List of countries by LGBT tolerance and rights
This list of countries for LGBT tolerance and LGBT rights shows two social indicators on the situation of L esbian, G ay, B isexual and T ransgender -People ( lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender ). The two measures are part of the prosperity indicator Legatum Prosperity Index (PI), which was last published in late 2019 by the conservative London-based think tank Legatum Institute . Data on homosexuality in 167 countries (99% of the world population ) with their changes over the last ten years were evaluated :
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Perceived tolerance of LGBT individuals
- Data: Gallup - surveys of 130,000 people worldwide: "Is your city / region a good place to live for gay / lesbian people?"
- Results: Tolerance has improved in 111 countries and rose worldwide from around 25% in 2009 to around 33% in 2019 - Iceland in 1st place (92% tolerance) ahead of the Netherlands and Norway (90%) - Somalia in 166th place and Tajikistan to 167 (1%).
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Rights of LGBT people (LGBT rights)
- Data: ILGA evaluations on the legality of homosexuality (1), registered partnership (2) and same-sex marriage (3).
- Results: 55 countries have none of the three rights, only 26 countries have them, 12 have two (including Switzerland , Italy ) and 74 only one of the rights: they legally recognize homosexuality ( de jure ) , but not always in practical life (de facto) .
Both figures are among the 27 indicators of the " Personal Freedom " (Personal Freedom) , of a total of 12 sub- indices forming the PI (see list of countries ). The sub-index covers five policy areas from, this is the "social tolerance" (Social Tolerance) also covers the LGBT freedom and the three LGBT rights in "the absence of legal discrimination " (Absence of Legal Discrimination) .
In 2019, all indices were created using 294 individual indicators with updated calculation methods and sorted according to rank .
Countries according to their LGBT situation
The following list with 167 countries shows the estimated LGBT tolerance (%) in 2019 compared to 2009, followed by legal rights (0-3), the summarizing sub-index on personal freedom and the overall result of the Prosperity Index (PI):
| Country 2019 | LGBT tolerance tolerance |
Rank (+/−) |
2009 | LGBT accounting te |
Rank (+/−) |
2009 | Pers. free- ness |
Rank (+/−) |
2009 | PI | Rank (+/−) |
2009 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 92% | 1 (+1) | 82% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 89.05 | 6 (0) | 86.67 | 80.72 | 10 (−1) | 79.74 | ||
| Netherlands | 90% | 2 (−1) | 83% | 3 | 1 (0) | 3 | 89.73 | 5 (−2) | 89.99 | 82.19 | 6 (0) | 81.21 | ||
| Norway | 90% | 2 (+13) | 61% | 3 | 1 (0) | 3 | 94.56 | 1 (+1) | 90.75 | 83.96 | 2 (+1) | 82.45 | ||
| Canada | 88% | 4 (−1) | 77% | 3 | 1 (0) | 3 | 88.63 | 7 (−2) | 87.53 | 80.01 | 14 (−2) | 78.96 | ||
| Denmark | 88% | 4 (+7) | 65% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 92.88 | 2 (+2) | 88.62 | 83.96 | 1 (0) | 83.15 | ||
| Malta | 84% | 6 (+11) | 60% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 82.79 | 18 (+5) | 75.08 | 76.40 | 20 (+3) | 73.44 | ||
| Nepal | 84% | 6 (+40) | 31% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 59.46 | 67 (+14) | 56.26 | 49.53 | 115 (+13) | 45.24 | ||
| Spain | 83% | 8 (−4) | 75% | 3 | 1 (0) | 3 | 82.56 | 19 (−5) | 84.27 | 74.79 | 25 (0) | 72.56 | ||
| Ireland | 82% | 9 (−4) | 70% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 87.76 | 9 (0) | 86.02 | 80.38 | 12 (+2) | 78.87 | ||
| Sweden | 80% | 10 (−1) | 66% | 3 | 1 (0) | 3 | 89.87 | 4 (−3) | 91.94 | 83.04 | 4 (−2) | 82.85 | ||
