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

An index with 27 items, including researched sources and citations, which assesses state and societal protection and persecution of lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals.

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GBGR Methodology
F&M Global Barometer of Gay Rights®
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GBGR 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 Gay Rights, 2011-2023. Dataset, Version 3. 2025. F&M Global Barometers. https://www.fandmglobalbarometers.org/gbgr-results.

2023 Country Scores | F&M Global Barometer of Gay Rights®

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F
Persecuting
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Afghanistan
4%
Algeria
15%
Armenia
37%
Azerbaijan
26%
Bahrain
22%
Bangladesh
7%
Belarus
26%
Benin
33%
Brunei
7%
Burkina Faso
22%
Burma
15%
Burundi
15%
Cameroon
15%
Central African Republic
26%
Chad
15%
China
30%
Comoros
15%
Congo (Brazzaville)
41%
Congo (Kinshasa)
30%
Cote d’Ivoire
30%
Djibouti
22%
Dominica
19%
Dominican Republic
48%
Egypt
22%
El Salvador
52%
Equatorial Guinea
22%
Eritrea
15%
Eswatini
30%
Ethiopia
15%
Gabon
33%
Gambia
15%
Gaza
11%
Ghana
19%
Grenada
23%
Guatemala
37%
Guinea
15%
Guinea-Bissau
48%
Guyana
33%
Haiti
37%
India
56%
Indonesia
15%
Iran
7%
Iraq
22%
Jamaica
33%
Japan
59%
Jordan
22%
Kazakhstan
37%
Kenya
15%
Kiribati
31%
Kuwait
15%
Kyrgyzstan
30%
Laos
41%
Lebanon
15%
Lesotho
56%
Liberia
19%
Libya
15%
Madagascar
48%
Malawi
15%
Malaysia
15%
Maldives
15%
Mali
22%
Mauritania
7%
Morocco
15%
Mozambique
56%
Namibia
37%
Nauru
54%
Nicaragua
37%
Niger
37%
Nigeria
7%
North Korea
22%
Oman
15%
Pakistan
7%
Palau
58%
Panama
58%
Papua New Guinea
19%
Paraguay
52%
Qatar
11%
Russia
19%
Rwanda
41%
Saint Lucia
42%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
19%
Samoa
38%
Sao Tome and Principe
59%
Saudi Arabia
4%
Senegal
15%
Sierra Leone
11%
Solomon Islands
15%
Somalia
7%
South Korea
56%
South Sudan
15%
Sri Lanka
30%
Sudan
11%
Syria
11%
Tajikistan
26%
Tanzania
7%
The Bahamas
56%
Togo
15%
Tonga
30%
Tunisia
19%
Turkey
26%
Turkmenistan
11%
Tuvalu
27%
Uganda
7%
United Arab Emirates
7%
Uzbekistan
15%
Vanuatu
50%
Vietnam
59%
West Bank
23%
Yemen
4%
Zambia
11%
Zimbabwe
19%
D
Intolerant
sort by
Antigua and Barbuda
63%
Barbados
67%
Bhutan
67%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
63%
Bulgaria
67%
Cambodia
63%
Georgia
63%
Hong Kong, China
62%
Italy
67%
Mauritius
65%
Micronesia
62%
Mongolia
63%
Philippines
63%
Poland
63%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
67%
Singapore
67%
Timor-Leste
67%
Trinidad and Tobago
63%
Venezuela
63%
C
Resistant
sort by
Angola
78%
Belize
70%
Botswana
70%
Cabo Verde
74%
Cyprus
78%
Czechia
78%
Fiji
74%
Honduras
70%
Latvia
74%
Lithuania
74%
Marshall Islands
77%
Moldova
74%
Nepal
70%
North Macedonia
70%
Peru
78%
Romania
74%
Serbia
78%
Seychelles
70%
Slovakia
78%
Suriname
74%
Thailand
74%
Ukraine
74%
B
Tolerant
sort by
Albania
85%
Argentina
81%
Australia
89%
Chile
85%
Colombia
89%
Croatia
85%
Cuba
89%
Ecuador
81%
Estonia
81%
France
89%
Greece
81%
Hungary
81%
Ireland
89%
Israel
81%
Kosovo
85%
Mexico
81%
Monaco
81%
Montenegro
85%
Slovenia
89%
South Africa
85%
Taiwan
89%
United States
81%
A
Protecting
sort by
Andorra
92%
Austria
96%
Belgium
96%
Bolivia
93%
Brazil
93%
Canada
96%
Costa Rica
96%
Denmark
96%
Finland
93%
Germany
93%
Iceland
96%
Liechtenstein
92%
Luxembourg
100%
Malta
96%
Netherlands
93%
New Zealand
96%
Norway
96%
Portugal
96%
Spain
96%
Sweden
96%
Switzerland
93%
United Kingdom
96%
Uruguay
96%
Quantifying LGBT+ human rights protections worldwide.
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