This map uses the Peters Projection which presents countries in their true proportion to one another.

Countries

Asia

Afghanistan

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
  • Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:

Death penalty

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Bangladesh

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Life imprisonment

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Brunei

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
  • Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:

Death by stoning

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Indonesia

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
  • Maintains discriminatory age of consent
Maximum punishment:

Eight years imprisonment and 100 lashes

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Iran

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
  • Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:

Death penalty

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Iraq

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
Maximum punishment:

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Kuwait

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Seven years imprisonment

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Lebanon

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
Maximum punishment:

Six years imprisonment

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Malaysia

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
Maximum punishment:

Twenty years imprisonment and whipping

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Maldives

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
Maximum punishment:

Eight years imprisonment and 100 lashes

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Myanmar

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
Maximum punishment:

Ten years imprisonment

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Oman

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
Maximum punishment:

Three years imprisonment

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Pakistan

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:

Death by stoning

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Palestine

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Ten years imprisonment

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Qatar

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
  • Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:

Death by stoning

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Saudi Arabia

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
  • Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:

Death penalty

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Singapore

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
Maximum punishment:

Two years imprisonment

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Sri Lanka

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
Maximum punishment:

Ten years imprisonment and a fine

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Syria

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Three years imprisonment

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Turkmenistan

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Two years imprisonment

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United Arab Emirates

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
  • Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:

Death penalty

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Uzbekistan

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Three years imprisonment

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Yemen

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
  • Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:

Death penalty

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Africa

Algeria

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Three years imprisonment and a fine of 10,000 Dinars

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Burundi

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Two years imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 Burundian Francs

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Cameroon

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Five years imprisonment and a fine of 200,000 West African CFA Francs

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Chad

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Two years imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 West African CFA Francs

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Comoros

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Five years imprisonment and a fine of 1,000,000 Comorian Francs

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Egypt

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Three years imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 Lira

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Eritrea

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Three years imprisonment

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eSwatini

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Imprisonment

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Ethiopia

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

One year imprisonment

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Ghana

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Three years imprisonment

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Guinea

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
Maximum punishment:

Three years imprisonment and a fine of 1,000,000 Guinean Francs

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Kenya

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
Maximum punishment:

Fourteen years imprisonment

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Liberia

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

One year imprisonment

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Libya

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Five years imprisonment

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Malawi

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
Maximum punishment:

Fourteen years imprisonment with corporal punishment

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Mauritania

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
  • Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:

Death by stoning

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Mauritius

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Five years imprisonment

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Morocco

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Three years imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 Dirhams

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Namibia

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
Maximum punishment:

Unclear

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Nigeria

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
  • Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:

Death by stoning

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Senegal

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Five years imprisonment and a fine of 1,500,000 West African CFA Francs

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Sierra Leone

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Life imprisonment

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Somalia

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
  • Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:

Death penalty

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South Sudan

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
Maximum punishment:

Fourteen years imprisonment and a fine

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Sudan

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
Maximum punishment:

Life imprisonment

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Tanzania

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Life imprisonment

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The Gambia

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
  • Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
Maximum punishment:

Life imprisonment

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Togo

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
Maximum punishment:

Three years imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 West African CFA Francs

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Tunisia

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
Maximum punishment:

Three years imprisonment

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Uganda

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
Maximum punishment:

Life imprisonment

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Zambia

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Life imprisonment

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Zimbabwe

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

One year imprisonment and a fine

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Caribbean and the Americas

Barbados

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
Maximum punishment:

Life imprisonment

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Dominica

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
Maximum punishment:

Twelve years imprisonment

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Grenada

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Ten years imprisonment

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Guyana

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Life imprisonment

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Jamaica

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Ten years imprisonment with hard labour

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
Maximum punishment:

Ten years imprisonment with hard labour

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Saint Lucia

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sexual activity between males
  • Criminalises sexual activity between females
Maximum punishment:

Ten years imprisonment

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Ten years imprisonment

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Pacific

Cook Islands

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Seven years imprisonment

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Kiribati

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Fourteen years imprisonment

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Papua New Guinea

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Fourteen years imprisonment

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Samoa

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Five years imprisonment

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Solomon Islands

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
  • Criminalises sex between women
Maximum punishment:

Fourteen years imprisonment

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Tonga

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Ten years imprisonment

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Tuvalu

Criminalisation:
  • Criminalises LGBT people
  • Criminalises sex between men
Maximum punishment:

Fourteen years imprisonment

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