argentina 74 87 62
  Belgium 74 87 61
  Finland 74 85 63
  Colombia 73 95 52
  Mexico 73 90 56
  Sweden 73 80 66
  Ireland 72 85 59
  United States 71 86 56
  South Africa 71 84 59
  United Kingdom 71 80 61
  Italy 70 79 60
  Switzerland 69 75 64
  Nepal 69 78 61
  Luxembourg 68 82 53
  San Marino 67 64 71
  Liechtenstein 67 66 68
  Greece 66 93 39
  Costa Rica 66 83 49
  Cape Verde 66 51 80
  Slovenia 66 84 48
  Czech Republic 65 73 57
  Taiwan 64 81 48
  Estonia 64 84 43
  Ecuador 63 85 41
  Barbados 63 55 71
  Thailand 62 57 68
  Japan 62 70 53
  India 61 65 56
  Seychelles 60 53 66
  Peru 59 72 46
  Israel 59 71 47
  China 59 51 66
  Cyprus 58 80 36
  Croatia 58 81 34
  Bolivia 57 81 33
  Philippines 57 56 58
  Marshall Islands 56 56 —
  Monaco 55 59 51
  Mauritius 54 55 53
  Belize 54 55 53
  Venezuela 54 52 56
  Vietnam 54 58 49
  Fiji 54 54 —
  Montenegro 54 71 36
  Poland 53 62 44
  Namibia 53 64 42
  Micronesia 53 53 —
  Mozambique 53 60 46
  Angola 53 66 40
  South Korea 52 64 41
  Singapore 52 53 51
  Cambodia 52 54 49
  Hungary 51 61 41
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 51 63 39
  Antigua and Barbuda 51 85 17
  Slovakia 51 69 33
  Ukraine 50 60 41
  Botswana 49 59 39
  Latvia 49 63 35
  North Macedonia 49 64 34
  Laos 48 49 47
  Sao Tome and Principe 48 52 44
  Serbia 48 62 34
  Vanuatu 47 61 34
  Nauru 47 47 —
  Albania 47 64 30
  Tajikistan 47 47 —
  Bhutan 47 53 40
  Kosovo 47 60 33
  Romania 46 58 34
  Equatorial Guinea 45 45 —
  Mongolia 43 65 22
  Nicaragua 43 49 37
  Honduras 43 59 27
  El Salvador 40 47 33
  Dominican Republic 40 49 31
  Turkey 39 43 36
  Lesotho 39 49 29
  Guatemala 39 49 29
  Panama 38 47 30
  Lithuania 38 51 26
  Bahrain 38 34 42
  Trinidad and Tobago 38 48 28
  Bulgaria 38 49 27
  North Korea 38 38 —
  Guyana 38 22 53
  Central African Republic 37 37 —
  Suriname 36 50 23
  Kazakhstan 36 59 12
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 36 57 15
  Moldova 35 63 8
  Guinea-Bissau 34 44 24
  Kiribati 33 33 —
  Republic of the Congo 33 44 22
  Djibouti 33 33 —
  Paraguay 32 39 26
  Dominica 32 50 14
  Bahamas 31 46 16
  Madagascar 31 44 19
  Vatican City 31 31 —
  Gabon 31 46 16
  Pakistan 31 30 31
  Sri Lanka 30 24 37
  Timor-Leste 30 46 14
  Benin 30 42 18
  Turkmenistan 30 30 —
  Palau 30 43 16
  Georgia 29 47 12
  Samoa 29 29 —
  Burkina Faso 29 49 9
  Tonga 29 29 —
  Haiti 29 46 11
  Belarus 28 40 16
  Kyrgyzstan 28 45 12
  Rwanda 28 48 8
  Papua New Guinea 28 28 —
  Bangladesh 27 23 31
  Armenia 27 48 6
  Eswatini 27 21 32
  Grenada 26 35 17
  Azerbaijan 26 46 6
  Côte d'Ivoire 25 35 15
  Jamaica 25 32 18
  Niger 24 39 10
  Saint Lucia 24 32 17
  Jordan 23 41 6
  Russia 23 24 22
  Tuvalu 23 23 —
  Syria 22 18 27
  Palestine 22 39 6
  Myanmar 22 16 27
  Solomon Islands 22 22 —
  Democratic Republic of the Congo 21 33 10
  Kenya 21 25 17
  Lebanon 20 21 19
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20 32 8
  Uzbekistan 19 20 18
  Liberia 19 27 11
  Ghana 19 16 21
  South Sudan 16 16 —
  Saudi Arabia 16 7 25
  Malaysia 16 9 23
  Zimbabwe 16 21 10
  Tunisia 16 16 15
  Comoros 16 15 16
  Maldives 15 23 8
  Sierra Leone 15 24 7
  Chad 15 17 12
  Indonesia 15 17 12
  Togo 15 16 14
  Guinea 15 17 12
  Morocco 13 11 16
  Iraq 13 4 22
  Eritrea 13 13 —
  Algeria 13 3 22
  United Arab Emirates 13 0 25
  Sudan 13 6 19
  Egypt 11 7 16
  Libya 11 4 19
  Tanzania 11 8 14
  Uganda 10 3 18
  Mauritania 10 2 18
  Burundi 10 10 10
  Malawi 10 15 5
  Qatar 10 10 9
  Ethiopia 10 7 13
  Cameroon 9 5 12
  Gambia 8 12 5
  Yemen 8 0 17
  Kuwait 7 7 6
  Zambia 6 6 6
  Nigeria 5 3 8
  Brunei 5 5 —
  Iran 5 6 3
  Senegal 4 3 4
  Oman 2 2 —
  Somalia 2 2 —
  Afghanistan 1 0 2

Notes

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This is the list of best (and worst) countries for LGBT rights according to the Equaldex score.

  • Iceland, Norway, Spain, Uruguay, Germany, Chile, Denmark, Andorra, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil and Malta are the best countries to be LGBT. Argentina, Mexico, Finland and Greece are also among the best countries to be LGBT.
  • Afghanistan, Oman, Somalia, Senegal, Nigeria, Brunei, Iran, Zambia, Kuwait, Gambia, Yemen and Cameroon are the worst countries to be LGBT. The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Mauritania are also among the worst countries to be LGBT.

References

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  4. ^ Hope, Allison (October 11, 2022). "An LGBTQ guide to coming out safely and happily". CNN. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
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