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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 an annual ranking of LGBT rights by country and territory.^[7] As of September 2022, the head of Equaldex is Dan Leveille.^[8]

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LGBT Equality Index (2023)

In 2023, the LGBT Equality Index ranked the following countries: LGBT-friendly, best and worst for LGBT rights:^[9]

#	Country	Equality Index (Out of 100)	Legal Index (Out of 100)	Public Opinion Index (Out of 100)
1	Iceland	92	98	87
2	Denmark	87	96	79
3	Norway	86	88	84
4	Malta	85	100	71
5	Canada	83	100	67
6	Uruguay	83	93	73
7	Netherlands	83	95	70
8	Andorra	82	89	74
9	Spain	80	93	68
10	Chile	80	100	60
11	Germany	80	95	65
12	Brazil	79	98	61
13	Luxembourg	79	85	72
14	Australia	78	92	65
15	Finland	78	88	68
16	Cuba	78	84	73
17	Sweden	77	85	70
18	New Zealand	77	91	64
19	Belgium	77	91	63
20	France	77	93	61
21	Colombia	75	98	53
22	Argentina	75	89	61
23	United States	75	88	62
24	Mexico	75	92	57
25	Austria	74	87	62
26	United Kingdom	74	87	62
27	Portugal	74	89	60
28	Ireland	73	85	61
29	Nepal	72	87	58
30	Costa Rica	71	86	57
31	South Africa	69	81	58
32	Switzerland	68	76	61
33	San Marino	68	65	71
34	Slovenia	68	86	50
35	Fiji	68	68	N/A
36	Marshall Islands	67	67	N/A
37	Liechtenstein	66	63	69
38	India	65	77	54
39	Cape Verde	65	52	77
40	Italy	64	68	60
41	Barbados	63	59	67
42	Ecuador	63	87	39
43	Czech Republic	63	64	62
44	Suriname	63	63	N/A
45	Israel	62	79	44
46	Thailand	61	62	61
47	Taiwan	61	75	48
48	Peru	61	75	47
49	Greece	61	79	42
50	Estonia	60	80	41
51	Bolivia	60	83	37
52	Croatia	58	82	35
53	Mauritius	58	67	49
54	Guinea-Bissau	57	57	N/A
55	Belize	57	46	68
56	Angola	57	62	51
57	Philippines	57	56	57
58	Cambodia	56	70	42
59	Cyprus	56	76	35
60	Singapore	55	60	51
61	Japan	55	54	57
62	Poland	55	65	45
63	Federated States of Micronesia	54	54	N/A
64	Hungary	54	65	43
65	Botswana	53	70	36
66	Mozambique	53	62	44
67	Seychelles	52	52	N/A
68	Monaco	52	53	51
69	Venezuela	52	56	47
70	Latvia	51	65	37
71	Honduras	51	64	37
72	São Tomé and Príncipe	50	58	43
73	Nauru	50	50	N/A
74	Bhutan	49	59	40
75	Laos	49	51	47
76	Vietnam	49	55	42
77	Vanuatu	48	62	34
78	Equatorial Guinea	47	47	N/A
79	Romania	47	57	36
80	Montenegro	46	75	16
81	Slovakia	45	53	36
82	Lithuania	45	63	26
83	El Salvador	44	48	40
84	Ukraine	44	61	28
85	Lesotho	44	59	29
86	Kiribati	44	44	N/A
87	Nicaragua	44	49	39
88	Mongolia	44	65	23
89	Antigua and Barbuda	43	70	17
90	Bulgaria	43	61	24
91	Kosovo	42	64	21
92	Serbia	42	64	21
93	Panama	42	44	40
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42	67	17
95	Dominican Republic	41	48	34
96	China	41	46	35
97	South Korea	41	41	40
98	Bahrain	40	38	42
99	Guatemala	40	46	34
100	Namibia	39	43	35
101	Georgia	38	65	12
102	Kazakhstan	38	64	13
103	Turkey	38	43	33
104	Samoa	38	38	N/A
105	Djibouti	38	38	N/A
106	Trinidad and Tobago	38	48	27
107	Republic of the Congo	38	56	19
108	Benin	37	56	19
109	Albania	37	62	12
110	Tajikistan	37	37	N/A
111	Tuvalu	37	37	N/A
112	Paraguay	36	40	33
113	Moldova	36	64	8
114	Saint Kitts and Nevis	36	57	15
115	Pakistan	35	40	31
116	North Macedonia	35	57	13
117	Palau	35	54	16
118	Sri Lanka	35	27	42
119	Madagascar	35	47	22
120	Mali	34	57	12
121	Haiti	34	58	11
122	Burkina Faso	34	62	7
123	Timor-Leste	33	53	14
124	Gabon	32	51	14
125	Vatican City	32	32	N/A
126	Papua New Guinea	32	32	N/A
127	Bahamas	32	52	11
128	Tonga	31	31	N/A
129	Central African Republic	31	31	N/A
130	Russia	31	42	20
131	Lebanon	30	40	20
132	Grenada	30	41	18
133	Belarus	29	43	16
134	Ivory Coast	29	44	14
135	Rwanda	29	50	8
136	Armenia	27	49	6
137	Niger	27	41	12
138	Azerbaijan	27	48	5
139	Kyrgyzstan	26	41	12
140	Eswatini	26	29	22
141	Jamaica	26	31	20
142	Jordan	24	43	5
143	Guyana	24	25	23
144	Liberia	23	35	12
145	Saint Lucia	23	29	17
146	Myanmar	22	21	24
147	Dominica	22	29	14
148	Bangladesh	22	16	27
149	Zimbabwe	21	34	8
150	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21	32	10
151	Indonesia	21	28	13
152	Solomon Islands	20	20	N/A
153	Sierra Leone	20	33	7
154	Syria	19	11	27
155	South Sudan	19	19	N/A
156	Burundi	18	27	10
157	Chad	18	24	12
158	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18	29	8
159	Togo	18	22	14
160	Kenya	17	18	17
161	Iraq	17	12	22
162	Guinea	17	21	13
163	Comoros	17	18	16
164	Maldives	16	24	8
165	Ghana	16	24	8
166	Algeria	15	5	25
167	Zambia	15	23	6
168	Tunisia	15	13	17
169	Malawi	15	25	4
170	Kuwait	15	15	N/A
171	United Arab Emirates	15	0	29
172	Malaysia	14	8	20
173	Saudi Arabia	14	3	25
174	North Korea	14	14	N/A
175	Uganda	13	2	24
176	Sudan	13	8	18
177	Senegal	13	22	4
178	Egypt	13	9	16
179	Uzbekistan	12	7	18
180	Turkmenistan	12	12	N/A
181	Tanzania	12	7	17
182	Morocco	11	6	16
183	Libya	11	3	19
184	Ethiopia	10	6	14
185	Cameroon	10	8	11
186	Eritrea	9	9	N/A
187	Gambia	9	15	4
188	Yemen	8	0	17
189	Mauritania	8	0	16
190	Palestine	7	9	6
191	Qatar	7	6	9
192	Nigeria	7	7	7
193	Somalia	7	7	N/A
194	Oman	6	6	N/A
195	Iran	4	5	3
196	Brunei	3	3	N/A
197	Afghanistan	1	0	2

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