Compare LGBT Rights in Burundi & North Korea

Equality Index ?
18 / 100
36 / 100
Legal Index ?
27 / 100
36 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
10 / 100
Not enough data
Public Opinion
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
(Afrobarometer, 2014–2016)
10% Tolerate
86% Not tolerate
Region not surveyed
Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 2009
Legal
Since 1948
Same-sex marriageNot legal
Since 2005
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT IssuesNo censorshipState-enforced
Since 1948
Right to change legal genderAmbiguousIllegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderUnknownNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2001
No protections
Since 1948
LGBT employment discriminationAmbiguous
Since 2001
No protections
Since 1948
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 2001
No protections
Since 1948
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlyIllegal
Since 2020
Serving openly in militaryIllegalDon't Ask, Don't Tell
Since 1948
Blood donations by MSMsLegalN/A
Conversion therapyAmbiguousN/A
Equal age of consentN/AEqual
Since 2009
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