| Equality Index ? | 14 / 100 | 9 / 100 |
| Legal Index ? | 9 / 100 | 1 / 100 |
| Public Opinion Index ? | 19 / 100 | 18 / 100 |
| Law | ||
| Homosexual activity | Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) Since 2020 | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) Since 2023 |
| Same-sex marriage | Unrecognized | Banned Since 2023 |
| Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced Since 1991 | Imprisonment as punishment Since 2023 |
| Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Ambiguous Since 2015 |
| Gender-affirming care | Restricted | Banned Since 2023 |
| 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 | N/A | Illegal |
| Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Unknown |
| Serving openly in military | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Illegal |
| Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown | Unknown |
| Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
| Equal age of consent | N/A | N/A Since 1902 |
| 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 | 5% Tolerate 95% Not tolerate |
| Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2016–2018) | 14% Tolerate 82% Not tolerate | 3% Tolerate 96% Not tolerate |
| "Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | Region not surveyed | 4% Yes 96% No |
| Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | Region not surveyed | 2% Good place 95% Not a good place |
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