{"id": 1229862, "name": "Marriage - Legal (Count)", "unit": "countries", "createdAt": "2026-05-20T16:05:34.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-05-20T16:56:10.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1950-2026", "datasetId": 7971, "shortUnit": "", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "marriage_legal_count", "catalogPath": "grapher/lgbt_rights/2026-05-14/equaldex/equaldex#marriage_legal_count", "descriptionShort": "Number of countries with the status 'Legal' for marriage.", "descriptionProcessing": "- We have extracted the data from the official [Equaldex JSON API](https://equaldex.stoplight.io/docs/equaldex/d033e28a5cf0c-equaldex-json-api).\n- We combine the historical and current data extracted from the API to create a time series.\n- If Equaldex doesn't record when a status began, we only include it for the most recent year \u2014 we don't extend it backward.\n- We group some of the categories the source has defined for each issue, for further clarity in our visualizations.\n- We present this data only for sovereign states, defined by [Butcher and Griffiths (2020)](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/sovereign-state-butcher-griffiths), using the definitions of the latest year available. Greenland is the one exception: we keep it as its own country row but exclude it from regional aggregates.", "type": "int", "dataChecksum": "1956844992243160328", "metadataChecksum": "-5974044276929814664", "datasetName": "Equaldex", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2026-05-14", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "countries", "tolerance": 0, "numDecimalPlaces": 0}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "major", "presentation": {"titlePublic": "Marriage - Legal (Count)", "attributionShort": "Equaldex", "topicTagsLinks": ["LGBT+ Rights", "Human Rights"]}, "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1950}, {"id": 1951}, {"id": 1952}, {"id": 1953}, {"id": 1954}, {"id": 1955}, {"id": 1956}, {"id": 1957}, {"id": 1958}, {"id": 1959}, {"id": 1960}, {"id": 1961}, {"id": 1962}, {"id": 1963}, {"id": 1964}, {"id": 1965}, {"id": 1966}, {"id": 1967}, {"id": 1968}, {"id": 1969}, {"id": 1970}, {"id": 1971}, {"id": 1972}, {"id": 1973}, {"id": 1974}, {"id": 1975}, {"id": 1976}, {"id": 1977}, {"id": 1978}, {"id": 1979}, {"id": 1980}, {"id": 1981}, {"id": 1982}, {"id": 1983}, {"id": 1984}, {"id": 1985}, {"id": 1986}, {"id": 1987}, {"id": 1988}, {"id": 1989}, {"id": 1990}, {"id": 1991}, {"id": 1992}, {"id": 1993}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"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}, {"id": 2026}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 273, "name": "Africa", "code": "OWID_AFR"}, {"id": 275, "name": "Asia", "code": "OWID_ASI"}, {"id": 276, "name": "Europe", "code": "OWID_EUR"}, {"id": 457, "name": "High-income countries", "code": "OWID_HIC"}, {"id": 461, "name": "Low-income countries", "code": "OWID_LIC"}, {"id": 460, "name": "Lower-middle-income countries", "code": "OWID_LMC"}, {"id": 294, "name": "North America", "code": "OWID_NAM"}, {"id": 277, "name": "Oceania", "code": "OWID_OCE"}, {"id": 295, "name": "South America", "code": "OWID_SAM"}, {"id": 459, "name": "Upper-middle-income countries", "code": "OWID_UMC"}, {"id": 355, "name": "World", "code": "OWID_WRL"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 15206, "titleSnapshot": "Equaldex - Historical data", "title": "Equaldex", "description": "Equaldex is a collaborative knowledge base for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) movement. The site aims to crowdsource every law related to LGBT rights to provide a comprehensive and global view of the LGBT rights movement.", "producer": "Equaldex", "citationFull": "LGBT Rights by Country & Travel Guide | Equaldex. (2026). https://www.equaldex.com/", "urlMain": "https://www.equaldex.com/", "dateAccessed": "2026-05-15", "datePublished": "2026", "license": {"url": "https://www.equaldex.com/terms", "name": "Equaldex Terms and Conditions of Use"}}]}