Kuwait vs Mauritania: LGBT+ Rights Index
Kuwait
-2.73
in 2025
Mauritania
-3.15
in 2025
Kuwait rank
182nd
Mauritania rank
185th
LGBT+ Rights Index over time
- Kuwait
- Mauritania
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports -2.73 against -3.15 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.42.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 182nd and Mauritania ranks 185th of 194 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.4 | -2.34 | 0.9417 | Kuwait |
| 2000s | -1.42 | -2.96 | 1.54 | Kuwait |
| 2010s | -1.46 | -3.15 | 1.69 | Kuwait |
| 2020s | -2.75 | -3.07 | 0.3167 | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lgbt+ rights index, Kuwait or Mauritania?
- Kuwait, at -2.73 against -3.15 in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in lgbt+ rights index between Kuwait and Mauritania?
- 0.42, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Mauritania?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Mauritania rank globally for lgbt+ rights index?
- Kuwait ranks 182nd and Mauritania ranks 185th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Velasco (2026) – 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.
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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.