Countries gay friendly worldwide

Europe · 86 countries

• Belgium Safe 100/100 Belgium was the second country worldwide to legalize marriage equality (2003, after the Netherlands). →
• Spain Safe 100/100 Spain is one of the world's most advanced countries on LGBTQI+ rights. →
• Iceland Safe 100/100 Iceland among the world's most consistently LGBTQI+ friendly countries. →
• Malta Safe 100/100 Malta consistently ranks among Europe's leading countries on LGBTQI+ legal framework since 2015. →
• Norway Safe 100/100 Norway has one of the world's most solid LGBTQI+ frameworks. →
• Sweden Safe 100/100 Sweden has one of Europe's most progressive LGBTQI+ legal frameworks. →
• Denmark Safe 99/100 Denmark led the way globally: first country worldwide to legally recognize same-sex unions (regis… →
• Luxembourg Safe 99/100 Luxembourg approved marriage equality on January 1, 2015 (last Benelux country). →
• Netherlands Safe 99/100 The Netherlands was the first country to legalize same-sex marriage worldwide (April 1, 2001) wit… →
• Germany Safe 95/100 Germany recognizes marriage equality and joint adoption since 2017. →
• Portugal Safe 95/100 Portugal is among the world's most advanced countries on LGBTQI+ rights. →
• Ireland Safe 94/100 Ireland was the first country worldwide to legalize marriage equality via popular referendum (May… →
• Greece Safe 90/100 Greece approved marriage equality in February 2024 (176 in favor, 76 against, 48 abstentions (300… →
• Uruguay Safe 90/100 Uruguay has one of Latin America's most solid LGBTQI+ frameworks. →
• Andorra Safe 89/100 Andorra approved marriage equality on February 17, 2023 (34th country worldwide). →
• Austria Safe 89/100 Austria has a solid LGBTQI+ framework. →
• Switzerland Safe 89/100 Switzerland approved marriage equality by popular referendum (September 26, 2021, 64% yes, majori… →
• Finland Safe 89/100 Finland among Europe's solid LGBTQI+ frameworks. →
• Greenland Safe 89/100 Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark with its own robust LGBTQI+ framework. →
• Slovenia Safe 89/100 Slovenia approved marriage equality on July 9, 2022 by Constitutional Court ruling, which found t… →
• Chile Safe 86/100 Chile has recognized marriage equality since 2022 (Law 21.400) and legal gender change without me… →
• France Safe 85/100 France decriminalized homosexuality in 1791 (French Revolution). →
• United Kingdom Safe 84/100 United Kingdom recognizes marriage equality in England, Wales, and Scotland since 2014, and North… →
• Czech Republic Safe 82/100 Czech Republic is Central Europe's most liberal country on LGBTQI+ issues. →
• Italy Safe 82/100 Italy recognizes civil unions between same-sex partners since 2016 (Cirinnà Law 76/2016) but not … →
• Canada Safe 81/100 Canada was among the first to legalize same-sex marriage (2005, fourth country worldwide). →
• Argentina Safe 80/100 Argentina is a Latin American leader in LGBTQI+ rights. →
• Liechtenstein Friendly 77/100 Liechtenstein decriminalized homosexuality in 1989 — the reform repealed §§129-130 of the crimina… →
• San Marino Friendly 77/100 San Marino, the oldest functioning republic, decriminalized same-sex relations in 1864 and repeal… →
• Brazil Friendly 76/100 Brazil has recognized marriage equality since 2013 and, by Federal Supreme Court ruling in 2019, … →
• Mexico Friendly 75/100 Mexico completed marriage equality across all 32 states in 2022 and has had a federal anti-discri… →
• Cuba Friendly 74/100 Cuba approved marriage equality on September 25, 2022 via national referendum (66.85% yes) on the… →
• Ecuador Friendly 71/100 Ecuador approved marriage equality on June 12, 2019 by Constitutional Court ruling (5-4) followin… →
• Colombia Friendly 70/100 Colombia recognizes marriage equality since 2016, joint adoption since 2015, and legal gender cha… →
• Estonia Friendly 69/100 Estonia legalized marriage equality on January 1, 2024 — first Baltic and post-Soviet state to re… →
• United States Friendly 69/100 Marriage equality has been federal in the US since the 2015 Obergefell v. →
• Costa Rica Friendly 68/100 Marriage equality landed in Costa Rica on May 26, 2020 — the first Central American jurisdiction … →
• Croatia Friendly 68/100 Croatia decriminalized homosexuality in 1977 under the Socialist Republic. →
• Cyprus Friendly 63/100 Cyprus decriminalized homosexuality in 1998, one of the last EU countries to do so, and equalized… →
• Latvia Friendly 63/100 Latvia decriminalized homosexuality in 1992 after independence. →
• Serbia Friendly 63/100 Serbia decriminalized homosexuality in 1994. →
• Poland Neutral 59/100 Poland decriminalized homosexuality very early (1932 Penal Code). →
• Ukraine Neutral 58/100 Ukraine decriminalized male same-sex relations in 1991 (female same-sex relations were never crim… →
• Monaco Neutral 57/100 Monaco inherited French decriminalization in 1793 and keeps the age of consent equal at 15 for al… →
• Hungary Neutral 55/100 Hungary went through a historic political turn in 2025-2026 after years of Orbán-era rollback. →