| New Zealand | 79% | 11 (+2) | 62% | 3 | 1 (+7) | 2 | 86.47 | 10 (+2) | 85.28 | 81.24 | 7 (+3) | 79.73 | ||
 Switzerland
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79% | 11 (+9) | 56% | 2 | 27 (−19) | 2 | 85.98 | 12 (+3) | 83.84 | 83.64 | 3 (+1) | 81.98 | ||
| Finland | 79% | 11 (+11) | 54% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 90.76 | 3 (+7) | 85.89 | 82.39 | 5 (0) | 81.25 | ||
| Belgium | 78% | 14 (−7) | 67% | 3 | 1 (0) | 3 | 84.40 | 16 (−9) | 86.49 | 76.26 | 22 (−3) | 76.13 | ||
| Luxembourg | 78% | 14 (−7) | 67% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 88.11 | 8 (0) | 86.23 | 80.95 | 9 (−2) | 79.91 | ||
| United States | 75% | 18 (−5) | 62% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 78.71 | 22 (−2) | 79.39 | 77.75 | 18 (−1) | 77.78 | ||
| Australia | 78% | 14 (−5) | 66% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 85.02 | 14 (−1) | 84.79 | 78.64 | 17 (−4) | 78.94 | ||
| United Kingdom | 78% | 14 (−2) | 63% | 3 | 1 (+7) | 2 | 84.47 | 15 (+1) | 80.98 | 80.70 | 11 (+5) | 78.04 | ||
| France | 73% | 19 (−1) | 59% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 77.14 | 23 (−2) | 78.35 | 76.26 | 23 (−3) | 75.90 | ||
 Germany
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73% | 19 (+1) | 56% | 3 | 1 (+7) | 2 | 85.26 | 13 (−2) | 85.35 | 81.14 | 8 (0) | 79.88 | ||
| Uruguay | 73% | 19 (−14) | 70% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 82.39 | 20 (−3) | 80.92 | 67.61 | 39 (+3) | 64.95 | ||
 Austria
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70% | 22 (+19) | 34% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 83.51 | 17 (+1) | 79.95 | 80.26 | 13 (−2) | 79.41 | ||
| Brazil | 67% | 23 (−5) | 59% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 65.42 | 42 (−3) | 68.70 | 59.08 | 69 (−12) | 58.95 | ||
| Argentina | 66% | 24 (+4) | 45% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 74.08 | 30 (+14) | 66.96 | 60.47 | 59 (+1) | 58.00 | ||
| Portugal | 65% | 25 (−1) | 51% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 86.09 | 11 (+8) | 79.65 | 73.75 | 26 (+2) | 71.05 | ||
| Italy | 62% | 26 (0) | 49% | 2 | 27 (−10) | 1 | 74.17 | 29 (+3) | 71.59 | 71.68 | 30 (+1) | 69.62 | ||
| Philippines | 60% | 27 (+4) | 42% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 58.82 | 70 (−6) | 60.26 | 56.49 | 84 (+4) | 53.59 | ||
| Chile | 59% | 28 (+2) | 44% | 2 | 27 (−10) | 1 | 74.48 | 28 (−2) | 73.13 | 68.70 | 37 (−2) | 67.54 | ||
| Hong Kong | 59% | 28 (−4) | 51% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 66.90 | 41 (−6) | 69.27 | 79.90 | 15 (0) | 78.76 | ||
| Mexico | 58% | 30 (−2) | 45% | 3 | 1 (+16) | 1 | 59.09 | 68 (+11) | 56.42 | 59.53 | 67 (−8) | 58.08 | ||
| Costa Rica | 57% | 31 (+1) | 40% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 79.21 | 21 (+1) | 75.58 | 67.66 | 38 (+2) | 65.96 | ||
| Cuba | 54% | 32 (−10) | 54% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 26.38 | 155 (+1) | 25.17 | 54.45 | 97 (−10) | 53.61 | ||
| Slovenia | 53% | 33 (+18) | 29% | 2 | 27 (−19) | 2 | 74.49 | 27 (−2) | 73.39 | 73.66 | 27 (−3) | 72.74 | ||
| Nicaragua | 52% | 34 (−2) | 40% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 42.92 | 113 (−26) | 53.76 | 51.58 | 109 (−7) | 51.38 | ||
| South Africa | 51% | 35 (−20) | 61% | 3 | 1 (0) | 3 | 69.07 | 36 (−2) | 70.18 | 56.65 | 83 (−15) | 56.06 | ||
| Venezuela | 51% | 35 (+1) | 38% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 35.99 | 128 (−15) | 44.25 | 42.82 | 143 (−27) | 47.31 | ||
| Taiwan | 47% | 37 (+11) | 30% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 74.60 | 26 (+3) | 71.92 | 74.83 | 24 (+2) | 72.43 | ||
| Cape Verde | 47% | 38 (−11) | 47% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 70.55 | 33 (−2) | 71.75 | 57.36 | 77 (−7) | 55.86 | ||
