# Equaldex

Equaldex is an online publication resource on LGBTQ rights. Subsections of the website are a collaborative knowledge base. Equaldex publishes a ranking of LGBT rights by country and territory. As of September 2022, the head of Equaldex is Dan Leveille.

## 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.
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.
The Equality Index is the arithmetic mean between the Legal Index and the Public Opinion Index.
The data as of March 2, 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 | 67 |
| Uruguay | 83 | 93 | 73 |
| New Caledonia | 82 | 93 | 71 |
| Chile | 81 | 100 | 62 |
| Germany | 81 | 100 | 61 |
| Faroe Islands | 80 | 93 | 68 |
| Denmark | 80 | 93 | 67 |
| Andorra | 80 | 86 | 74 |
| Puerto Rico | 79 | 91 | 66 |
| Canada | 78 | 95 | 62 |
| Netherlands | 78 | 90 | 65 |
| Brazil | 77 | 98 | 57 |
| Malta | 76 | 100 | 53 |
| Portugal | 76 | 93 | 60 |
| Australia | 76 | 90 | 61 |
| Jersey | 75 | 90 | 60 |
| Cuba | 75 | 81 | 70 |
| New Zealand | 75 | 87 | 64 |
| Colombia | 75 | 98 | 52 |
| Austria | 75 | 91 | 59 |
| Isle of Man | 74 | 87 | 60 |
| Gibraltar | 74 | 85 | 63 |
| Réunion | 74 | 93 | 55 |
| Finland | 74 | 85 | 63 |
| Belgium | 74 | 87 | 61 |
| France | 74 | 89 | 59 |
| Argentina | 73 | 85 | 61 |
| Sweden | 73 | 80 | 65 |
| Mexico | 73 | 89 | 56 |
| Guam | 72 | 89 | 55 |
| Ireland | 72 | 85 | 59 |
| Thailand | 72 | 75 | 68 |
| United Kingdom | 72 | 83 | 60 |
| South Africa | 71 | 84 | 59 |
| Switzerland | 70 | 77 | 64 |
| United States | 69 | 83 | 56 |
| Nepal | 69 | 78 | 61 |
| Liechtenstein | 69 | 69 | 68 |
| Bermuda | 67 | 84 | 50 |
| Italy | 67 | 75 | 60 |
| Luxembourg | 67 | 81 | 53 |
| Hong Kong, China | 66 | 78 | 54 |
| San Marino | 66 | 62 | 71 |
| Costa Rica | 66 | 83 | 49 |
| Czech Republic | 66 | 74 | 57 |
| Greece | 65 | 92 | 39 |
| Slovenia | 65 | 83 | 48 |
| Cape Verde | 64 | 48 | 80 |
| Ecuador | 64 | 88 | 41 |
| Taiwan | 64 | 81 | 48 |
| Estonia | 64 | 84 | 43 |
| Guadeloupe | 62 | 93 | 32 |
| Martinique | 62 | 92 | 32 |
| Israel | 62 | 76 | 47 |
| Barbados | 62 | 53 | 71 |
| French Guiana | 61 | 88 | 34 |
| Fiji | 61 | 61 | — |
| India | 61 | 65 | 56 |
| Bolivia | 59 | 85 | 33 |
| Seychelles | 59 | 51 | 66 |
| Aruba | 58 | 69 | 48 |
| Peru | 58 | 70 | 46 |
| Cyprus | 57 | 79 | 36 |
| Philippines | 56 | 55 | 58 |
| Botswana | 56 | 60 | 53 |
| Marshall Islands | 56 | 56 | — |
| Croatia | 56 | 78 | 34 |
| Japan | 55 | 58 | 53 |
| Monaco | 55 | 59 | 51 |
| China | 54 | 42 | 66 |
| Vietnam | 54 | 58 | 49 |
| Namibia | 53 | 64 | 42 |
| Micronesia | 53 | 53 | — |
| Belize | 53 | 53 | 53 |
| Mauritius | 53 | 53 | 53 |
| Montenegro | 53 | 70 | 36 |
| Venezuela | 53 | 50 | 56 |
| Cambodia | 52 | 54 | 49 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 51 | 58 | 44 |
| Singapore | 51 | 52 | 51 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51 | 63 | 39 |
| Hungary | 51 | 60 | 41 |
| South Korea | 50 | 60 | 41 |
| Poland | 50 | 55 | 45 |
| Slovakia | 49 | 66 | 33 |
| Ukraine | 49 | 57 | 41 |
| Laos | 48 | 49 | 47 |
| Serbia | 48 | 62 | 34 |
| Latvia | 48 | 61 | 35 |
| North Macedonia | 48 | 62 | 34 |
| Mozambique | 48 | 50 | 46 |
| Macau, China | 47 | 54 | 40 |
| Nauru | 47 | 47 | — |
| Albania | 47 | 64 | 30 |
| Bhutan | 47 | 53 | 40 |
| Kosovo | 46 | 60 | 33 |
| Romania | 45 | 56 | 34 |
| Angola | 45 | 50 | 40 |
| Lesotho | 43 | 58 | 29 |
| Honduras | 43 | 60 | 27 |
| Mongolia | 43 | 64 | 22 |
| Nicaragua | 42 | 46 | 37 |
| El Salvador | 41 | 49 | 33 |
| Lithuania | 41 | 56 | 26 |
| Suriname | 40 | 58 | 23 |
| Vanuatu | 40 | 47 | 34 |
| Bulgaria | 40 | 52 | 27 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 39 | 39 | — |
| Dominican Republic | 38 | 46 | 31 |
| Panama | 38 | 46 | 30 |
| Guatemala | 38 | 47 | 29 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 38 | 48 | 28 |
| North Korea | 38 | 38 | — |
