| Equality Index ? | 18 / 100 | 5 / 100 |
| Legal Index ? | 30 / 100 | 7 / 100 |
| Public Opinion Index ? | 6 / 100 | 3 / 100 |
| Law | ||
| Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1951 | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) Since 1979 |
| Same-sex marriage | Banned | Banned |
| Censorship of LGBT issues | Imprisonment as punishment Since 1960 | Death penalty as punishment Since 1987 |
| Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery Since 1987 |
| Gender-affirming care | Banned Since 2018 | Restricted Since 1987 |
| Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
| Hate crime protections | Unknown | No protections |
| LGBT discrimination | No protections | No protections |
| LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections |
| LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
| Same-sex adoption | Illegal | Illegal |
| Intersex infant surgery | Unknown | Not banned |
| Serving openly in military | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Illegal |
| Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown | Legal |
| Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
| Equal age of consent | Equal | N/A Since 1979 |
| Public Opinion | ||
| Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 6% Did not mention homosexuals 94% Mentioned homosexuals | Region not surveyed |
| Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 1% Justifiable 95% Not justifiable | 3% Justifiable 90% Not justifiable |
| Acceptance of homosexuality (Arab countries) (BBC News Arabic / Arab Barometer, 2018-2019) | 7% Yes 93% No / Unsure / Did Not Answer | Region not surveyed |
| Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2010-2014) | 0% Justifiable 94% Not justifiable | Region not surveyed |
| "Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | 3% Yes 97% No | Region not surveyed |
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