Nations with the most & least gay legal rights

Scotland has been rated as the best country in Europe in terms of legal equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI) people. The country ranked top of the Rainbow Index after meeting 92 per cent of ILGA-Europe's criteria for equality and human rights, BBC reported. Here are the top 10 and the laggards among 49 countries in Europe:

1. Scotland
2. Belgium
3. Malta
4. Sweden
5. Croatia
6. Spain
7. Netherlands
8. Norway
9. Denmark
10. Portugal

49. Azerbaijan
48. Russia
47. Armenia
46. Ukraine
45. Monaco
44. Turkey
43. Macedonia
42. Belarus
41. San Marino
40. Moldova