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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

    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 June 2, 2025:

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

    About

    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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    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equaldex

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