Bhutan vs Tonga: LGBT+ Rights Index

Bhutan

-0.3355

in 2019

Tonga

-0.3258

in 2019

Bhutan rank

138th

Tonga rank

136th

LGBT+ Rights Index over time

Bhutan
Tonga

How they compare

Tonga currently reports -0.3258 against -0.3355 in Bhutan, a difference of 0.0097.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 138th and Tonga ranks 136th of 192 countries.

Individual pages

LGBT+ Rights Index in Bhutan
LGBT+ Rights Index in Tonga
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: LGBT+ Rights Index
Source: Velasco (2020); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 5,568 data points, 1991–2019
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The LGBT+ Policy Index measures a country’s LGBT+ policy landscape by capturing the implementation of 18 different LGBT+ policies. Policies included in the index are limited to those adopted across at least three countries or are explicitly advocated for by transnational activists.