Rainbow Europe
Find here the latest Rainbow Europe Package - Annual Review and Rainbow Europe Map.
The Rainbow Europe package consists of two major documents:
- Rainbow Europe Map reflecting the 49 European countries’ legislation and policies that have a direct impact on the enjoyment of human rights by LGBTI people. The Rainbow Map reflects each country’s situation and provides overall score on how far this country is on a scale between 0% and 100%.
- ILGA-Europe Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of LGBTI People in Europe provides insights into the political and social developments and thus complements the more legally oriented Rainbow Europe Map with a feeling of what an everyday life and environment for LGBTI people is in different European countries.
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Overview - ranking and difference from 2013
| Position |
Country |
2013 result |
2014 result |
Dynamic since 2013 |
Reasons for dynamic 2013-2014 |
| 1 |
United Kingdom |
77% |
82% |
up 5% |
Family: Marriage equality (England, Wales and Scotland) and registered partnership in NI); Full joint adoption (only England, Wales and Scotland in 2013); Legal Gender Recognition: No forced divorce (England, Wales and Scotland) |
| 2 |
Belgium |
67% |
78% |
up 11% |
Equality and non-discrimination: Goods & services (GI) (only 1/3 regions in 2013); Other spheres of life (GI) (only 1/3 regions in 2013); law gender expression; Bias movated speech/violence: hate crime (GI) ; hate speech (GI) |
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Spain |
65% |
73% |
up 8% |
Bias motivated speech/violence: hate crime (GI) federal (only 2/17 regions in 2013); hate speech (GI) federal (only 1/17 regions or in 2013); Legal gender recognition: no medical intervention federal (only 1/17 regions in 2013); GID is required everywhere (despite stating different in 2/17 regions in 2013 - taking out points for the 2014 score) |
| 4 |
Netherlands |
60% |
70% |
up 10% |
Family: automatic co-parent recognition; Legal gender recognition: no medical intervention required; no surgical intervention required; no sterilisation |
| 5 |
Norway |
66% |
68% |
up 2% |
Equality and non-discrimination: Goods & services (GI); Other spheres of life (GI); law gender expression; law intersex; equality action plan (SO and GI) was not prolonged - taking out points for the 2014 score |
| 6 |
Portugal |
65% |
67% |
up 2% |
Equality and non-discrimination: equality action plan (GI) |
| 7 |
Sweden |
65% |
65% |
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| 8 |
France |
64% |
64% |
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| Iceland |
56% |
64% |
up 8% |
Equality and non-discrimination: goods & services (GI); Bias motivated speech/violence: hate crime (GI); hate speech (GI) |
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| 10 |
Denmark |
57% |
60% |
up 3% |
Family: automatic co-parent recognition |
| 11 |
Malta |
35% |
57% |
up 22% |
Equality and non-discrimination: Constitution (SO); Constitution (GI); Family: registered partnership (similar to marriage); joint adoption; second parent adoption; automatic co-parent recognition; trans people can marry a person of the other gender |
| 12 |
Croatia |
48% |
56% |
up 8% |
Equality and non-discrimination: taking out points for not having GI in equality body mandate; Family: trans can marry a person of the other gender; Legal gender recognition: name change; change of gender on official documents to match gender identity; no medical intervention required; no surgical intervention required; no sterilisation |
| Germany |
54% |
56% |
up 2% |
Asylum: law (GI) |
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| 14 |
Hungary |
55% |
54% |
down 1% |
Legal gender recognition: taking out points for not having clear existence of procedures |
| 15 |
Austria |
43% |
52% |
up 9% |
Equality and non-discrimination: employment (GI); goods & services (GI); other spheres of life (GI); Family: second parent adoption; medically assisted insemination (couples) |
| 16 |
Montenegro |
27% |
47% |
up 20% |
Equality and non-discrimination: equality action plan (SO and GI); Bias motivated speech/violence: hate crime law (SO and GI); hate speech law (SO and GI) |
| 17 |
Finland |
47% |
45% |
down 2% |
Legal gender recognition: taking out points for having compulsory divorce |
| 18 |
Albania |
38% |
38% |
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| 19 |
Slovenia |
35% |
35% |
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| Czech Republic |
35% |
35% |
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| Estonia |
29% |
35% |
up 6% |
Equality and non-discrimination: employment (GI); goods & services (GI); other spheres of life (GI); equality body mandate (GI) |
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| 22 |
Ireland |
36% |
34% |
down 2% |
Equality and non-discrimination: taking out points for not having GI in equality body mandate |
