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Equaldex is an online publication resource on LGBTQ rights.[1][2][3] Subsections of the website are a collaborative knowledge base.[4][5][6] Equaldex publishes a ranking of LGBTQ rights by country and territory.[7] As of October 2025, the head of Equaldex is Dan Leveille.[8]

LGBTQ Equality Index

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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 LGBTQ 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.[9]

The Public Opinion Index measures the public attitudes towards LGBTQ 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.[9]

The Equality Index is the arithmetic mean between the Legal Index and the Public Opinion Index.[9]

The data as of February 23, 2026:

Map of countries by the LGBTQ Equality Index, as of February 23, 2026
Map of countries by the LGBTQ Legal Index (2026)
Map of countries by the LGBTQ Public Opinion Index (2026)
Country or territory Equality
Index 		Legal
Index 		Public Opinion
Index
 Iceland 93 96 90
 Norway 87 88 87
 Uruguay 87 100 74
 Spain 83 100 67
 Guernsey 82 77 87
 Denmark 82 94 69
 Faroe Islands 80 92 68
 New Caledonia 80 88 71
 Malta 80 100 61
 Chile 80 100 60
 Germany 80 100 60
 Andorra 80 86 74
 Puerto Rico 79 91 66
 Cuba 79 92 66
 Canada 79 96 61
 Australia 78 95 61
 Portugal 77 94 60
 New Zealand 77 88 65
 Finland 76 86 66
 Netherlands 76 87 64
 Sweden 75 85 65
 Brazil 75 93 56
 Isle of Man 74 88 60
 Jersey 74 88 60
 Belgium 74 88 61
 France 74 90 58
 Argentina 74 87 61
 Gibraltar 73 82 63
 Réunion 72 88 55
 Czechia 72 80 64
 Austria 71 82 60
 Colombia 71 92 50
 Mexico 70 84 57
 Switzerland 70 76 64
 Ireland 70 80 59
 Nepal 69 71 68
 Costa Rica 69 85 54
 Liechtenstein 69 69 68
 Guam 68 82 55
 United Kingdom 68 82 55
 United States 68 80 56
 Cape Verde 68 55 80
 Luxembourg 67 82 52
 South Africa 67 77 57
 San Marino 67 63 71
 Italy 66 73 59
 Greece 66 92 40
 Ecuador 65 89 42
 Thailand 65 63 67
 Slovenia 65 81 48
 Bolivia 62 87 38
 Israel 62 73 51
 Aruba 61 74 48
 Bermuda 61 72 50
 French Guiana 61 88 34
 Seychelles 61 55 66
 Guadeloupe 60 88 32
 Martinique 60 88 32
 Taiwan 59 68 51
 Estonia 58 73 44
 Cyprus 58 79 36
 Hong Kong 57 59 56
 Croatia 57 80 33
 Botswana 56 60 51
 Montenegro 55 75 35
 Barbados 55 38 71
 Fiji 55 55 —
 India 55 56 53
 Timor-Leste 54 49 60
 Peru 54 64 44
 Philippines 54 49 59
 Japan 53 57 50
 Monaco 53 56 51
 Bhutan 53 56 50
 China 52 39 66
 Venezuela 52 48 56
 Vietnam 51 50 53
 Mauritius 51 50 52
 Poland 51 58 43
 Mozambique 51 55 47
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50 63 38
 Belize 50 56 44
 Serbia 49 65 33
 Slovakia 49 65 33
 Marshall Islands 49 49 —
 Hungary 49 57 40
 North Macedonia 48 64 33
 Ukraine 48 58 39
 Kosovo 48 66 30
 Micronesia 48 48 —
 Macau 47 54 40
 Albania 47 67 28
 Lithuania 47 66 28
 Romania 47 60 33
 Sao Tome and Principe 47 49 44
 Latvia 46 58 35
 South Korea 46 53 39
 Honduras 46 58 33
 Cambodia 46 41 51
 Nicaragua 45 50 40
 Laos 45 40 50
 Lesotho 44 55 32
 Singapore 44 39 49
 Nauru 43 43 —
 Angola 42 50 35
 Bulgaria 42 57 27
 El Salvador 41 48 35
 Namibia 41 49 33
 Suriname 41 59 23
 Mongolia 40 62 17
 Vanuatu 39 45 34
 Panama 39 43 34
 Dominican Republic 38 44 33
 Equatorial Guinea 38 38 —
 Antigua and Barbuda 38 60 17
 Guyana 37 22 53
 Moldova 37 67 8
 Bahrain 37 32 42
 Guatemala 35 38 31
 Paraguay 34 38 31
 Rwanda 34 37 32
 Saint Lucia 34 51 17
 Djibouti 33 33 —
 Guinea-Bissau 33 41 24
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 32 50 15
 Turkey 32 32 33
 Tajikistan 32 32 —
 Dominica 32 49 14
 Palau 31 47 16
 Pakistan 31 31 31
 Vatican City 31 31 —
 Georgia 30 47 13
 Bahamas 30 44 16
 North Korea 30 30 —
 Samoa 30 30 —
 Madagascar 30 38 22
 Russia 29 35 23
 Republic of the Congo 28 40 17
 Kiribati 28 28 —
 Haiti 28 45 11
 Sri Lanka 28 22 34
 Central African Republic 28 28 —
 Benin 27 38 16
 Belarus 27 38 16
 Eswatini 27 26 27
 Trinidad and Tobago 26 25 27
 Papua New Guinea 26 26 —
 Gabon 25 38 13
 Myanmar 25 13 38
 Armenia 25 45 5
 Bangladesh 25 16 33
 Niger 24 36 12
 Tuvalu 24 24 —
 Côte d'Ivoire 23 31 14
 Solomon Islands 23 23 —
 Indonesia 22 33 11
 Grenada 22 27 17
 Kazakhstan 22 33 11
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 22 35 8
 Kenya 21 24 19
 Jamaica 21 24 18
 Kyrgyzstan 20 31 10
 Azerbaijan 20 36 5
 Uzbekistan 20 21 18
 Palestine 19 29 8
 Turkmenistan 18 18 —
 Ghana 18 18 18
 Malaysia 18 8 27
 Syria 17 7 27
 Jordan 17 27 6
 Comoros 17 15 19
 Lebanon 16 18 15
 Liberia 16 24 9
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16 24 8
 Chad 15 15 14
 Guinea 14 15 14
 Tunisia 14 13 15
 Tanzania 14 13 14
 Sudan 14 9 19
 Sierra Leone 13 20 6
 Morocco 13 12 15
 Libya 13 8 19
 Algeria 13 7 19
 Iraq 13 3 22
 Zimbabwe 12 14 10
 Saudi Arabia 12 3 22
 Ethiopia 12 10 13
 United Arab Emirates 11 0 23
 Nigeria 11 7 15
 Yemen 10 4 17
 Mauritania 10 4 16
 Egypt 10 5 15
 Burundi 10 9 10
 Tonga 10 10 —
 Uganda 9 1 18
 Togo 9 5 12
 Burkina Faso 9 7 10
 Malawi 8 12 5
 Zambia 8 8 8
 Qatar 8 6 9
 Mali 8 6 9
 Cameroon 7 4 11
 South Sudan 7 7 —
 Maldives 6 5 8
 Kuwait 6 5 6
 Iran 5 7 3
 Senegal 4 5 3
 Eritrea 4 4 —
 Oman 3 3 —
 Gambia 3 2 4
 Brunei 3 3 —
 Afghanistan 1 0 2
 Somalia 1 1 —
 Greenland — 93 —
 Western Sahara — 20 —

