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Most LGBTQ+-Friendly Countries 2026

Comparing 229 countries by LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination, same-sex legal status, social acceptance, broader rights and Pride culture.

#	Country	Score
1	Netherlands	99.5
2	Denmark	99.3
3	Sweden	98.7
4	Iceland	98.6
5	Canada	97.8
6	Norway	97.4
7	Finland	96.8
8	New Zealand	95.1
9	Switzerland	94.6
10	Germany	94.6
11	Belgium	93.7
12	Spain	93.2
13	Luxembourg	93.2
14	Australia	92.9
15	Ireland	92.8
16	Greenland	92.1
17	United Kingdom	91.6
18	Portugal	91.3
19	Faroe Islands	90.1
20	Austria	89.6
21	France	89
22	Malta	87.9
23	Uruguay	87.5
24	Gibraltar	87.4
25	Andorra	87.4
26	United States	86.1
27	Estonia	85.8
28	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	85.5
29	Puerto Rico	83.8
30	Martinique	83.6
31	Liechtenstein	83.4
32	New Caledonia	83.1
33	Tahiti	83
34	Saint-Martin	83
35	Argentina	82.9
36	Guadeloupe	82.9
37	French Guiana	82.9
38	U.S. Virgin Islands	82
39	Réunion	81.9
40	Monaco	81.8
41	Guam	81.7
42	Chinese Taipei	81.7
43	Northern Mariana Islands	81.3
44	Slovenia	81.2
45	American Samoa	80.7
46	Costa Rica	80.4
47	San Marino	80.1
48	Chile	79
49	Czech Republic	78.7
50	Curacao	78.1
51	Wallis and Futuna	76.5
52	Brazil	75.4
53	Mayotte	75.1
54	Aruba	74.1
55	South Africa	73.6
56	Sint Maarten	73.4
57	Latvia	72.7
58	Mexico	71.3
59	Greece	71.2
60	Italy	71.1
61	Lithuania	70.4
62	Croatia	68
63	Bermuda	67.2
64	Ecuador	67
65	Cayman Islands	66.9
66	Japan	65.5
67	Thailand	65.4
68	Cyprus	65.2
69	Colombia	64.5
70	British Virgin Islands	59.8
71	Singapore	59.4
72	Anguilla	58.3
73	Cuba	57.8
74	Israel	57.5
75	Nepal	57.4
76	Korea Republic	56.6
77	Turks and Caicos Islands	56
78	Montenegro	54.6
79	Montserrat	52.5
80	Macau	52.4
81	Hong Kong	52.2
82	Poland	51.7
83	Bolivia	51.4
84	Cape Verde	51.4
85	Suriname	51.1
86	Barbados	50.9
87	Seychelles	50.7
88	Trinidad and Tobago	49.5
89	Serbia	49.4
90	Belize	49.1
91	Panama	48.2
92	Slovakia	47
93	Philippines	46.8
94	Albania	46.4
95	Cook Islands	45.9
96	Niue	45.9
97	North Macedonia	45.6
98	Botswana	45.5
99	Peru	45.3
100	Palau	44.7
101	Romania	43.8
102	Hungary	43.3
103	Namibia	42.8
104	Fiji	42.6
105	Kosovo	42.6
106	Ukraine	41.6
107	Bulgaria	41.3
108	Mongolia	40.2
109	Paraguay	40.1
110	Bhutan	39.4
111	Dominican Republic	39.1
112	India	38.7
113	Timor-Leste	38.4
114	Vanuatu	38.3
115	Nauru	37.6
116	São Tomé and Príncipe	36.5
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.1
118	Bahamas	35.8
119	Vietnam	35.6
120	Venezuela	35.6
121	Mauritius	35.3
122	Cambodia	35.1
123	Benin	34
124	Ivory Coast	32.6
125	El Salvador	32.2
126	Angola	31.8
127	Mozambique	31.7
128	Moldova	31.6
129	Laos	31.4
130	Antigua and Barbuda	31.3
131	Nicaragua	30.9
132	Samoa	30.9
133	Micronesia	30.7
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis	30.1
