Where is same-sex marriage legal?
How same-sex marriage (also searched as gay marriage) is treated in 154 countries, from sources last checked September 2026. Choose a country for its classification, the source, and how its neighbours compare.
- Marriage legal 56 countries (36%), including United States, Brazil, Mexico and Germany.
- Civil unions 13 countries (8%), including Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary and Croatia.
- Not recognized 85 countries (55%), including China, India, Indonesia and Pakistan.
Marriage legal 56
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Estonia
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Germany
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guam
- Guernsey
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mexico
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Helena
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint-Barthélemy
- Saint-Martin
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Georgia and the Islands
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
Civil unions 13
Not recognized 85
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- China
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Dominican Republic
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Qatar
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten
- Slovakia
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
In the United States, state by state
- Alabama
- Marriage legal
- Alaska
- Marriage legal
- Arizona
- Marriage legal
- Arkansas
- Marriage legal
- California
- Marriage legal
- Colorado
- Marriage legal
- Connecticut
- Marriage legal
- Delaware
- Marriage legal
- District of Columbia
- Marriage legal
- Florida
- Marriage legal
- Georgia
- Marriage legal
- Hawaii
- Marriage legal
- Idaho
- Marriage legal
- Illinois
- Marriage legal
- Indiana
- Marriage legal
- Iowa
- Marriage legal
- Kansas
- Marriage legal
- Kentucky
- Marriage legal
- Louisiana
- Marriage legal
- Maine
- Marriage legal
- Maryland
- Marriage legal
- Massachusetts
- Marriage legal
- Michigan
- Marriage legal
- Minnesota
- Marriage legal
- Mississippi
- Marriage legal
- Missouri
- Marriage legal
- Montana
- Marriage legal
- Nebraska
- Marriage legal
- Nevada
- Marriage legal
- New Hampshire
- Marriage legal
- New Jersey
- Marriage legal
- New Mexico
- Marriage legal
- New York
- Marriage legal
- North Carolina
- Marriage legal
- North Dakota
- Marriage legal
- Ohio
- Marriage legal
- Oklahoma
- Marriage legal
- Oregon
- Marriage legal
- Pennsylvania
- Marriage legal
- Rhode Island
- Marriage legal
- South Carolina
- Marriage legal
- South Dakota
- Marriage legal
- Tennessee
- Marriage legal
- Texas
- Marriage legal
- Utah
- Marriage legal
- Vermont
- Marriage legal
- Virginia
- Marriage legal
- Washington
- Marriage legal
- West Virginia
- Marriage legal
- Wisconsin
- Marriage legal
- Wyoming
- Marriage legal
About this data
Compiled from Wikipedia: LGBTQ rights by country or territory; sources last checked 17 September 2026. The full dataset is available as JSON.
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A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.