| Colombia | 46% | 39 (−2) | 37% | 3 | 1 (+7) | 2 | 57.24 | 74 (+10) | 54.85 | 57.91 | 72 (+4) | 54.76 | ||
| Laos | 45% | 40 (−1) | 35% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 28.30 | 151 (+2) | 26.26 | 49.08 | 116 (+4) | 46.30 | ||
| Czech Republic | 44% | 41 (−9) | 40% | 2 | 27 (−19) | 2 | 71.66 | 32 (−8) | 75.04 | 73.43 | 28 (+1) | 70.88 | ||
| El Salvador | 44% | 41 (+4) | 32% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 58.74 | 71 (+5) | 57.40 | 54.16 | 98 (−14) | 54.13 | ||
| Mauritius | 44% | 41 (+25) | 24% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 68.56 | 37 (−1) | 69.11 | 66.41 | 44 (−1) | 63.86 | ||
| India | 43% | 44 (+29) | 20% | 1 | 39 (+72) | 0 | 49.22 | 101 (−13) | 52.35 | 53.77 | 101 (+9) | 48.50 | ||
| Ecuador | 42% | 45 (−4) | 34% | 2 | 27 (−10) | 1 | 60.57 | 59 (+18) | 57.25 | 56.76 | 80 (+14) | 52.42 | ||
| Panama | 41% | 46 (0) | 31% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 63.72 | 48 (+10) | 62.79 | 63.29 | 51 (0) | 61.47 | ||
| Singapore | 41% | 46 (−11) | 39% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 51.99 | 95 (+2) | 48.90 | 79.15 | 16 (+2) | 77.58 | ||
| Thailand | 40% | 48 (+23) | 22% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 39.95 | 120 (−15) | 46.70 | 59.53 | 66 (−10) | 59.23 | ||
| Bolivia | 39% | 49 (+9) | 26% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 57.32 | 73 (−3) | 58.69 | 52.74 | 105 (0) | 50.30 | ||
| Honduras | 39% | 49 (+24) | 20% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 50.44 | 97 (−4) | 50.20 | 52.28 | 107 (−4) | 51.20 | ||
| Cyprus, Republic | 37% | 51 (0) | 29% | 2 | 27 (−10) | 1 | 76.42 | 24 (+4) | 72.22 | 69.99 | 34 (−4) | 69.87 | ||
| Dominican. republic | 37% | 51 (+15) | 24% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 62.09 | 52 (+4) | 63.26 | 57.33 | 78 (−3) | 54.92 | ||
| Suriname | 36% | 53 (−15) | 36% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 63.41 | 50 (+2) | 64.38 | 56.70 | 82 (−10) | 55.70 | ||
| Syria | 36% | 53 (+60) | 11% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 12.46 | 166 (−2) | 16.45 | 37.66 | 157 (−23) | 43.43 | ||
| Japan | 35% | 55 (+9) | 25% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 72.14 | 31 (+2) | 70.54 | 77.06 | 19 (+2) | 75.59 | ||
| Slovakia | 35% | 55 (+11) | 24% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 69.87 | 35 (+3) | 68.70 | 70.25 | 32 (0) | 68.19 | ||
| Seychelles | 35% | 57 (−17) | 35% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 59.57 | 64 (+11) | 57.46 | 64.34 | 48 (−1) | 62.91 | ||
| Benin | 34% | 58 (+58) | 10% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 59.46 | 66 (−7) | 62.50 | 45.87 | 131 (0) | 43.78 | ||
| Greece | 34% | 58 (−17) | 34% | 2 | 27 (−10) | 1 | 65.35 | 43 (0) | 67.48 | 66.51 | 42 (−3) | 66.00 | ||
| Mozambique | 34% | 58 (−1) | 27% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 53.76 | 84 (+14) | 48.33 | 42.62 | 145 (−4) | 41.49 | ||
| Myanmar | 34% | 58 (−10) | 30% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 35.54 | 129 (+34) | 17.85 | 47.28 | 124 (+23) | 39.53 | ||
| Israel | 33% | 62 (−14) | 30% | 2 | 27 (−19) | 2 | 58.51 | 72 (−17) | 63.28 | 70.90 | 31 (+2) | 68.14 | ||
| Peru | 33% | 62 (−4) | 26% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 64.68 | 45 (+18) | 60.52 | 61.03 | 56 (+6) | 57.62 | ||
| Cambodia | 31% | 64 (+41) | 13% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 36.10 | 127 (−6) | 39.56 | 47.84 | 122 (+4) | 45.46 | ||
| Guatemala | 31% | 64 (0) | 25% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 54.59 | 79 (+7) | 54.12 | 54.11 | 99 (−6) | 52.51 | ||
| Paraguay | 31% | 64 (−9) | 28% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 56.23 | 76 (+6) | 56.07 | 57.17 | 79 (+10) | 53.20 | ||
