Bangladesh vs Papua New Guinea: LGBT+ Rights Index
Bangladesh
-0.675
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
-0.725
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
134th
Papua New Guinea rank
136th
LGBT+ Rights Index over time
- Bangladesh
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports -0.675 against -0.725 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.05.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 134th and Papua New Guinea ranks 136th of 194 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.74 | -0.6625 | 1.08 | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | -1.71 | -0.6625 | 1.05 | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | -1.02 | -0.6875 | 0.3375 | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | -0.6229 | -0.725 | 0.1021 | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lgbt+ rights index, Bangladesh or Papua New Guinea?
- Bangladesh, at -0.675 against -0.725 in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in lgbt+ rights index between Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.05, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea rank globally for lgbt+ rights index?
- Bangladesh ranks 134th and Papua New Guinea ranks 136th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Velasco (2026) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as LGBT+ Rights Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Summary measure of a country's LGBTI-related laws, calculated by subtracting the sum of its regressive policy scores from the sum of its progressive policy scores.