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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

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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 May 1, 2025:

Map of countries by the LGBT Equality Index, as of May 1, 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 66
 Uruguay 83 93 73
 Chile 81 100 61
 Germany 81 100 61
 Faroe Islands 80 92 68
 Andorra 80 86 74
 Denmark 80 93 67
 Puerto Rico 78 90 66
 New Caledonia 78 86 71
 Canada 78 95 62
 Netherlands 78 90 65
 Jersey 77 93 60
 Portugal 76 93 60
 Malta 76 100 53
 Brazil 76 95 57
 Argentina 75 90 61
 Cuba 75 81 70
 New Zealand 75 87 64
 Colombia 75 98 52
 Austria 75 91 59
 Australia 75 88 61
 Isle of Man 74 87 60
 Finland 74 85 63
 France 74 89 59
 Belgium 74 86 61
 Gibraltar 73 83 63
 Sweden 73 80 65
 Ireland 72 85 59
 Nepal 72 83 61
 South Africa 71 84 59
 Switzerland 70 76 64
 Mexico 70 82 57
 Guam 69 83 55
 Thailand 69 69 68
 United Kingdom 69 82 56
 United States 68 81 56
 Liechtenstein 68 69 68
 Italy 67 75 60
 San Marino 67 64 71
 Luxembourg 67 81 52
 Czechia 66 75 57
 Costa Rica 66 83 48
 Slovenia 66 84 48
 Cape Verde 65 49 80
 Hong Kong, China 64 74 54
 Greece 64 90 39
 Ecuador 64 88 41
 Estonia 62 80 43
 Bolivia 62 85 39
 Israel 62 76 47
 Bermuda 61 72 50
 Martinique 60 89 32
 French Guiana 60 85 34
 Taiwan 60 73 48
 Fiji 60 60 —
 Aruba 59 70 48
 Seychelles 59 51 66
 Guadeloupe 58 85 32
 India 58 61 56
 Peru 57 68 46
 Cyprus 57 78 36
 Marshall Islands 57 57 —
 Barbados 57 42 71
 Croatia 56 79 33
 Philippines 56 55 57
 Japan 55 58 53
 Botswana 54 56 53
 Timor-Leste 54 49 60
 China 54 42 66
 Montenegro 54 72 36
 Mauritius 54 54 53
 Micronesia 53 53 —
 Poland 53 61 45
 Venezuela 53 50 56
 Belize 53 53 53
 Monaco 53 55 51
 Hungary 51 60 41
 Vietnam 51 52 49
 South Korea 50 60 41
 Slovakia 49 66 33
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 49 60 39
 Nauru 48 48 —
 Bhutan 48 57 40
 Latvia 48 62 35
 Kosovo 48 63 33
 Serbia 48 62 34
 Macau, China 47 54 40
 Singapore 47 44 51
 North Macedonia 47 61 34
 Sao Tome and Principe 47 50 44
 Cambodia 47 45 49
 Laos 47 47 47
 Namibia 47 51 42
 Lithuania 47 68 26
 Ukraine 47 57 36
 Mozambique 46 48 44
 Albania 46 62 30
 Romania 45 55 34
 Angola 44 49 40
 Suriname 43 63 23
 Mongolia 42 63 22
 Honduras 41 56 27
 Lesotho 40 52 29
 Guyana 40 26 53
 Bulgaria 40 52 27
 Nicaragua 39 41 37
 Vanuatu 38 43 34
 Equatorial Guinea 38 38 —
 Guatemala 38 46 29
 Djibouti 37 37 —
 Panama 37 44 30
 El Salvador 37 41 33
 Bahrain 37 31 42
 Moldova 36 64 8
 Dominican Republic 36 41 30
 Turkey 36 35 36
 Guinea-Bissau 35 47 24
 Tajikistan 35 35 —
 Republic of the Congo 35 48 22
 Rwanda 35 38 32
 Paraguay 35 41 28
 North Korea 34 34 —
 Vatican City 33 33 —
 Bahamas 31 46 16
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 31 47 15
 Pakistan 31 31 31
 Antigua and Barbuda 31 45 17
 Sri Lanka 30 24 37
 Benin 30 42 18
 Palau 30 44 16
 Dominica 30 45 14
 Madagascar 29 40 19
 Eswatini 29 26 32
 Georgia 29 46 12
 Gabon 28 41 16
 Kiribati 28 28 —
 Trinidad and Tobago 28 28 27
 Haiti 27 43 11
 Belarus 27 38 16
 Central African Republic 27 27 —
 Russia 27 32 22
 Tuvalu 27 27 —
 Kazakhstan 25 39 12
 Armenia 25 43 6
 Niger 25 39 10
 Côte d'Ivoire 24 33 15
 Kyrgyzstan 23 34 12
 Saint Lucia 23 29 17
 Bangladesh 23 15 31
 Papua New Guinea 22 22 —
 Indonesia 22 32 12
 Samoa 21 21 —
 Jamaica 21 25 18
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 21 32 10
 Grenada 21 25 17
 Uzbekistan 21 23 18
 Tonga 21 21 —
 Ghana 20 20 21
 Turkmenistan 20 20 —
 Jordan 20 34 6
 Myanmar 19 12 27
 Liberia 19 27 11
 Burkina Faso 19 29 9
 Syria 19 10 27
 Kenya 19 21 17
 Malaysia 19 8 29
 Lebanon 18 18 19
 Solomon Islands 18 18 —
 Azerbaijan 18 30 6
 Sierra Leone 15 22 7
 Guinea 15 17 12
 Comoros 14 13 16
 Palestine 14 23 6
 Zimbabwe 14 18 10
 Chad 14 15 12
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13 18 8
 Tunisia 13 11 15
 Saudi Arabia 13 3 22
 Iraq 13 3 22
 Sudan 12 6 19
 Algeria 12 4 20
 Maldives 12 16 8
 United Arab Emirates 12 0 23
 Libya 11 4 19
 Morocco 11 8 15
 Tanzania 11 8 14
 Mauritania 11 3 18
 Egypt 10 5 15
 Togo 10 6 14
 Yemen 10 3 17
 Ethiopia 10 7 13
 Uganda 9 1 18
 Burundi 9 8 10
 Malawi 9 12 6
 Mali 8 7 10
 Cameroon 8 3 12
 South Sudan 7 7 —
 Qatar 7 4 9
 Nigeria 6 5 8
 Kuwait 6 6 6
 Zambia 6 5 6
 Eritrea 5 5 —
 Iran 5 6 3
 Senegal 4 3 4
 Gambia 3 2 5
 Brunei 3 3 —
 Oman 3 3 —
 Afghanistan 1 1 2
 Somalia 1 1 —
 Greenland — 91 —
 Western Sahara — 24 —

About

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Equaldex is a collaborative knowledge base for the LGBTQ+ 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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  4. ^ Hope, Allison (October 11, 2022). "An LGBTQ guide to coming out safely and happily". CNN. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
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  7. ^ Power, Shannon (January 27, 2023). "Beyoncé LGBTQ fans in Dubai speak out over concert backlash". Newsweek. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
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  11. ^ Leveille, Dan. "About Equaldex". Equaldex. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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