• Bolivia Neutral 54/100 Bolivia decriminalized same-sex relations in 1832, one of the earliest in the Americas. →
• Suriname Neutral 53/100 Suriname decriminalized same-sex relations in 1869, one of the continent's earliest (Dutch coloni… →
• Belize Neutral 52/100 Belize decriminalized same-sex relations on August 10, 2016, when the Supreme Court declared Sect… →
• Slovakia Neutral 52/100 Slovakia decriminalized homosexuality in 1962 when part of Czechoslovakia. →
• Azerbaijan Neutral 50/100 Although same-sex relations were decriminalized in 2000, Azerbaijan consistently ranks among the … →
• Belarus Neutral 50/100 Although same-sex relations were decriminalized in 1994, in April 2026 Belarus enacted a law proh… →
• Saint Kitts and Nevis Neutral 50/100 Consensual relations between adults of the same sex were decriminalized in August 2022 following … →
• Russia Neutral 50/100 Although same-sex relations have not been criminalized since 1993, in November 2023 Russia's Supr… →
• Vatican City Neutral 50/100 Vatican City has had no criminal laws against consensual same-sex relations since 1890 (inherited… →
• Montenegro Neutral 49/100 Montenegro decriminalized homosexuality in 1977 as part of Yugoslavia. →
• Barbados Neutral 48/100 Barbados decriminalized same-sex relations in December 2022, when courts ruled colonial 'buggery'… →
• Dominican Republic Neutral 48/100 The Dominican Republic decriminalized same-sex relations in 1822 (when part of Haiti), but does n… →
• Saint Lucia Neutral 48/100 Saint Lucia decriminalized same-sex relations in July 2025, when the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Co… →
• Venezuela Neutral 48/100 Venezuela decriminalized same-sex relations in 1997 after the country's top court found the prior… →
• Lithuania Neutral 45/100 Lithuania decriminalized homosexuality in 1993 and saw a favorable turn 2024-2025 via the Constit… →
• North Macedonia Neutral 43/100 North Macedonia decriminalized homosexuality in 1996 as a condition for Council of Europe membership. →
• Romania Neutral 43/100 Romania decriminalized homosexuality very late, in January 2002, after an ordinance signed by Pre… →
• Albania Neutral 40/100 Albania decriminalized homosexuality on January 20, 1995 and approved broad anti-discrimination i… →
• Peru Neutral 40/100 Peru does not recognize marriage equality or civil unions between same-sex partners. →
• Moldova Caution 39/100 Moldova decriminalized homosexuality in 1995 and introduced employment anti-discrimination in 201… →
• Kosovo Caution 38/100
• Armenia Caution 35/100 Armenia decriminalized homosexuality in 2003 as a requirement to join the Council of Europe, but … →
• Panama Caution 35/100 Panama decriminalized same-sex relations in 2008, one of the Americas' latest decriminalizations. →
• Turkey Caution 35/100 Turkey decriminalized homosexuality in 1858 (Ottoman Empire), but the legal framework is empty: n… →
• Antigua and Barbuda Caution 34/100 Antigua and Barbuda decriminalized same-sex relations in 2022 when the Eastern Caribbean Supreme … →
• Georgia Caution 34/100 Georgia decriminalized in 2000 and approved broad anti-discrimination in 2014 (EU requirement), b… →
• Honduras Caution 34/100 Honduras decriminalized same-sex relations in 1899; a 2005 constitutional rewrite then locked out… →
• Paraguay Caution 30/100 Paraguay decriminalized same-sex relations in 1990, one of South America's latest decriminalizations. →
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Caution 29/100 Bosnia and Herzegovina has an LGBTQI+ framework fragmented by its federal structure. →
• Dominica Caution 29/100 Same-sex relations were decriminalised in Dominica on April 22, 2024 after a High Court ruling st… →
• Bulgaria Caution 27/100 Bulgaria decriminalized homosexuality in 1968 and has broad anti-discrimination since 2004 (EU ob… →
• Guatemala Caution 27/100 Guatemala decriminalized same-sex relations in 1871, but does not recognize same-sex couples in m… →
• Nicaragua Caution 27/100 Nicaragua decriminalized same-sex relations in March 2008, relatively late for Latin America. →
• El Salvador Caution 27/100 El Salvador decriminalized same-sex relations in 1822, but is considered one of Latin America's m… →
• Haiti Caution 23/100 Same-sex relations have never been a crime in Haiti — the 1791 French penal text (applied to Sain… →
• Trinidad and Tobago Caution 22/100 Trinidad and Tobago decriminalized same-sex relations in 2018 when the High Court repealed Sexual… →
• Bahamas Avoid 15/100 The Bahamas decriminalized same-sex relations in 1991 (consensual same-sex activity is legal). →
• Grenada Avoid 10/100 Consensual relations between men are criminalized under Grenada's Criminal Code (Section 431, "un… →
• Guyana Avoid 10/100 Consensual relations between men are criminalized under the Criminal Law (Offences) Act of 1893 (… →
• Jamaica Avoid 10/100 Consensual relations between men are criminalized under the Offences Against the Person Act of 18… →
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Avoid 10/100 Consensual same-sex relations are criminalized under the 1990 Criminal Code (Section 146, "bugger… →