LGBT+ Rights Index by country
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.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
20.28
Malta
Lowest
-4.47
Uganda
Median
1.33
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
6,773
What the numbers show
LGBT+ Rights Index is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 20.28 in Malta; the lowest is -4.47 in Uganda.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.33, and the mean is 4.07.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 9,211.2%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 1,340.0%).
LGBT+ Rights Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malta | 20.28 | 2025 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Portugal | 19.2 | 2025 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Germany | 18.98 | 2025 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Cuba | 18.38 | 2025 | up 563.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Spain | 18.19 | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 6 | Denmark | 17.42 | 2025 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 7 | Canada | 17.18 | 2025 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Colombia | 17.1 | 2025 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 9 | France | 17.02 | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 10 | Chile | 16.64 | 2025 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Uruguay | 16.39 | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Sweden | 16.38 | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 16.23 | 2025 | up 106.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Netherlands | 16.08 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 15 | Belgium | 15.91 | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Mexico | 15.66 | 2025 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Austria | 15.31 | 2025 | up 98.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Greece | 15.19 | 2025 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Iceland | 15.07 | 2025 | up 104.3% | volatile |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 15.02 | 2025 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Ecuador | 14.68 | 2025 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Norway | 14.36 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 23 | Croatia | 14.27 | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Bolivia | 14.12 | 2025 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Finland | 14.08 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 14.08 | 2025 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 13.54 | 2025 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Slovenia | 13.46 | 2025 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Argentina | 13.4 | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 13.14 | 2025 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 31 | Czechia | 13.1 | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 32 | Andorra | 12.91 | 2025 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Israel | 12.09 | 2025 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 34 | Switzerland | 11.7 | 2025 | up 143.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 11.67 | 2025 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Ireland | 11.62 | 2025 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 37 | Serbia | 11.58 | 2025 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Albania | 11.33 | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Montenegro | 11.27 | 2025 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 40 | United States | 10.67 | 2025 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 41 | New Zealand | 10.61 | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 42 | San Marino | 10.58 | 2025 | up 78.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Honduras | 10.42 | 2025 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Estonia | 10.31 | 2025 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Fiji | 10.25 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 45 | Moldova | 10.25 | 2025 | up 173.3% | volatile |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 10.08 | 2025 | up 365.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Cyprus | 9.92 | 2025 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.76 | 2025 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 8.92 | 2025 | up 118.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 8.9 | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Lithuania | 8.45 | 2025 | up 166.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Slovakia | 8.33 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 54 | Romania | 7.83 | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Italy | 7.77 | 2025 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 56 | Hungary | 7.58 | 2025 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Mongolia | 7.33 | 2025 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Taiwan | 7.12 | 2025 | up 103.6% | rising |
| 59 | El Salvador | 6.75 | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Liechtenstein | 6.71 | 2025 | up 99.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Suriname | 6.67 | 2025 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Thailand | 6.25 | 2025 | up 108.3% | volatile |
| 63 | India | 5.68 | 2025 | up 271.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Angola | 5.67 | 2025 | up 924.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 5.67 | 2025 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Venezuela | 5.67 | 2025 | up 314.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Seychelles | 4.92 | 2025 | up 892.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Latvia | 4.78 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Nepal | 4 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Monaco | 3.87 | 2025 | up 78.5% | rising |
| 71 | Cape Verde | 3.83 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 71 | Lesotho | 3.83 | 2025 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Ukraine | 3.67 | 2025 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 74 | Micronesia (country) | 3.5 | 2025 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 75 | Botswana | 3.42 | 2025 | up 9,211.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Mozambique | 3.08 | 2025 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Nicaragua | 2.83 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Poland | 2.75 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 79 | Pakistan | 2.7 | 2025 | up 325.7% | volatile |
| 80 | South Korea | 2.62 | 2025 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Mauritius | 2.25 | 2025 | up 89.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Benin | 2.25 | 2025 | up 339.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Armenia | 2.17 | 2025 | up 388.9% | volatile |
| 83 | East Timor | 2.17 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 85 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.07 | 2025 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 86 | Japan | 2.06 | 2025 | up 144.9% | rising |
