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 LGBTQ rights by country and territory.^[7] As of October 2025, the head of Equaldex is Dan Leveille.^[8]

LGBTQ 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 LGBTQ 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 LGBTQ 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 October 26, 2025:

Map of countries by the LGBTQ Equality Index, as of June 2, 2025

Map of countries by the LGBTQ Legal Index (2025)

Map of countries by the LGBTQ Public Opinion Index (2025)

Country or territory	Equality Index	Legal Index	Public Opinion Index
Iceland	95	100	90
Greenland	93	93	—
Christmas Island	90	90	—
Mayotte	89	89	—
Wallis and Futuna	89	89	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	88	88	—
Norway	87	88	87
Uruguay	84	94	74
Spain	83	100	67
Denmark	82	94	69
Guernsey	82	77	87
Northern Mariana Islands	81	81	—
Chile	80	100	61
Germany	80	100	61
Malta	80	100	61
Puerto Rico	80	93	66
Faroe Islands	80	92	68
New Caledonia	80	88	71
Andorra	80	86	74
Canada	79	96	62
Cuba	79	92	66
Falkland Islands	79	79	—
Australia	78	94	60
Portugal	77	94	60
Jersey	77	93	60
New Zealand	77	88	65
Curaçao	77	77	—
Netherlands	76	87	65
Brazil	75	93	57
Belgium	75	88	61
Sweden	75	85	65
Isle of Man	74	87	60
Argentina	74	87	61
Finland	74	82	66
France	74	90	59
Gibraltar	73	82	63
United States	72	88	56
Réunion	72	88	55
Ireland	72	84	59
Colombia	71	92	50
Austria	71	83	60
Mexico	70	84	57
Costa Rica	69	85	54
United Kingdom	69	82	56
Nepal	69	71	68
Guam	68	81	55
Italy	68	76	59
Liechtenstein	68	69	68
Cape Verde	68	55	80
South Africa	67	77	58
Switzerland	67	70	64
San Marino	67	63	71
Luxembourg	67	82	52
Czechia	67	72	63
Greece	66	92	40
Slovenia	65	81	48
Thailand	65	63	67
Ecuador	65	89	42
British Virgin Islands	63	63	—
Bolivia	62	87	38
Israel	62	73	51
French Guiana	61	88	34
Bermuda	61	72	50
Seychelles	61	55	66
Guadeloupe	60	88	32
Martinique	60	88	32
Aruba	59	70	48
Taiwan	59	67	51
Hong Kong	59	59	56
Cyprus	58	79	36
Estonia	58	73	44
Croatia	57	80	33
Montenegro	55	75	35
India	55	56	53
Fiji	55	55	—
Barbados	55	38	71
Peru	54	64	45
Japan	54	57	51
Timor-Leste	54	49	60
Monaco	53	56	51
Botswana	53	54	51
Bhutan	52	54	50
Venezuela	52	48	56
Philippines	52	46	59
China	52	39	66
Mozambique	51	55	47
Vietnam	51	50	53
Mauritius	51	50	52
Bosnia and Herzegovina	50	63	38
Poland	50	57	43
Serbia	49	65	33
Slovakia	49	64	33
Hungary	49	57	40
Belize	49	54	44
Marshall Islands	49	49	—
Kosovo	48	66	30
North Macedonia	48	64	33
Ukraine	48	58	39
Micronesia	48	48	—
Albania	47	67	28
Lithuania	47	66	28
Macau	47	54	40
Sao Tome and Principe	47	49	44
Latvia	46	58	35
Honduras	46	58	33
South Korea	46	53	39
Cambodia	46	41	51
Nicaragua	45	50	40
Laos	45	40	50
Romania	44	55	33
Lesotho	44	55	32
Singapore	44	39	49
Nauru	43	43	—
Mongolia	42	67	17
Angola	42	50	35
Namibia	41	49	33
Suriname	41	59	23
El Salvador	41	48	35
Bulgaria	39	52	27
Vanuatu	39	45	34
Panama	39	43	34
Antigua and Barbuda	38	60	17
Equatorial Guinea	38	38	—
Moldova	37	67	8
Guyana	37	22	53
Dominican Republic	36	40	33
Bahrain	36	30	42
Guatemala	35	38	31
Saint Lucia	34	51	17
Paraguay	34	38	31
Rwanda	34	37	32
Saint Kitts and Nevis	33	52	15
Georgia	32	50	13
Dominica	32	49	14
Guinea-Bissau	32	40	24
Turkey	32	32	33
Djibouti	32	32	—
Tajikistan	32	32	—
Palau	31	47	16
Vatican City	31	31	—
North Korea	31	31	—
Pakistan	31	31	31
Republic of the Congo	30	44	17
Bahamas	30	44	16
Madagascar	30	38	22
Samoa	30	30	—
Russia	29	35	23
Sri Lanka	29	24	34
Haiti	28	45	11
Kiribati	28	28	—
Benin	27	38	16
Belarus	27	38	16
Eswatini	27	26	27
Central African Republic	26	26	—
Papua New Guinea	26	26	—
Trinidad and Tobago	26	25	27
Armenia	25	45	5
Gabon	25	36	13
Bangladesh	25	16	33
Myanmar	25	13	38
Tuvalu	24	24	—
Niger	24	36	12
Kazakhstan	23	35	11
Grenada	23	35	11
Côte d'Ivoire	23	31	14
Solomon Islands	23	23	—
Democratic Republic of the Congo	22	35	8
Indonesia	22	33	11
Jamaica	21	24	18
Kenya	21	24	18
Uzbekistan	20	21	18
Kyrgyzstan	20	31	10
Western Sahara	20	20	—
Palestine	19	29	8
Ghana	18	18	18
Turkmenistan	18	18	—
Malaysia	18	9	27
Azerbaijan	17	28	5
Jordan	17	27	6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	17	26	8
Comoros	17	15	19
Syria	17	7	27
Liberia	16	24	9
Lebanon	16	18	15
Sierra Leone	14	22	6
Guinea	14	15	14
Chad	14	14	14
Tunisia	14	13	15
Tanzania	14	13	14
Sudan	14	9	19
Morocco	13	12	15
Libya	13	8	19
Algeria	13	7	19
Iraq	13	3	22
Zimbabwe	12	14	10
Ethiopia	12	10	13
Saudi Arabia	12	3	22
Nigeria	11	7	15
United Arab Emirates	11	0	23
Tonga	10	10	—
Togo	10	6	14
Egypt	10	5	15
Mauritania	10	4	16
Yemen	10	4	17
Burkina Faso	9	7	10
Uganda	9	1	18
Burundi	9	8	10
Malawi	8	12	5
South Sudan	8	8	—
Zambia	8	8	8
Mali	8	6	9
Qatar	8	6	9
Cameroon	7	4	11
Kuwait	6	5	6
Maldives	6	5	8
Iran	5	7	3
Eritrea	5	5	—
Senegal	4	5	3
Gambia	3	2	4
Brunei	3	3	—
Oman	3	3	—
Somalia	1	1	—
Afghanistan	1	0	2

About

Equaldex is a collaborative knowledge base for the LGBTQ movements.

The website's planning and development began in December of 2009. After 5 years of work, the Equaldex index went public on February 25, 2014.^[10]

The site currently has 8 moderators: danlev, beeurd, Notdog1996, Samanthos, Ratabzoo, qcksws, Aleksander, and Unknownmiles.^[11]

References

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External links

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