| Vietnam | 30% | 67 (+35) | 14% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 32.86 | 140 (+2) | 32.09 | 56.48 | 85 (+10) | 52.40 | ||
| Estonia | 29% | 68 (+1) | 23% | 2 | 27 (−10) | 1 | 75.62 | 25 (+2) | 72.93 | 76.31 | 21 (+1) | 73.47 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 29% | 68 (−10) | 26% | 1 | 39 (+72) | 0 | 68.05 | 40 (+8) | 65.45 | 61.03 | 55 (−1) | 59.60 | ||
| Papua New Guinea | 29% | 70 (−16) | 29% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 61.40 | 54 (+11) | 60.09 | 47.51 | 123 (−5) | 46.86 | ||
| Bangladesh | 28% | 71 (+52) | 9% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 40.77 | 116 (−6) | 45.78 | 46.47 | 127 (+8) | 42.73 | ||
| Hungary | 28% | 71 (−16) | 28% | 2 | 27 (−19) | 2 | 53.21 | 89 (−48) | 68.26 | 65.93 | 46 (−9) | 66.72 | ||
| Namibia | 28% | 71 (+11) | 18% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 63.13 | 51 (0) | 64.57 | 56.11 | 89 (−10) | 54.39 | ||
| Croatia | 27% | 74 (−5) | 23% | 2 | 27 (−10) | 1 | 63.61 | 49 (−12) | 68.77 | 66.19 | 45 (−4) | 65.07 | ||
| Sao Tome & Principe | 26% | 75 (−12) | 26% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 65.13 | 44 (+6) | 64.80 | 55.20 | 93 (+3) | 52.31 | ||
| South Korea | 25% | 76 (+29) | 13% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 64.41 | 46 (+15) | 62.13 | 73.04 | 29 (−2) | 71.81 | ||
| Bulgaria | 24% | 77 (−19) | 26% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 58.88 | 69 (−20) | 65.15 | 64.08 | 49 (+1) | 61.97 | ||
| Poland | 24% | 77 (−1) | 19% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 60.17 | 62 (−32) | 71.87 | 69.30 | 36 (0) | 66.94 | ||
| Lesotho | 23% | 79 (+3) | 18% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 53.58 | 87 (+8) | 49.46 | 45.59 | 133 (−3) | 43.85 | ||
| Turkey | 23% | 79 (+26) | 13% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 30.14 | 146 (−26) | 39.65 | 55.42 | 91 (−14) | 54.74 | ||
| Belize | 22% | 81 (+1) | 18% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 60.48 | 60 (+2) | 61.28 | 55.08 | 94 (−13) | 54.25 | ||
| Jamaica | 22% | 81 (+60) | 6% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 70.15 | 34 (+11) | 66.30 | 59.86 | 64 (−1) | 57.59 | ||
| Uganda | 22% | 81 (+65) | 5% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 40.76 | 117 (−2) | 43.20 | 45.15 | 135 (+1) | 42.70 | ||
| Country 2019 | LGBT tolerance tolerance |
Rank (+/−) |
2009 | LGBT rights |
Rank (+/−) |
2009 | Pers. free- ness |
Rank (+/−) |
2009 | PI | Rank (+/−) |
2009 | ||
| Algeria | 21% | 84 (+4) | 17% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 34.12 | 134 (−4) | 36.59 | 51.48 | 110 (−2) | 48.59 | ||
| Chad | 21% | 84 (+74) | 3% | 0 | 113 (−96) | 1 | 37.10 | 125 (+4) | 36.81 | 32.88 | 164 (+3) | 31.73 | ||
| Madagascar | 21% | 84 (+29) | 11% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 53.19 | 90 (−5) | 54.29 | 43.63 | 137 (−8) | 43.87 | ||
| Serbia | 21% | 84 (−13) | 22% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 55.70 | 77 (−24) | 63.67 | 62.07 | 52 (+9) | 57.97 | ||
| Botswana | 20% | 88 (−30) | 26% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 61.02 | 56 (+4) | 62.35 | 57.49 | 76 (−10) | 56.26 | ||
| Burundi | 20% | 88 (+44) | 7% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 23.81 | 157 (−32) | 37.80 | 36.21 | 159 (+1) | 35.92 | ||
| Kenya | 20% | 88 (+58) | 5% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 47.72 | 106 (+1) | 46.48 | 50.54 | 113 (+4) | 47.10 | ||
| Lithuania | 20% | 88 (+14) | 14% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 68.14 | 38 (+4) | 68.09 | 70.16 | 33 (+5) | 66.60 | ||
| Bahrain | 19% | 92 (−17) | 19% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 25.91 | 156 (−16) | 33.36 | 60.61 | 58 (−9) | 62.04 | ||
