| Equality Index ? | 21 / 100 | 65 / 100 |
| Legal Index ? | 30 / 100 | 63 / 100 |
| Public Opinion Index ? | 11 / 100 | 67 / 100 |
| Law | ||
| Homosexual activity | Varies by Region Since 2002 | Legal Since 1957 |
| Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 1974 | Legal Since 2025 |
| Censorship of LGBT issues | Imprisonment as punishment Since 2008 | No censorship |
| Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires surgery Since 1973 | Illegal |
| Gender-affirming care | Restricted Since 2023 | Legal |
| Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
| Hate crime protections | Unknown | No protections |
| LGBT discrimination | No protections | Illegal in some contexts Since 2015 |
| LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | Gender identity only Since 2015 |
| LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | Gender identity only Since 2015 |
| Same-sex adoption | Single only | Legal Since 2025 |
| Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Not banned |
| Serving openly in military | Illegal | Legal Since 2005 |
| Blood donations by MSMs | Banned (indefinite deferral) | Banned (indefinite deferral) |
| Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
| Equal age of consent | Varies by Region Since 2002 | Equal Since 1957 |
| Public Opinion | ||
| Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 26% Did not mention homosexuals 74% Mentioned homosexuals | 64% Did not mention homosexuals 36% Mentioned homosexuals |
| Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 2% Justifiable 91% Not justifiable | 22% Justifiable 51% Not justifiable |
| Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 9% Agree 86% Disagree | 42% Agree 23% Disagree |
| "Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, May–October, 2019) | 9% Yes 80% No | Region not surveyed |
| Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2010-2014) | Region not surveyed | 5% Justifiable 65% Not justifiable |
| "Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | 3% Yes 93% No | Region not surveyed |
| Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 2% Good place 82% Not a good place | 21% Good place 52% Not a good place |
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