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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 January 21, 2025:

Map of countries by the LGBT Equality Index, as of January 3, 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
 Spain 83 100 67
 Uruguay 83 93 73
 Chile 81 100 62
 Germany 81 100 61
 Denmark 80 93 67
 Andorra 80 85 74
 Canada 78 95 62
 Brazil 77 98 57
 Netherlands 77 90 65
 Malta 76 100 53
 Portugal 76 93 60
 Australia 76 90 61
 Cuba 75 81 70
 New Zealand 75 86 64
 France 75 90 59
 Austria 74 90 59
 Finland 74 85 63
 Argentina 74 87 61
 Belgium 74 86 61
 Colombia 73 94 52
 Sweden 73 80 65
 Mexico 72 89 56
 Ireland 72 85 59
 United Kingdom 72 83 60
 South Africa 71 83 59
 Italy 70 79 60
 Nepal 69 78 61
 Switzerland 69 74 64
 Liechtenstein 69 69 68
 United States 68 79 56
 Luxembourg 67 81 53
 Hong Kong, China 66 78 54
 San Marino 66 62 71
 Greece 66 93 39
 Czech Republic 66 74 57
 Costa Rica 66 83 49
 Slovenia 65 83 48
 Cape Verde 65 49 80
 Taiwan 64 80 48
 Estonia 64 84 43
 Ecuador 63 84 41
 Barbados 62 53 71
 Thailand 62 55 68
 Israel 61 75 47
 India 61 65 56
 Seychelles 59 51 66
 Peru 59 71 46
 Cyprus 57 79 36
 Croatia 57 80 34
 Bolivia 57 80 33
 Marshall Islands 56 56 —
 Philippines 56 54 58
 China 56 45 66
 Japan 55 58 53
 Monaco 55 59 51
 Vietnam 54 58 49
 Namibia 53 64 42
 Micronesia 53 53 —
 Mauritius 53 53 53
 Belize 53 53 53
 Montenegro 53 70 36
 Venezuela 53 50 56
 Mozambique 53 60 46
 Poland 53 60 45
 Cambodia 52 54 49
 Fiji 51 51 —
 South Korea 51 62 41
 Singapore 51 52 51
 Angola 51 63 40
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51 63 39
 Hungary 51 60 41
 Slovakia 50 67 33
 Ukraine 49 58 41
 Botswana 49 59 39
 Laos 48 49 47
 Serbia 48 62 34
 Latvia 48 61 35
 North Macedonia 48 62 34
 Sao Tome and Principe 48 51 44
 Macau, China 47 54 40
 Vanuatu 47 61 34
 Nauru 47 47 —
 Antigua and Barbuda 47 77 17
 Albania 47 64 30
 Bhutan 47 53 40
 Kosovo 46 60 33
 Romania 45 56 34
 Honduras 43 60 27
 Lesotho 43 57 29
 Mongolia 43 64 22
 Nicaragua 42 46 37
 El Salvador 41 49 33
 Lithuania 41 56 26
 Suriname 40 58 23
 Guatemala 39 49 29
 Equatorial Guinea 39 39 —
 Bulgaria 38 50 27
 Dominican Republic 38 46 31
 Panama 38 46 30
 North Korea 38 38 —
 Tajikistan 37 37 —
 Trinidad and Tobago 37 46 28
 Central African Republic 37 37 —
 Bahrain 36 30 42
 Guyana 36 18 53
 Turkey 36 35 36
 Kazakhstan 35 57 12
 Moldova 35 61 8
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 35 55 15
 Guinea-Bissau 34 44 24
 Republic of the Congo 33 44 22
 Djibouti 33 33 —
 Timor-Leste 32 50 14
 Madagascar 31 44 19
 Bahamas 31 46 16
 Vatican City 31 31 —
 Dominica 31 47 14
 Paraguay 31 36 26
 Gabon 30 44 16
 Benin 30 42 18
 Palau 30 43 16
 Georgia 29 47 12
 Samoa 29 29 —
 Burkina Faso 29 49 9
 Tonga 29 29 —
 Pakistan 29 27 31
 Sri Lanka 28 20 37
 Haiti 27 43 11
 Belarus 27 38 16
 Kiribati 27 27 —
 Bangladesh 27 23 31
 Eswatini 27 21 32
 Armenia 26 45 6
 Azerbaijan 26 46 6
 Papua New Guinea 26 26 —
 Turkmenistan 25 25 —
 Côte d'Ivoire 25 35 15
 Niger 24 39 10
 Kyrgyzstan 24 37 12
 Rwanda 24 40 8
 Russia 24 26 22
 Jamaica 23 28 18
 Tuvalu 23 23 —
 Saint Lucia 22 28 17
 Jordan 22 38 6
 Myanmar 22 16 27
 Grenada 21 26 17
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 21 33 10
 Kenya 21 25 17
 Palestine 21 35 6
 Syria 20 13 27
 Liberia 19 27 11
 Ghana 19 16 21
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18 28 8
 Solomon Islands 17 17 —
 Uzbekistan 17 15 18
 Lebanon 17 14 19
 South Sudan 16 16 —
 Malaysia 16 9 23
 Comoros 16 15 16
 Sierra Leone 15 24 7
 Chad 15 17 12
 Indonesia 15 17 12
 Togo 15 16 14
 Guinea 15 17 12
 Zimbabwe 15 19 10
 Saudi Arabia 14 3 25
 Tunisia 14 12 15
 Maldives 13 19 8
 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
 Mali 11 12 10
 Morocco 11 7 16
 Uganda 10 3 18
 Mauritania 10 2 18
 Burundi 10 10 10
 Malawi 10 15 5
 Ethiopia 10 7 13
 Cameroon 9 5 12
 Gambia 8 12 5
 Yemen 8 0 17
 Qatar 7 6 9
 Kuwait 7 7 6
 Zambia 6 6 6
 Nigeria 5 3 8
 Iran 5 6 3
 Senegal 4 3 4
 Brunei 4 4 —
 Oman 2 2 —
 Somalia 2 2 —
 Afghanistan 1 0 2

About

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Equaldex is a collaborative knowledge base for the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) 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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  8. ^ Holleis, Jennifer (September 27, 2022). "UAE increasingly dangerous for international LGBTQ community". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
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