| Comoros | 19% | 93 (+53) | 5% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 52.25 | 94 (+7) | 47.56 | 45.98 | 129 (+8) | 42.12 | ||
| Guyana | 19% | 93 (−17) | 19% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 59.52 | 65 (+7) | 57.82 | 55.93 | 90 (+7) | 52.30 | ||
| Haiti | 19% | 93 (0) | 15% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 48.45 | 104 (+2) | 46.51 | 40.06 | 153 (−2) | 38.77 | ||
| Niger | 19% | 93 (+48) | 6% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 52.75 | 93 (−2) | 51.58 | 41.00 | 151 (+3) | 38.02 | ||
| Libya | 18% | 97 (−17) | 18% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 33.44 | 136 (+21) | 23.15 | 42.08 | 147 (−24) | 45.80 | ||
| Kuwait | 18% | 98 (−17) | 18% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 41.45 | 115 (+8) | 38.70 | 60.08 | 62 (−9) | 60.06 | ||
| Jordan | 18% | 99 (−13) | 18% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 39.16 | 121 (+6) | 37.54 | 56.41 | 86 (−12) | 55.17 | ||
| Qatar | 18% | 100 (−13) | 18% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 33.75 | 135 (+9) | 31.89 | 66.45 | 43 (+2) | 63.71 | ||
| China, People's Republic | 17% | 101 (+11) | 12% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 19.97 | 159 (0) | 21.61 | 60.76 | 57 (+8) | 56.69 | ||
| Guinea | 16% | 102 (+44) | 5% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 47.82 | 105 (−13) | 50.46 | 43.07 | 141 (+9) | 39.05 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 16% | 102 (+14) | 10% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 54.39 | 80 (+23) | 46.89 | 57.49 | 75 (+16) | 52.72 | ||
| Society. Arab. Emirates | 16% | 104 (−12) | 16% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 32.95 | 138 (0) | 34.33 | 67.41 | 40 (+4) | 63.81 | ||
| Ivory Coast | 15% | 105 (+57) | 2% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 50.55 | 96 (−6) | 52.07 | 45.95 | 130 (+15) | 40.53 | ||
| Pakistan | 15% | 105 (−64) | 34% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 38.17 | 122 (+11) | 35.58 | 43.09 | 140 (+6) | 39.85 | ||
| Equatorial Guinea | 15% | 107 (−8) | 15% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 26.80 | 154 (−4) | 27.56 | 48.86 | 117 (−6) | 48.37 | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | 14% | 108 (−8) | 14% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 49.87 | 99 (−5) | 49.91 | 43.49 | 138 (+5) | 40.72 | ||
| Oman | 14% | 109 (−8) | 14% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 31.82 | 142 (+7) | 29.82 | 60.30 | 60 (−2) | 58.66 | ||
| Cameroon | 14% | 110 (+36) | 5% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 36.79 | 126 (−12) | 43.80 | 40.96 | 152 (−10) | 41.00 | ||
| Latvia | 14% | 110 (−34) | 19% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 68.11 | 39 (+1) | 68.57 | 69.94 | 35 (−1) | 67.72 | ||
| Sierra Leone | 14% | 110 (+22) | 7% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 53.58 | 86 (+3) | 52.31 | 42.26 | 146 (−2) | 40.65 | ||
| Togo | 14% | 110 (+48) | 3% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 44.73 | 110 (+6) | 43.04 | 42.69 | 144 (+14) | 36.50 | ||
| Angola | 13% | 114 (−21) | 15% | 1 | 39 (+72) | 0 | 34.15 | 133 (+8) | 32.87 | 38.14 | 156 (+1) | 37.17 | ||
| Burkina Faso | 13% | 114 (+32) | 5% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 60.68 | 58 (+8) | 59.67 | 45.17 | 134 (+5) | 42.06 | ||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 13% | 114 (+32) | 5% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 32.52 | 141 (−2) | 34.14 | 33.60 | 162 (+2) | 33.10 | ||
| Montenegro | 13% | 114 (−21) | 15% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 61.08 | 55 (−1) | 63.44 | 63.57 | 50 (+2) | 60.51 | ||