About

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Equaldex is a collaborative knowledge base for the LGBTQ movements.

The website's planning and development began in December of 2009. After 5 years of work, the Equaldex index went public on February 25, 2014.[10]

The site currently has 8 moderators: danlev, beeurd, Notdog1996, Samanthos, Ratabzoo, qcksws, Aleksander, and Unknownmiles.[11]

Criticism

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One of the primary criticisms of Equaldex is that many of the data entries are not properly sourced or cited, making it difficult to verify the accuracy of the information. In Equaldex, inaccurate, incomplete, or biased information is often posted without proper fact-checking. Without clear references or links to credible sources, people may be misled by incorrect data. Users may inadvertently introduce errors or intentional misinformation, which could skew the data. For example, a claim that a certain country legalized same-sex marriage might be reported prematurely or inaccurately, causing disinformation among public.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ Singer-Vine, Jeremy (2022-09-07). "The Datasets We're Looking At This Week". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  2. ^ McHugh, Jess (2019-06-18). "Tips for L.G.B.T.Q. Travelers to Visit the World Safely". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  3. ^ McHugh, Jess (January 16, 2019). "Finding Open-Minded Health Care Abroad". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  4. ^ Hope, Allison (October 11, 2022). "An LGBTQ guide to coming out safely and happily". CNN. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  5. ^ Gillespie, Alexandra (January 31, 2022). "New digital tools are helping travelers avoid discrimination". National Geographic. Archived from the original on January 31, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  6. ^ McGovern, Connor (June 3, 2022). "How destinations are helping LGBTQ+ visitors travel with pride". National Geographic. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  7. ^ Power, Shannon (January 27, 2023). "Beyoncé LGBTQ fans in Dubai speak out over concert backlash". Newsweek. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  8. ^ Leveille, Dan. "About Equaldex". Equaldex. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "LGBT Equality Index". Equaldex. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  10. ^ Leveille, Dan. "About Equaldex". Equaldex. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  11. ^ Leveille, Dan. "About Equaldex". Equaldex. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  12. ^ "The Global Challenges of LGBTQ+ Rights: Beyond Legal Recognition". tandfonline.com. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  13. ^ "Crowdsourcing as a Tool for Research: Methodological, Fair, and Political Considerations". reserlarchgate.net. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
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