| Equality Index ? | 14 / 100 | 9 / 100 |
| Legal Index ? | 9 / 100 | 6 / 100 |
| Public Opinion Index ? | 19 / 100 | 12 / 100 |
| Law | ||
| Homosexual activity | Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) Since 2020 | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 1980 |
| Same-sex marriage | Unrecognized | Banned Since 1980 |
| Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced Since 1991 | Imprisonment as punishment Since 2015 |
| Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Illegal |
| Gender-affirming care | Restricted | Unknown |
| Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
| Hate crime protections | No protections | Unknown |
| LGBT discrimination | No protections | Illegal in some contexts Since 2020 |
| LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections |
| LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
| Same-sex adoption | N/A | Unknown |
| Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Not banned |
| Serving openly in military | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Illegal |
| Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown | Ambiguous |
| Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
| Equal age of consent | N/A | N/A |
| Public Opinion | ||
| Acceptance of homosexuality (Arab countries) (BBC News Arabic / Arab Barometer, 2018-2019) | 17% Yes 83% No / Unsure / Did Not Answer | Region not surveyed |
| Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2014–2016) | Region not surveyed | 10% Tolerate 89% Not tolerate |
| Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2016–2018) | 14% Tolerate 82% Not tolerate | 10% Tolerate 86% Not tolerate |
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