| Tanzania | 13% | 114 (−24) | 16% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 45.81 | 109 (−7) | 47.51 | 48.02 | 120 (+5) | 45.58 | ||
| Turkmenistan | 12% | 119 (−8) | 12% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 18.65 | 162 (−2) | 21.00 | 51.67 | 108 (−4) | 50.83 | ||
| Congo, Republic | 12% | 120 (+12) | 7% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 37.74 | 123 (−6) | 42.94 | 39.91 | 154 (−5) | 39.42 | ||
| Lebanon | 12% | 120 (−4) | 10% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 46.58 | 107 (−11) | 49.42 | 52.86 | 104 (−14) | 53.09 | ||
| Swaziland | 11% | 122 (−40) | 18% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 29.36 | 148 (+4) | 27.03 | 45.75 | 132 (0) | 43.56 | ||
| Liberia | 11% | 122 (+1) | 9% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 52.93 | 91 (−8) | 55.97 | 44.38 | 136 (+4) | 41.53 | ||
| Romania | 11% | 122 (−46) | 19% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 60.87 | 57 (−11) | 66.04 | 64.59 | 47 (+1) | 62.56 | ||
| Rwanda | 11% | 122 (+19) | 6% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 41.53 | 114 (+5) | 40.58 | 52.71 | 106 (+9) | 47.57 | ||
| Ukraine | 11% | 122 (−17) | 13% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 53.71 | 85 (−16) | 58.91 | 54.50 | 96 (−10) | 53.85 | ||
| Egypt | 10% | 127 (−12) | 10% | 0 | 113 (−96) | 1 | 19.08 | 161 (−10) | 27.56 | 46.56 | 126 (−13) | 47.75 | ||
| Albania | 10% | 128 (+4) | 7% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 56.96 | 75 (+5) | 56.27 | 59.83 | 65 (+6) | 55.72 | ||
| Belarus | 10% | 128 (−35) | 15% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 30.73 | 145 (0) | 31.88 | 57.85 | 73 (+7) | 54.31 | ||
| Ghana | 10% | 128 (−12) | 10% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 64.15 | 47 (0) | 65.71 | 53.74 | 102 (−4) | 52.23 | ||
| Iraq | 10% | 128 (−35) | 15% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 33.10 | 137 (+6) | 31.90 | 42.96 | 142 (+6) | 39.42 | ||
| Indonesia | 9% | 132 (+30) | 2% | 1 | 39 (+72) | 0 | 48.59 | 103 (+8) | 45.52 | 60.01 | 63 (+20) | 54.17 | ||
| Russia | 9% | 132 (−27) | 13% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 31.70 | 144 (−9) | 35.47 | 57.72 | 74 (+8) | 54.21 | ||
| Zambia | 9% | 132 (−16) | 10% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 46.17 | 108 (+1) | 46.21 | 48.50 | 118 (−6) | 48.08 | ||
| Eritrea | 8th % | 135 (−8) | 8th % | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 11.32 | 167 (0) | 12.46 | 35.55 | 160 (+1) | 35.36 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 8th % | 136 (−8) | 8th % | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 20.73 | 158 (+8) | 13.25 | 57.94 | 71 (+14) | 53.86 | ||
| Central Africa | 8th % | 137 (−5) | 7% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 34.42 | 131 (−9) | 39.29 | 31.72 | 165 (0) | 33.09 | ||
| Georgia | 8th % | 137 (+21) | 3% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 61.67 | 53 (+20) | 57.66 | 61.71 | 53 (+11) | 56.70 | ||
| Mali | 8th % | 137 (+18) | 4% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 54.17 | 81 (−14) | 59.03 | 41.72 | 149 (−16) | 43.54 | ||
| Nigeria | 8th % | 137 (−47) | 16% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 48.92 | 102 (+2) | 46.81 | 41.99 | 148 (−10) | 42.09 | ||
| North Macedonia | 8th % | 137 (−44) | 15% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 54.07 | 82 (−11) | 58.32 | 61.10 | 54 (+1) | 59.45 | ||
| Iran | 7% | 142 (−11) | 7% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 16.91 | 163 (+2) | 15.50 | 48.31 | 119 (0) | 46.72 | ||
| Gabon | 7% | 143 (−27) | 10% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 43.32 | 112 (−13) | 48.25 | 50.73 | 112 (−3) | 48.53 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 7% | 143 (−11) | 7% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 32.88 | 139 (−3) | 34.39 | 59.12 | 68 (+10) | 54.60 | ||