| Tajikistan | 37 | 37 | — |
| Guyana | 37 | 20 | 53 |
| Central African Republic | 37 | 37 | — |
| Bahrain | 37 | 31 | 42 |
| Turkey | 36 | 37 | 36 |
| Rwanda | 36 | 40 | 32 |
| Djibouti | 35 | 35 | — |
| Guinea-Bissau | 35 | 46 | 24 |
| Moldova | 35 | 61 | 8 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 35 | 55 | 15 |
| Vatican City | 35 | 35 | — |
| Republic of the Congo | 33 | 44 | 22 |
| Timor-Leste | 33 | 51 | 14 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 32 | 48 | 17 |
| Eswatini | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Paraguay | 32 | 39 | 26 |
| Bahamas | 31 | 46 | 16 |
| Benin | 31 | 44 | 18 |
| Sri Lanka | 31 | 25 | 37 |
| Dominica | 31 | 47 | 14 |
| Pakistan | 30 | 30 | 31 |
| Madagascar | 30 | 41 | 19 |
| Gabon | 30 | 44 | 16 |
| Georgia | 30 | 48 | 12 |
| Palau | 30 | 43 | 16 |
| Tonga | 29 | 29 | — |
| Samoa | 28 | 28 | — |
| Belarus | 27 | 38 | 16 |
| Haiti | 27 | 43 | 11 |
| Kiribati | 27 | 27 | — |
| Bangladesh | 27 | 23 | 31 |
| Russia | 27 | 32 | 22 |
| Kazakhstan | 27 | 41 | 12 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 26 | — |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 25 | 35 | 15 |
| Armenia | 25 | 43 | 6 |
| Niger | 24 | 37 | 10 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 23 | 35 | 12 |
| Tuvalu | 23 | 23 | — |
| Saint Lucia | 22 | 28 | 17 |
| Jordan | 22 | 38 | 6 |
| Grenada | 21 | 26 | 17 |
| Turkmenistan | 21 | 21 | — |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 21 | 32 | 10 |
| Syria | 21 | 14 | 27 |
| Jamaica | 21 | 24 | 18 |
| Burkina Faso | 20 | 32 | 9 |
| Palestine | 20 | 35 | 6 |
| Azerbaijan | 20 | 35 | 6 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 20 | — |
| Lebanon | 20 | 21 | 19 |
| Ghana | 20 | 19 | 21 |
| Myanmar | 19 | 11 | 27 |
| Uzbekistan | 19 | 20 | 18 |
| Kenya | 19 | 21 | 17 |
| Liberia | 18 | 26 | 11 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18 | 28 | 8 |
| Tunisia | 16 | 17 | 15 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 25 | 7 |
| Comoros | 16 | 15 | 16 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 8 | 23 |
| South Sudan | 14 | 14 | — |
| Guinea | 14 | 16 | 12 |
| Saudi Arabia | 14 | 3 | 25 |
| Chad | 14 | 15 | 12 |
| Togo | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Maldives | 13 | 19 | 8 |
| Iraq | 13 | 5 | 22 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 14 | 12 |
| Algeria | 13 | 4 | 22 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 15 | 10 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 0 | 25 |
| Sudan | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| Malawi | 12 | 19 | 5 |
| Libya | 11 | 4 | 19 |
| Egypt | 11 | 7 | 16 |
| Morocco | 11 | 7 | 15 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 6 | 14 |
| Ethiopia | 10 | 7 | 13 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 5 | 12 |
| Burundi | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| Yemen | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| Gambia | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| Mali | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| Qatar | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Kuwait | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Zambia | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Eritrea | 5 | 5 | — |
| Iran | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Senegal | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Brunei | 3 | 3 | — |
| Oman | 3 | 3 | — |
| Somalia | 2 | 2 | — |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Greenland | — | 91 | — |
| Western Sahara | — | 24 | — |

## About

Equaldex is a collaborative knowledge base for the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) 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.
The site currently has 8 moderators: danlev, beeurd, Notdog1996, Samanthos, Ratabzoo, qcksws, Aleksander, and Unknownmiles.