| 23 |
Greece |
28% |
31% |
up 3% |
Equality and non-discrimination: employment (GI); goods & services (GI) |
| Slovakia |
27% |
31% |
up 4% |
Bias motivated speech/violence: hate crime (SO) |
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| 25 |
Serbia |
25% |
30% |
up 5% |
Equality and non-discrimination: other spheres of life (GI); equality action plan (GI); Family: trans people can marry a person of the other gender |
| Bulgaria |
18% |
30% |
up 12% |
Equality and non-discrimination: equality body mandate (GI); Family: trans people can marry a person of the other gender; Legal gender recognition: name change; change of gender on official document to match gender identity; no medical intervention required; no surgical intervention required; no sterilisation |
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| 27 |
Switzerland |
29% |
29% |
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| 28 |
Luxembourg |
28% |
28% |
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| Romania |
31% |
28% |
down 3% |
Family: taking out points for not having medically assisted insemination available for singles; Bias motivated speech/violence: taking out points for hate speech SO as new criminal code does not include SO. |
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| Poland |
22% |
28% |
up 6% |
Equality and non-discrimination: equality action plan SO and GI |
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| 31 |
Georgia |
21% |
26% |
up 5% |
Equality and non-discrimination: equality body mandate (SO and GI); Family: medically assisted insemination (singles); Freedom of assembly, association & expression: taking out points for not providing needed protection for public events |
| 32 |
Italy |
19% |
25% |
up 6% |
Equality and non-discrimination: equality action plan (SO and GI) |
| 33 |
Lithuania |
21% |
22% |
up 1% |
Family: trans people can marry a person of the other gender |
| 34 |
Andorra |
21% |
21% |
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| 35 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
20% |
20% |
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| Cyprus |
20% |
20% |
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| Latvia |
20% |
20% |
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| 38 |
Liechtenstein |
16% |
18% |
up 2% |
Asylum: law (SO and GI) |
| 39 |
Kosovo* |
14% |
17% |
up 3% |
Bias motivated speech/violence: hate crime law (SO) |
| Moldova |
10% |
17% |
up 7% |
Legal gender recognition: no medical intervention required; no surgical intervention required; no sterilisation |
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| 41 |
Turkey |
14% |
14% |
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| San Marino |
14% |
14% |
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| Belarus |
14% |
14% |
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| 44 |
FYR Macedonia |
13% |
13% |
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| 45 |
Ukraine |
12% |
12% |
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| 46 |
Monaco |
10% |
10% |
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| 47 |
Armenia |
8% |
9% |
up 1% |
Family: trans people can marry a person of the other gender |
| 48 |
Azerbaijan |
8% |
7% |
down 1% |
Legal gender recognition: taking out points for not having clear existence of procedures |
| 49 |
Russia |
7% |
6% |
down 1% |
Legal gender recognition: taking out points for not having clear existence of procedures |
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Endorsements
Find here endorsements from top European politicians and officials
Rainbow Europe Package 2013
Find here the Rainbow Europe Package 2013
Annual Review 2011
Find information and download the Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of LGBTI People in Europe 2011 here.
Rainbow Europe Map and Index, May 2012
ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map reflects the national legal human rights situation of LGBTI people in a simple format. The Rainbow Map ranks all European countries according to their legislation and administrative practices that have direct impact on the human rights situation of LGBTI people.
Rainbow Europe Map and Index (updated in January 2012)
Published on 17 May - the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The Rainbow Europe Map and Index is a tool to see how European countries are doing when it comes to recognising the human rights of LGBT people.
Rainbow Europe Map and Country Index (May 2010)
Updated Rainbow Europe Map, originally launched in July 2009, now contains a Country Index.
ILGA-Europe map on legal situation for LGB people in Europe (July 2009)
Prior to OutGames and its International Human Rights Conference in Copenhagen in the end of this month where ILGA-Europe take part, we published a map of Europe reflecting the legal situation for lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