| Morocco | 7% | 143 (−11) | 7% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 40.16 | 118 (−6) | 44.41 | 53.92 | 100 (0) | 51.67 | ||
| South Sudan | 7% | 143 (−14) | 8th % | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 19.52 | 160 (−23) | 34.37 | 29.76 | 167 (−5) | 34.32 | ||
| Sudan | 7% | 143 (−55) | 17% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 16.05 | 165 (−7) | 22.09 | 36.68 | 158 (−3) | 37.88 | ||
| Bosnia Herzegovina | 6% | 148 (−32) | 10% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 52.91 | 92 (−24) | 58.93 | 58.15 | 70 (−1) | 56.02 | ||
| Mongolia | 6% | 148 (−46) | 14% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 59.58 | 63 (+11) | 57.53 | 56.19 | 87 (+12) | 51.89 | ||
| Gambia | 6% | 148 (−43) | 13% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 43.76 | 111 (+17) | 36.95 | 46.97 | 125 (+2) | 45.27 | ||
| Yemen | 5% | 151 (−6) | 5% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 16.65 | 164 (−3) | 20.13 | 31.14 | 166 (−7) | 36.07 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 5% | 152 (−29) | 9% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 37.12 | 124 (+31) | 25.69 | 43.10 | 139 (+17) | 37.20 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 5% | 152 (−6) | 5% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 29.73 | 147 (+15) | 20.04 | 53.53 | 103 (+4) | 49.17 | ||
| Djibouti | 5% | 152 (+3) | 4% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 34.77 | 130 (+4) | 35.50 | 47.88 | 121 (0) | 45.95 | ||
| Kyrgyzstan | 4% | 155 (0) | 4% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 49.32 | 100 (+18) | 40.70 | 56.18 | 88 (+18) | 50.23 | ||
| Malawi | 4% | 155 (−23) | 7% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 55.54 | 78 (0) | 56.99 | 46.35 | 128 (−4) | 45.60 | ||
| Moldova, Republic | 4% | 155 (−14) | 6% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 50.12 | 98 (+10) | 46.38 | 56.74 | 81 (+11) | 52.69 | ||
| Tunisia | 4% | 155 (−9) | 5% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 53.36 | 88 (+44) | 35.93 | 54.71 | 95 (−22) | 55.61 | ||
| Afghanistan | 3% | 159 (−108) | 29% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 34.42 | 132 (−6) | 37.76 | 33.46 | 163 (0) | 33.29 | ||
| Armenia | 3% | 159 (−30) | 8th % | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 53.92 | 83 (+17) | 47.86 | 60.14 | 61 (+6) | 56.09 | ||
| Mauritania | 3% | 159 (−27) | 7% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 31.73 | 143 (−19) | 38.33 | 38.56 | 155 (−3) | 38.72 | ||
| Malaysia | 3% | 159 (−1) | 3% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 40.01 | 119 (+12) | 36.50 | 66.62 | 41 (+5) | 63.44 | ||
| Ethiopia | 3% | 159 (+3) | 2% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 26.91 | 153 (−6) | 30.16 | 41.14 | 150 (+3) | 38.60 | ||
| Senegal | 3% | 159 (+3) | 2% | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 60.41 | 61 (−4) | 63.23 | 51.00 | 111 (+3) | 47.67 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 2% | 165 (−42) | 9% | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 27.04 | 152 (−4) | 30.01 | 55.22 | 92 (+9) | 51.56 | ||
| Somalia | 1 % | 166 (0) | 1 % | 0 | 113 (−2) | 0 | 28.31 | 150 (+4) | 25.87 | 33.96 | 161 (+5) | 31.93 | ||
| Tajikistan | 1 % | 167 (0) | 1 % | 1 | 39 (−22) | 1 | 28.56 | 149 (−3) | 31.10 | 50.28 | 114 (+8) | 45.89 | ||
| Country 2019 | LGBT tolerance tolerance |
Rank (+/−) |
2009 | LGBT rights |
Rank (+/−) |
2009 | Pers. free- ness |
Rank (+/−) |
2009 | PI | Rank (+/−) |
2009 |
2019: homosexuality legal (various dates)
same sex marriages
other forms of same-sex partnerships
