Countries Where Homosexuality Is Criminalized (Male and/or Female)
AFRICA
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burundi
Cameroon
Comoros
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Kenya
Lesotho
Madeira
Malawi
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Melilla
Mozambique
Namibia,
Nigeria
SADR/Sahrawi Arab Dem. Rep.
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Somaliland
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tristan da Cunha
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
ASIA
AfghanistanBangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma
Indonesia
Kiribati
Malaysia
Maldives
Nauru
North Korea
Pakistan
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uzbekistan
EUROPE
Turkish Republic Northern Cyprus
Chechnya – Southern Province
Algeria
Iran
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Gaza
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
THE AMERICAS and the CARIBBEAN
Antigua and BarbudaBarbados
Belize
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
This list is compiled by the Council for Global Equality in June 2011 from a variety of sources including advocacy organizations in the countries listed, the International Lesbian and Gay Association, Wikipedia, Leiden University’s Law School, and other government sources. Due to the rapidly changing legal landscape, there may be errors in this list, and it will change over time. If you have questions or new information to share about a particular country, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
