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Rights and wellbeing around the world

Nine open global indices, from human rights and women's and LGBT+ rights to food, health and education, mapped for every country since 1990, with the six countries in our Indigenous-rights comparison outlined.

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LGBT+ rights

LGBT+ Rights Index

Summary measure of a country's LGBTI-related laws, calculated by subtracting the sum of its regressive policy scores from the sum of its progressive policy scores. Source: Velasco (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

Year 2025195 countries with data · higher is better

below -1.5-1.5 – -0.5-0.5 – 1.31.3 – 4.04.0 and aboveNo dataCompared countries

Table view: all 195 countries, 2025

Rank	Country	LGBT+ Rights Index (composite score)
1	Malta	20.3
2	Portugal	19.2
3	Germany	19.0
4	Cuba	18.4
5	Spain	18.2
6	Denmark	17.4
7	Canada	17.2
8	Colombia	17.1
9	France	17.0
10	Chile	16.6
11	Uruguay	16.4
12	Sweden	16.4
13	Brazil	16.2
14	Netherlands	16.1
15	Belgium	15.9
16	Mexico	15.7
17	Austria	15.3
18	Greece	15.2
19	Iceland	15.1
20	United Kingdom	15.0
21	Ecuador	14.7
22	Norway	14.4
23	Croatia	14.3
24	Bolivia	14.1
25	Finland	14.1
25	South Africa	14.1
27	Australia	13.5
28	Slovenia	13.5
29	Argentina	13.4
30	Luxembourg	13.1
31	Czechia	13.1
32	Andorra	12.9
33	Israel	12.1
34	Switzerland	11.7
35	Costa Rica	11.7
36	Ireland	11.6
37	Serbia	11.6
38	Albania	11.3
39	Montenegro	11.3
40	United States	10.7
41	New Zealand	10.6
42	San Marino	10.6
43	Honduras	10.4
44	Estonia	10.3
45	Fiji	10.3
45	Moldova	10.3
47	North Macedonia	10.1
48	Cyprus	9.9
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.8
50	Kosovo	9.6
51	Peru	8.9
52	Bulgaria	8.9
53	Lithuania	8.4
54	Slovakia	8.3
55	Romania	7.8
56	Italy	7.8
57	Hungary	7.6
58	Mongolia	7.3
59	Taiwan	7.1
60	El Salvador	6.8
61	Liechtenstein	6.7
62	Suriname	6.7
63	Thailand	6.3
64	India	5.7
65	Angola	5.7
65	Marshall Islands	5.7
65	Venezuela	5.7
68	Seychelles	4.9
69	Latvia	4.8
70	Nepal	4.0
71	Monaco	3.9
72	Cape Verde	3.8
72	Lesotho	3.8
74	Ukraine	3.7
75	Micronesia (country)	3.5
76	Botswana	3.4
77	Mozambique	3.1
78	Nicaragua	2.8
79	Poland	2.8
80	Pakistan	2.7
81	South Korea	2.6
82	Mauritius	2.3
83	Benin	2.3
84	Armenia	2.2
84	East Timor	2.2
86	Equatorial Guinea	2.1
87	Japan	2.1
88	Samoa	2.0
89	Antigua and Barbuda	2.0
89	Belize	2.0
89	Cambodia	2.0
89	Dominica	2.0
89	Dominican Republic	2.0
89	Vanuatu	2.0
95	Panama	1.9
96	Haiti	1.8
97	Tajikistan	1.4
98	Barbados	1.4
99	Belarus	1.3
100	Sao Tome and Principe	1.3
101	Djibouti	1.3
101	Guatemala	1.3
101	Guinea-Bissau	1.3
101	Laos	1.3
101	Nauru	1.3
101	Philippines	1.3
107	Azerbaijan	1.1
108	Bahrain	1.0
109	Bhutan	1.0
109	Central African Republic	1.0
109	Kazakhstan	1.0
109	Namibia	1.0
109	Palau	1.0
109	Turkey	1.0
109	Vietnam	1.0
116	Saint Lucia	1.0
117	Georgia	0.9
118	Rwanda	0.8
119	Indonesia	0.5
120	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.3
121	Eswatini	0.3
122	Liberia	0.3
123	Kiribati	0.3
124	Cote d'Ivoire	0.3
125	Chad	0.2
126	Democratic Republic of Congo	0.0
127	Sri Lanka	-0.1
128	Kyrgyzstan	-0.1
129	Congo	-0.4
129	North Korea	-0.4
131	Comoros	-0.6
132	Kenya	-0.6
133	Madagascar	-0.6
134	Bahamas	-0.6
135	Bangladesh	-0.7
135	Uzbekistan	-0.7
137	Papua New Guinea	-0.7
138	Niger	-0.7
139	Tuvalu	-0.7
140	Paraguay	-0.8
141	Guyana	-0.8
142	Gabon	-0.8
142	Grenada	-0.8
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.8
142	Solomon Islands	-0.8
146	Jordan	-0.9
147	Algeria	-1.0
148	Singapore	-1.1
149	Qatar	-1.4
150	Somalia	-1.5
151	Sierra Leone	-1.5
152	Sudan	-1.5
153	Syria	-1.5
153	Tonga	-1.5
155	Egypt	-1.6
156	Cameroon	-1.6
156	Eritrea	-1.6
156	Maldives	-1.6
156	Morocco	-1.6
156	Tunisia	-1.6
161	Burkina Faso	-1.6
162	Jamaica	-1.7
163	Turkmenistan	-1.7
164	Gambia	-1.7
164	South Sudan	-1.7
166	China	-1.7
167	Guinea	-1.7
168	Malawi	-1.8
169	Burundi	-1.8
170	Trinidad and Tobago	-2.0
171	Oman	-2.2
172	Russia	-2.2
173	Togo	-2.2
174	Libya	-2.3
175	Senegal	-2.5
176	Zimbabwe	-2.5
177	Mali	-2.5
178	Ghana	-2.5
179	Myanmar	-2.6
180	Ethiopia	-2.6
180	Lebanon	-2.6
182	Brunei	-2.6
183	Kuwait	-2.7
184	Afghanistan	-2.8
185	United Arab Emirates	-2.9
186	Mauritania	-3.2
187	Tanzania	-3.2
188	Zambia	-3.3
189	Malaysia	-3.3
190	Yemen	-3.4
191	Nigeria	-3.4
192	Iran	-4.0
193	Saudi Arabia	-4.3
194	Iraq	-4.4
195	Uganda	-4.5