Recognition alike. Marriages (at home or abroad)
no recognition of same-sex partnerships
restricted freedom of expression
Homosexuality illegal
De jure punishable, de facto without prosecution
severe penalties
(prison for life
death penalty
See also
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2008: Declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity of the United Nations
Signatory States Signatory of the counter-declaration
Signatory States Signatory of the counter-declaration
2018: Political and Civil Freedom in the World, according to the annual study by the non-governmental organization Freedom House
free · partly free unfree
free · partly free unfree
- Laws on homosexuality worldwide (with detailed list of countries)
- History of the LGBT Movement
- International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA: World Association)
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (human rights organization)
- Freedom Indices (Worldwide)
literature
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Legatum Institute : The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - A tool for transformation. London, November 2019 (English; table pp. 14–16; PDF: 31.3 MB, 92 pages on prosperity.com).
- Ibid: The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - Pillar and element profiles. Pp. 13–17: Personal Freedom (English; PDF: 30.5 MB, 93 pages ).
- Ibid: The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - Methodology Report (English; PDF: 2 MB, 97 pages ).
- Report of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC): Discrimination and violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. May 4, 2015 (English; Document A / HRC / 29/23 ; PDF: 314 kB, 22 pages on un.org).
Web links
- Legatum Prosperity Index : Official website - Interactive index display - Country selection - Download overview (English).
- Sonia Elks: Tolerance towards LGBT + people seen rising globally. In: Reuters.com . November 25, 2019 (English).
- ILGA : ILGA-RIWI Global Attitudes Survey on Sexual, Gender and Sex Minorities. October 2017 (English).
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UN Free & Equal : LGBT: Learn more - Factsheets .
- Video from UN Human Rights : UN Free & Equal - The Price of Exclusion on YouTube, December 9, 2015 (3:36 minutes, English).
- Thomson Reuters Foundation: LGBT News. 2020 (English).
- Outright International : Trans, Intersex, Nonbinary Rights. 2020 (English).
2016 (to the UNHRC report):
- Graeme Reid: Equality to brutality: Global trends in LGBT rights. In: WEForum.org . January 7, 2016 (English).
- Charles Radcliffe: The real cost of LGBT discrimination. In: WEForum.org. January 5, 2016 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Sonia Elks: Tolerance towards LGBT + people seen rising globally. In: Reuters.com . November 25, 2019, accessed on January 28, 2020.
- ↑ a b Legatum Institute : The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - Methodology Report. London, November 2019, p. 49: LGBT Rights , and p. 50: Perceived tolerance of LGBT individuals (English; PDF: 2 MB, 97 pages on prosperity.com); Quote p. 50: "Is your city / area a good place to live for gay / lesbian people?"
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↑ a b Legatum Institute: The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - A tool for transformation. London, November 2019, pp. 14–16: Table (English; PDF: 31.3 MB, 92 pages on prosperity.com).
Ibid: The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - Pillar and element profiles. Pp. 13–17: Personal Freedom (English; PDF: 30.5 MB, 93 pages ).
Legatum Prosperity Index online: Official website - Interactive index display - Country selection - Download overview (English).