| 87 | Samoa | 2 | 2025 | up 459.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 2025 | up 375.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Belize | 2 | 2025 | up 375.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Dominica | 2 | 2025 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 2025 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Cambodia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Vanuatu | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Panama | 1.92 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 95 | Haiti | 1.83 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 1.42 | 2025 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Barbados | 1.37 | 2025 | up 157.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Belarus | 1.3 | 2025 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.3 | 2025 | up 201.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Djibouti | 1.25 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 100 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.25 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | Guatemala | 1.25 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Laos | 1.25 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Nauru | 1.25 | 2025 | up 288.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Philippines | 1.25 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 1.08 | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Bahrain | 1.03 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | Bhutan | 1 | 2025 | up 164.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 1 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2025 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Namibia | 1 | 2025 | up 214.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Palau | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 108 | Turkey | 1 | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 108 | Vietnam | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Saint Lucia | 0.9625 | 2025 | up 3,750.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Georgia | 0.8958 | 2025 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Rwanda | 0.8333 | 2025 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Indonesia | 0.5253 | 2025 | up 176.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3375 | 2025 | up 156.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Eswatini | 0.3125 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Liberia | 0.2833 | 2025 | up 230.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Kiribati | 0.2542 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 123 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.25 | 2025 | up 116.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Chad | 0.1792 | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 125 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0333 | 2025 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | -0.1 | 2025 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | -0.1458 | 2025 | down 108.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Congo | -0.3625 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 128 | North Korea | -0.3625 | 2025 | down 129.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Comoros | -0.55 | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Kenya | -0.5542 | 2025 | up 76.8% | rising |
| 132 | Madagascar | -0.6 | 2025 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Bahamas | -0.6375 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 134 | Bangladesh | -0.675 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | -0.675 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | -0.725 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Niger | -0.7375 | 2025 | down 381.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Tuvalu | -0.7458 | 2025 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 139 | Paraguay | -0.7583 | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 140 | Guyana | -0.7625 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Gabon | -0.7875 | 2025 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 141 | Grenada | -0.7875 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | -0.7875 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.7875 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Jordan | -0.8833 | 2025 | down 257.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Algeria | -0.9875 | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 147 | Singapore | -1.1 | 2025 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 148 | Qatar | -1.39 | 2025 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 149 | Somalia | -1.49 | 2025 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | -1.51 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Sudan | -1.52 | 2025 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 152 | Syria | -1.54 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 152 | Tonga | -1.54 | 2025 | down 95.2% | falling |
| 154 | Egypt | -1.57 | 2025 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Cameroon | -1.6 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 155 | Eritrea | -1.6 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 155 | Morocco | -1.6 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 155 | Maldives | -1.6 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 155 | Tunisia | -1.6 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | -1.64 | 2025 | down 181.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Jamaica | -1.66 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | -1.68 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Gambia | -1.73 | 2025 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 163 | South Sudan | -1.73 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 165 | China | -1.73 | 2025 | down 108.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Guinea | -1.74 | 2025 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 167 | Malawi | -1.79 | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 168 | Burundi | -1.8 | 2025 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Trinidad and Tobago | -2.02 | 2025 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Oman | -2.2 | 2025 | down 267.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Russia | -2.22 | 2025 | down 327.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Togo | -2.23 | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 173 | Libya | -2.27 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Senegal | -2.45 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 175 | Zimbabwe | -2.48 | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 176 | Mali | -2.52 | 2025 | down 302.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Ghana | -2.55 | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 178 | Myanmar | -2.58 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 179 | Ethiopia | -2.6 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 179 | Lebanon | -2.6 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 181 | Brunei | -2.6 | 2025 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Kuwait | -2.73 | 2025 | down 86.9% | falling |
| 183 | Afghanistan | -2.75 | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 184 | United Arab Emirates | -2.88 | 2025 | down 87.5% | falling |
| 185 | Mauritania | -3.15 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 186 | Tanzania | -3.17 | 2025 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 187 | Zambia | -3.3 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 188 | Malaysia | -3.31 | 2025 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 189 | Yemen | -3.36 | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 190 | Nigeria | -3.42 | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Iran | -3.97 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 192 | Saudi Arabia | -4.27 | 2025 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Iraq | -4.44 | 2025 | down 1,340.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Uganda | -4.47 | 2025 | down 129.1% | falling |
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.