| Equality Index ? | 52 / 100 | 18 / 100 |
| Legal Index ? | 39 / 100 | 9 / 100 |
| Public Opinion Index ? | 66 / 100 | 27 / 100 |
| Law | ||
| Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1997 | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 1989 |
| Same-sex marriage | Other type of partnership Since 2017 | Unrecognized |
| Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced Since 2016 | Imprisonment as punishment Since 2013 |
| Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires surgery Since 1986 | Illegal Since 2017 |
| Gender-affirming care | Restricted | Restricted Since 1982 |
| Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
| Hate crime protections | No protections | Unknown |
| LGBT discrimination | No protections | No protections |
| LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections |
| LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
| Same-sex adoption | Single only | Single only Since 1826 |
| Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Not banned |
| Serving openly in military | Ambiguous | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
| Blood donations by MSMs | Banned (indefinite deferral) Since 2012 | Banned (indefinite deferral) |
| Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
| Equal age of consent | Equal Since 1997 | N/A Since 1989 |
| Public Opinion | ||
| Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 28% Did not mention homosexuals 71% Mentioned homosexuals | 40% Did not mention homosexuals 60% Mentioned homosexuals |
| Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 7% Justifiable 80% Not justifiable | 10% Justifiable 56% Not justifiable |
| Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | 63% Support 19% Against | 16% Support 65% Against |
| Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | 66% Agree 30% Disagree | 24% Agree 65% Disagree |
| Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 12% Agree 60% Disagree | 21% Agree 51% Disagree |
| Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2010-2014) | 4% Justifiable 68% Not justifiable | 3% Justifiable 75% Not justifiable |
| "Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | 21% Yes 57% No | 9% Yes 86% No |
| Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 14% Good place 53% Not a good place | 10% Good place 87% Not a good place |
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