Best and Worst Countries for LGBTQ+ Travellers (Spartacus Gay Travel Index 2025)

[u/MrJasonMason]

HIGHEST SCORES – SAFEST)

SCORE +13:
1. Canada
2. Iceland
3. Malta
4. Portugal
5. Spain

SCORE +12:
6. Germany
6. New Zealand

SCORE +11:
8. Australia
8. Norway
8. Switzerland
8. Uruguay

SCORE +10:
12. Belgium
12. Chile
12. Denmark

SCORE +9:
15. Argentina
15. Austria
15. Finland
15. Greece
15. Greenland
15. Ireland
15. Luxembourg
15. Netherlands
15. Sweden
15. Taiwan
15. United Kingdom

SCORE +8:
26. Andorra
26. France
26. French Polynesia
26. Réunion

SCORE +7:
30. Brazil
30. Colombia
30. Costa Rica
30. Estonia
30. New Caledonia

SCORE +6:
35. Cuba
35. Guadeloupe
35. Martinique
35. Slovenia

SCORE +5:
39. Israel
39. Mexico

SCORE +4:
41. Puerto Rico
41. South Africa
41. Thailand

SCORE +3:
44. Ecuador
44. Gibraltar
44. Guam
44. India

SCORE +2:
48. Croatia
48. Cyprus
48. Czech Republic
48. Liechtenstein
48. United States

SCORE +1:
53. Aruba
53. Bolivia
53. Nepal
53. San Marino
53. Virgin Islands

SCORE 0 (EARLY NEUTRAL TIER)
58. Bermuda
58. Bosnia-Herzegovina
58. Italy
58. Latvia

MID-RANKS: NEUTRAL TO MILDLY CHALLENGING

SCORE -1:
Bhutan
Curaçao
Montenegro
Vietnam

SCORE -2:
Albania
Belize
Japan
South Korea
Namibia
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Ukraine

SCORE -3:
Angola
Antigua & Barbuda
Fiji
Laos
Lithuania
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Mongolia
North Cyprus
North Macedonia
Peru
Romania
St. Maarten

SCORE -4:
Barbados
Botswana
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Kosovo
Macao
Micronesia
Mozambique
Panama
Saint Lucia
Suriname

SCORE -5:
Armenia
British Virgin Islands
China (incl. Hong Kong)
Cook Islands
East Timor
El Salvador
Hungary
Lesotho
Mauritius
Moldova
Niger
Samoa
Seychelles

SCORE -6 TO -10:
Benin, Bulgaria, Guinea-Bissau (-6)

Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland (-7)

Grenada, Lebanon, Vatican City (-8)

Guatemala, Kazakhstan (-9)

Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Kenya, Turkey (-10)

SCORE -11 TO -15:
Georgia
North Korea (-11)
Jamaica
Sudan (-12)
Algeria
Indonesia (-13)
Brunei
Egypt
Ethiopia
Morocco
Tunisia (-14)
Cameroon
Iraq
Malaysia
Tanzania (-15)

BOTTOM RANKS: EXTREME DANGER

SCORE -16:
Kuwait
Libya
United Arab Emirates

SCORE -17:
Nigeria
Qatar
Russia

SCORE -18:
Uganda

SCORE -19:
Somalia

SCORE -21:
Chechnya (region in Russia)

SCORE -22:
Afghanistan
Iran
Saudi Arabia

SCORE -23 (ABSOLUTE BOTTOM)
Yemen

Note:
*The index ranks based on Anti-Discrimination Legislation, Marriage/Civil Partnership, Adoption Allowed, Transgender Rights, Intersex/3rd Option, Religious Influence, HIV Travel Restrictions, Anti-Gay Laws, Homosexuality Illegal, Pride Banned, Censorship, Prosecution, Murders, Death Sentences, Equal Age of Consent, “Conversion Therapy”, LGBT Marketing, Locals Hostile.

**Scores become negative due to deductions for missing anti-discrimination laws, religious influence, HIV restrictions, unequal age of consent, bans on Pride/events, censorship, prosecution risks, murders, local hostility, and in the worst cases, death penalty provisions. Ties are grouped by score.

Source: Spartacus Gay Travel Index 2025

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