| Equality Index ? | 1 / 100 | 67 / 100 |
| Legal Index ? | 0 / 100 | 77 / 100 |
| Public Opinion Index ? | 2 / 100 | 58 / 100 |
| Law | ||
| Homosexual activity | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) Since 2021 | Legal Since 1998 |
| Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 1949 | Legal Since 2006 |
| Censorship of LGBT issues | Imprisonment as punishment Since 2021 | No censorship Since 1990 |
| Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis Since 2004 |
| Gender-affirming care | Banned Since 2022 | Legal |
| Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
| Hate crime protections | No protections | No protections |
| LGBT discrimination | No protections | Illegal Since 1996 |
| LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 1995 |
| LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 1996 |
| Same-sex adoption | N/A | Legal Since 2010 |
| Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Not banned |
| Serving openly in military | Unknown | Legal Since 1996 |
| Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown | Legal Since 2014 |
| Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
| Equal age of consent | N/A | Equal Since 2007 |
| Public Opinion | ||
| Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | Region not surveyed | 71% Support 15% Against |
| Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | Region not surveyed | 69% Agree 23% Disagree |
| "Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, May–October, 2019) | Region not surveyed | 54% Yes 38% No |
| Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2014–2016) | Region not surveyed | 67% Tolerate 32% Not tolerate |
| Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2016–2018) | Region not surveyed | 70% Tolerate 28% Not tolerate |
| Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2010-2014) | Region not surveyed | 17% Justifiable 45% Not justifiable |
| "Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | Region not surveyed | 32% Yes 61% No |
| Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 2% Good place 89% Not a good place | 49% Good place 51% Not a good place |
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