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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 items, 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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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, 2011-2023. Dataset, Version 3. 2025. F&M Global Barometers. https://www.fandmglobalbarometers.org/gbur-results.

2023 Country Scores | F&M Global Barometers of Unified LGBT Rights

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F
Persecuting
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Afghanistan
8%
Algeria
15%
Antigua and Barbuda
54%
Armenia
31%
Azerbaijan
21%
Bahrain
26%
Bangladesh
10%
Barbados
54%
Belarus
28%
Belize
56%
Benin
28%
Brunei
10%
Burkina Faso
21%
Burma
15%
Burundi
15%
Cambodia
54%
Cameroon
15%
Central African Republic
26%
Chad
15%
China
31%
Comoros
18%
Congo (Brazzaville)
33%
Congo (Kinshasa)
26%
Cote d’Ivoire
26%
Djibouti
23%
Dominica
19%
Dominican Republic
36%
Egypt
21%
El Salvador
41%
Equatorial Guinea
21%
Eritrea
18%
Eswatini
26%
Ethiopia
15%
Gabon
28%
Gambia
15%
Gaza
10%
Ghana
18%
Grenada
24%
Guatemala
28%
Guinea
15%
Guinea-Bissau
41%
Guyana
28%
Haiti
31%
India
56%
Indonesia
13%
Iran
13%
Iraq
18%
Italy
59%
Jamaica
28%
Japan
54%
Jordan
18%
Kazakhstan
33%
Kenya
15%
Kiribati
24%
Kuwait
15%
Kyrgyzstan
26%
Laos
36%
Lebanon
15%
Lesotho
46%
Liberia
21%
Libya
15%
Madagascar
41%
Malawi
13%
Malaysia
13%
Maldives
18%
Mali
21%
Mauritania
10%
Mauritius
54%
Micronesia
54%
Morocco
15%
Mozambique
49%
Namibia
33%
Nauru
49%
Nicaragua
28%
Niger
36%
Nigeria
8%
North Korea
23%
Oman
15%
Pakistan
26%
Palau
51%
Panama
46%
Papua New Guinea
18%
Paraguay
38%
Philippines
49%
Poland
56%
Qatar
13%
Russia
18%
Rwanda
33%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
59%
Saint Lucia
41%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
19%
Samoa
38%
Sao Tome and Principe
51%
Saudi Arabia
5%
Senegal
15%
Sierra Leone
13%
Solomon Islands
19%
Somalia
10%
South Korea
51%
South Sudan
13%
Sri Lanka
31%
Sudan
13%
Syria
13%
Tajikistan
26%
Tanzania
10%
The Bahamas
49%
Timor-Leste
56%
Togo
15%
Tonga
26%
Trinidad and Tobago
49%
Tunisia
18%
Turkey
23%
Turkmenistan
13%
Tuvalu
27%
Uganda
8%
United Arab Emirates
10%
Uzbekistan
18%
Vanuatu
43%
Venezuela
51%
Vietnam
54%
West Bank
22%
Yemen
8%
Zambia
13%
Zimbabwe
18%
D
Intolerant
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Angola
64%
Bhutan
62%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
64%
Botswana
62%
Bulgaria
62%
Cabo Verde
62%
Cyprus
67%
Fiji
64%
Georgia
64%
Honduras
62%
Hong Kong, China
62%
Latvia
64%
Lithuania
67%
Mexico
64%
Mongolia
67%
Peru
69%
Romania
62%
Seychelles
62%
Singapore
62%
Suriname
62%
Thailand
67%
Ukraine
69%
C
Resistant
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Albania
74%
Argentina
77%
Chile
79%
Cuba
77%
Czechia
77%
Greece
79%
Hungary
74%
Israel
72%
Marshall Islands
76%
Moldova
74%
Monaco
73%
Nepal
74%
North Macedonia
72%
Serbia
72%
Slovakia
77%
Taiwan
79%
United States
79%
B
Tolerant
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Australia
87%
Colombia
85%
Croatia
85%
Ecuador
82%
Estonia
85%
Ireland
82%
Kosovo
87%
Liechtenstein
81%
Montenegro
82%
New Zealand
87%
Slovenia
85%
South Africa
82%
A
Protecting
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Andorra
92%
Austria
92%
Belgium
92%
Bolivia
90%
Brazil
90%
Canada
92%
Costa Rica
95%
Denmark
95%
Finland
92%
France
90%
Germany
90%
Iceland
95%
Luxembourg
100%
Malta
95%
Netherlands
90%
Norway
95%
Portugal
95%
Spain
92%
Sweden
95%
Switzerland
90%
United Kingdom
90%
Uruguay
92%
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