Equality Index ? | 42 / 100 | 51 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 67 / 100 | 55 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 17 / 100 | 47 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 2002 | Legal Since 2015 |
Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 1992 | Banned Since 2004 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | No censorship | No censorship Since 1988 |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires surgery Since 2009 | Ambiguous Since 2004 |
Gender-affirming care | Legal Since 1994 | Restricted |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2017 | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2020 |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal Since 2017 | Illegal in some contexts Since 2007 |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2022 | No protections Since 2024 |
LGBT housing discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2017 | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Unknown | Single only |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Not banned |
Serving openly in military | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Legal Since 2015 |
Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown | Legal |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 1992 | Equal Since 2015 |
Public Opinion | ||
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 54% Did not mention homosexuals 46% Mentioned homosexuals | Region not surveyed |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 5% Justifiable 45% Not justifiable | Region not surveyed |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2014–2016) | Region not surveyed | 56% Tolerate 36% Not tolerate |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2016–2018) | Region not surveyed | 48% Tolerate 43% Not tolerate |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 6% Good place 48% Not a good place | Region not surveyed |
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