{"id":1076229,"name":"Number of countries where same-sex marriage is legal","unit":"","createdAt":"2025-06-27T10:17:29.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-04-17T11:16:33.000Z","coverage":"","timespan":"2000-2025","datasetId":7138,"shortUnit":"","columnOrder":0,"shortName":"legal_status_legal_count","catalogPath":"grapher/pew/2025-06-27/same_sex_marriage/same_sex_marriage#legal_status_legal_count","descriptionShort":"Same-sex marriage is marriage and marriage recognition between two people of the same biological sex or gender identity.","descriptionProcessing":"We converted the original data with the years of the legalization of same-sex marriage into a expanded dataset with the legal status of same-sex marriage for each country and year.\n\nWe estimated regional aggregations of these status by using [Our World in Data definitions of regions](https://ourworldindata.org/world-region-map-definitions) and our [consolidated population data](https://ourworldindata.org/population-sources).","type":"int","dataChecksum":"13995728198944256860","metadataChecksum":"-5578395297615435675","datasetName":"Same-sex marriage around the world - Pew Research Center","updatePeriodDays":365,"datasetVersion":"2025-06-27","nonRedistributable":false,"display":{"name":"Legal","tolerance":0,"numDecimalPlaces":0},"schemaVersion":2,"processingLevel":"major","presentation":{"titlePublic":"Number of countries where same-sex marriage is legal","topicTagsLinks":["LGBT+ Rights","Human Rights","Marriages & Divorces"]},"descriptionKey":["The data is up to date as of June 2025."],"dimensions":{"years":{"values":[{"id":2000},{"id":2001},{"id":2002},{"id":2003},{"id":2004},{"id":2005},{"id":2006},{"id":2007},{"id":2008},{"id":2009},{"id":2010},{"id":2011},{"id":2012},{"id":2013},{"id":2014},{"id":2015},{"id":2016},{"id":2017},{"id":2018},{"id":2019},{"id":2020},{"id":2021},{"id":2022},{"id":2023},{"id":2024},{"id":2025}]},"entities":{"values":[{"id":273,"name":"Africa","code":"OWID_AFR"},{"id":275,"name":"Asia","code":"OWID_ASI"},{"id":276,"name":"Europe","code":"OWID_EUR"},{"id":294,"name":"North America","code":"OWID_NAM"},{"id":277,"name":"Oceania","code":"OWID_OCE"},{"id":295,"name":"South America","code":"OWID_SAM"},{"id":355,"name":"World","code":"OWID_WRL"}]}},"origins":[{"id":6713,"title":"Same-sex marriage around the world - Pew Research Center","description":"Since the first same-sex marriages were legally recognized in the Netherlands in 2001, nearly 40 other jurisdictions – mostly in Europe and the Americas – have enacted laws allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry. This year, Thailand and Liechtenstein join the list.\n\nUse the interactive table below to sort the places allowing same-sex marriages by name, region and the year legal same-sex marriage took effect. The table also includes some key facts about the process in each jurisdiction.","producer":"Pew Research Center","citationFull":"Pew Research Center (2025). https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/gay-marriage-around-the-world/\n\n“Same-Sex Marriage Around the World.” Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (2 June 2025) https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/gay-marriage-around-the-world/.","urlMain":"https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/gay-marriage-around-the-world/","dateAccessed":"2025-06-27","datePublished":"2025-06-02","license":{"url":"https://www.pewresearch.org/about/terms-and-conditions/","name":"© Pew Research Center"}}]}