Compared countries

Each country against the world's best

Latest value and world rank on every index, with the best-performing country for comparison. The Indigenous-rights score is wathaga assessment (October 2026), not an official index. Each dimension is scored 0–3 against the best performer among the six countries.

Country	Indigenous rights (Wathaga, /18)	Human Rights Index 2025	Physical integrity rights 2025	Private civil liberties 2025	Political civil liberties 2025	Women's political empowerment 2025	LGBT+ Rights Index 2025	Prevalence of undernourishment 2023	Life expectancy at birth 2023	Expected years of schooling 2023
Australia	9 (64% of best)	0.91 #32 of 175	0.95 #27 of 175	0.87 #44 of 175	0.91 #33 of 175	0.91 #25 of 175	13.5 #27 of 195	< 2.5 #1 of 166	83.9 #10 of 237	20.7 #3 of 195
Canada	13 (93% of best)	0.90 #35 of 175	0.94 #34 of 175	0.84 #62 of 175	0.92 #23 of 175	0.87 #44 of 175	17.2 #7 of 195	< 2.5 #1 of 166	82.6 #26 of 237	15.9 #50 of 195
New Zealand	10 (71% of best)	0.95 #8 of 175	0.99 #5 of 175	0.94 #4 of 175	0.93 #20 of 175	0.94 #8 of 175	10.6 #41 of 195	< 2.5 #1 of 166	82.1 #36 of 237	19.3 #6 of 195
Brazil	13 (93% of best)	0.87 #53 of 175	0.81 #83 of 175	0.88 #42 of 175	0.93 #16 of 175	0.82 #65 of 175	16.2 #13 of 195	< 2.5 #1 of 166	75.8 #114 of 237	15.8 #51 of 195
Bolivia	14 (100% of best)	0.74 #90 of 175	0.70 #104 of 175	0.80 #82 of 175	0.73 #92 of 175	0.84 #55 of 175	14.1 #24 of 195	21.8 #144 of 166	68.6 #182 of 237	15.6 #52 of 195
South Africa	3 (21% of best)	0.86 #54 of 175	0.85 #72 of 175	0.86 #51 of 175	0.88 #48 of 175	0.83 #59 of 175	14.1 #25 of 195	10.0 #112 of 166	66.1 #202 of 237	13.8 #91 of 195
World's best	Bolivia (14)	Estonia 0.96	Iceland + 1 tied 0.99	Germany 0.95	Denmark 0.97	Denmark 0.95	Malta 20.3	Algeria + 61 tied < 2.5	Monaco 86.4	Monaco 21.7

How the Indigenous-rights score works

UNDRIP in law and policy: 3 = in national law with an action plan; 1 = endorsed with no plan, or plan halted. Australia 1, Canada 3, New Zealand 1, Brazil 2, Bolivia 3, South Africa 1.
ILO Convention 169 ratified: 3 = ratified; 0 = not ratified. Australia 0, Canada 0, New Zealand 0, Brazil 3, Bolivia 3, South Africa 0.
Constitutional or treaty recognition: 3 = entrenched constitutional rights; 1 = partial, statutory or state-level only. Australia 1, Canada 3, New Zealand 2, Brazil 3, Bolivia 3, South Africa 1.
Land rights and redress: Strength and functioning of the redress mechanism. Australia 2, Canada 2, New Zealand 3, Brazil 2, Bolivia 2, South Africa 1.
Outcome targets and independent monitoring: 3 = quantified national Indigenous targets with independent annual assessment. Australia 3, Canada 2, New Zealand 1, Brazil 1, Bolivia 1, South Africa 0.
Indigenous data and data sovereignty: National disaggregated data and recognised Indigenous data governance. Australia 2, Canada 3, New Zealand 3, Brazil 2, Bolivia 2, South Africa 0.

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Global indices: every country and year since 1990 CSV JSON
Global indices: definitions and sources CSV JSON
Source: Human Rights Index (Our World in Data)
Source: Physical integrity rights (Our World in Data)
Source: Private civil liberties (Our World in Data)
Source: Political civil liberties (Our World in Data)
Source: Women's political empowerment (Our World in Data)
Source: LGBT+ Rights Index (Our World in Data)
Source: Prevalence of undernourishment (Our World in Data)
Source: Life expectancy at birth (Our World in Data)
Source: Expected years of schooling (Our World in Data)

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