135	Saint Lucia	30.1
136	Grenada	29.9
137	China	29.7
138	Dominica	29.6
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29.5
140	Guatemala	29.1
141	Rwanda	29
142	Georgia	29
143	Armenia	28.9
144	Tonga	27.7
145	Congo	27.5
146	Kazakhstan	27.4
147	Lesotho	27.3
148	Guyana	26.9
149	Haiti	26.7
150	Guinea-Bissau	26.7
151	Honduras	26.6
152	Kiribati	26.2
153	Gabon	25.8
154	Tuvalu	25.7
155	Indonesia	25.6
156	Jamaica	25.5
157	Ghana	25.4
158	Turkey	25.3
159	Marshall Islands	25
160	Equatorial Guinea	23.8
161	Burkina Faso	23.6
162	Solomon Islands	23.3
163	Sri Lanka	23.1
164	Niger	22.7
165	Malaysia	22.5
166	Kenya	22.4
167	Senegal	22.1
168	Kyrgyzstan	21.6
169	Zambia	21.5
170	Djibouti	21.5
171	Malawi	21.4
172	Madagascar	21.2
173	Tunisia	21.2
174	Jordan	20.8
175	Liberia	19.6
176	Azerbaijan	19.6
177	Morocco	19.5
178	Sierra Leone	19.4
179	Lebanon	19.3
180	Togo	19.2
181	Papua New Guinea	19
182	Central African Republic	18.9
183	Tanzania	18.7
184	Kuwait	18.3
185	Bahrain	18.2
186	Swaziland	17.8
187	Maldives	17.7
188	Algeria	17.7
189	Gambia	17.5
190	Bangladesh	17.3
191	Belarus	16.9
192	Oman	16.7
193	Cameroon	16.5
194	Zimbabwe	16.5
195	Egypt	15.5
196	Russia	15.4
197	Guinea	15.3
198	Comoros	15.2
199	Ethiopia	14.4
200	Zanzibar	14.1
201	Uzbekistan	13.9
202	Burundi	13.8
203	Congo DR	13.7
204	Tajikistan	12.4
205	Iraq	12.2
206	Mali	11.8
207	Palestine	11.6
208	Chad	11.1
209	Western Sahara	10.8
210	Myanmar	10.4
211	Libya	9.5
212	Turkmenistan	7.4
213	Eritrea	6.9
214	South Sudan	5.7
215	Uganda	5.5
216	Nigeria	5.5
217	Qatar	5.5
218	United Arab Emirates	5.5
219	Pakistan	5.5
220	Brunei	5.5
221	Mauritania	5.5
222	Saudi Arabia	5.2
223	Syria	4.3
224	Sudan	4.1
225	Iran	3.8
226	Somalia	2.3
227	Yemen	2
228	Afghanistan	0.7
229	Korea DPR	0.3

How the LGBTQ+ Friendliness Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across five indicators. Nomadino calculates: same-sex legal status × 0.25 + LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination × 0.30 + LGBTQ+ social acceptance × 0.25 + LGBTQ+ rights × 0.10 + Pride culture × 0.10.

Same-sex legal status: 25%
LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination: 30%
LGBTQ+ social acceptance: 25%
LGBTQ+ rights: 10%
Pride culture: 10%

This ranking separates hard protection rights, relationship status, social acceptance, broader LGBTQ+ rights and visible Pride culture. It therefore rates not just marriage, but whether people can live protected, accepted and visible lives day to day.

Anti-discrimination receives the highest weight because protection from unequal treatment in work, housing, education, services and public space is decisive for everyday safety. Marriage and social acceptance each carry 25 percent. Broader rights and Pride culture remain visible but are weighted lower so they do not double-count the core rights too strongly.