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  • Barometers
    • F&M Global Barometer of Unified LGBT Rights™
    • F&M Global Barometer of Gay Rights®
    • F&M Global Barometer of Transgender Rights™
    • F&M Global Barometers LGBTQI+ Perception Index™
  • Methodology
    • F&M Global Barometer of Unified LGBT Rights™
    • F&M Global Barometer of Gay Rights®
    • F&M Global Barometer of Transgender Rights™
    • F&M Global Barometers LGBTQI+ Perception Index™
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F&M Global Barometer of Unified LGBT Rights™

An index with 39 indicators, including researched sources and citations, which assesses state and societal protection and persecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.

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GBUR Methodology
F&M Global Barometer of Unified Rights™
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GBUR Region Score
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Grading Scale
F – Persecuting
0-9 %
10-19 %
20-29 %
30-39 %
40-49 %
50-59 %
D – Intolerant
60-69 %
C – Resistant
70-79 %
B – Tolerant
80-89 %
A – Protecting
90-100 %

Suggested Citation: F&M Global Barometers. F&M Global Barometer of Unified LGBT Rights, 2011-2022. Dataset, Version 1. 2024. F&M Global Barometers. https://www.fandmglobalbarometers.org/gbur-results.

2022 Country Scores | F&M Global Barometers of Unified LGBT Rights

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F
Persecuting
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Afghanistan
4%
Algeria
15%
Antigua and Barbuda
56%
Armenia
37%
Azerbaijan
22%
Bahrain
22%
Bangladesh
19%
Barbados
56%
Belarus
22%
Benin
33%
Brunei
11%
Burkina Faso
26%
Burma
15%
Burundi
15%
Cameroon
15%
Central African Republic
30%
Chad
11%
China
30%
Comoros
15%
Congo (Brazzaville)
41%
Congo (Kinshasa)
33%
Cote d’Ivoire
41%
Djibouti
22%
Dominica
19%
Dominican Republic
44%
Egypt
22%
El Salvador
52%
Equatorial Guinea
22%
Eritrea
15%
Eswatini
26%
Ethiopia
15%
Gabon
30%
Gambia
7%
Gaza
15%
Ghana
19%
Grenada
31%
Guatemala
44%
Guinea
15%
Guinea-Bissau
48%
Guyana
33%
Haiti
44%
India
59%
Indonesia
15%
Iran
4%
Iraq
22%
Jamaica
33%
Japan
59%
Jordan
26%
Kazakhstan
37%
Kenya
15%
Kiribati
35%
Kuwait
15%
Kyrgyzstan
30%
Laos
52%
Lebanon
15%
Lesotho
59%
Liberia
22%
Libya
11%
Madagascar
44%
Malawi
19%
Malaysia
15%
Maldives
19%
Mali
26%
Mauritania
7%
Mauritius
46%
Morocco
15%
Mozambique
56%
Namibia
41%
Nauru
54%
Nicaragua
41%
Niger
41%
Nigeria
7%
North Korea
22%
Oman
15%
Pakistan
7%
Palau
58%
Papua New Guinea
19%
Paraguay
56%
Qatar
11%
Russia
19%
Rwanda
41%
Saint Lucia
42%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
23%
Samoa
38%
Sao Tome and Principe
59%
Saudi Arabia
4%
Senegal
15%
Sierra Leone
11%
Singapore
37%
Solomon Islands
15%
Somalia
7%
South Korea
56%
South Sudan
11%
Sri Lanka
30%
Sudan
11%
Syria
11%
Tajikistan
30%
Tanzania
11%
The Bahamas
56%
Togo
15%
Tonga
30%
Trinidad and Tobago
59%
Tunisia
19%
Turkey
30%
Turkmenistan
15%
Tuvalu
19%
Uganda
7%
United Arab Emirates
7%
Uzbekistan
15%
Vanuatu
54%
Vietnam
59%
West Bank
19%
Yemen
7%
Zambia
11%
Zimbabwe
19%
D
Intolerant
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Bhutan
67%
Cambodia
63%
Hong Kong, China
62%
Latvia
67%
Micronesia
65%
Moldova
63%
Panama
62%
Philippines
63%
Poland
63%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
63%
Timor-Leste
67%
Ukraine
67%
C
Resistant
sort by
Angola
78%
Belize
70%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
74%
Botswana
70%
Bulgaria
74%
Cabo Verde
74%
Czechia
78%
Fiji
74%
Georgia
74%
Honduras
70%
Hungary
78%
Italy
74%
Lithuania
78%
Marshall Islands
73%
Monaco
77%
Mongolia
70%
Nepal
70%
North Macedonia
70%
Peru
78%
Romania
78%
Serbia
74%
Seychelles
70%
Slovakia
78%
Suriname
74%
Thailand
74%
Venezuela
70%
B
Tolerant
sort by
Albania
81%
Argentina
81%
Australia
89%
Brazil
85%
Chile
85%
Colombia
85%
Croatia
89%
Cuba
89%
Cyprus
81%
Ecuador
85%
Estonia
89%
Germany
89%
Greece
85%
Ireland
89%
Israel
85%
Kosovo
85%
Liechtenstein
88%
Mexico
81%
Montenegro
89%
Norway
89%
Slovenia
89%
South Africa
85%
Taiwan
85%
United States
81%
A
Protecting
sort by
Andorra
92%
Austria
93%
Belgium
96%
Bolivia
93%
Canada
96%
Costa Rica
92%
Denmark
96%
Finland
93%
France
93%
Iceland
100%
Luxembourg
100%
Malta
100%
Netherlands
93%
New Zealand
96%
Portugal
96%
Spain
93%
Sweden
100%
Switzerland
93%
United Kingdom
93%
Uruguay
96%
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