Liechtenstein

2025

2022

2018

The highest possible score for a country is 100, and the lowest is -15. You can expand the different sections below to understand how the score was calculated for each indicator.

Indicator scores

Anti-Discrimination Legislation Applicable to Education

/10

Sexual orientation

Gender identity and expression

Sex characteristics (intersex)

Anti-LGBTQI Measures

There have been no legislative changes in Liechtenstein since 2022 that relate to education and SOGIGESC issues.

Liechtenstein still has no anti-discrimination legislation in place that would cover education and SOGIGESC issues. The Penal Code prohibits hate speech and discriminatory actions, such as refusing to provide services, only on the ground of sexual orientation and not on GIGESC grounds (2016, Section 283, para. 1). As part of its third Universal Periodic Review, Liechtenstein received recommendations in 2018 to remedy the legal gap.

Policies and Action Plans

/10

Sexual orientation

Gender identity and expression

Sex characteristics (intersex)

No anti-bullying policy or national action plan: 0/10 | Anti-bullying policy or national action plan covering one ground of discrimination: 5/10 | Two grounds: 7.5/10 | Three grounds: 10/10

There are no national policies or action plans to tackle anti-LGBTQI bullying or promote LGBTQI inclusion.

In 2020, local NGOs had their first coordination meeting focusing on LGBTQI youth issues. The meeting brought together local LGBTQI organisation FLAY alongside other NGOs, youth workers, school social workers, and other key experts. The coalition decided on its priorities, including advocacy work to urge the government to collect data on the situation of LGBTQI young people, raise awareness, and make the national curriculum more inclusive.

Inclusive Compulsory Education Curricula

/10

Sexual orientation

Gender identity and expression

Sex characteristics (intersex)

No evidence of compulsory national curricula inclusive of LGBTQI people: 0/10 | The compulsory national curricula includes representation of one ground of discrimination: 5/10 | Two grounds: 7.5/10 | Three grounds: 10/10

The national curriculum does not include references to SOGIGESC issues. It does include sex education, but it is up to the discretion of each individual school and teacher whether and how they cover SOGIGESC issues.

The Institute for Sexual Questions and HIV Prevention, a special government service, offers workshops, courses and personal advice to learners, as well as information and advice to their parents, especially in connection with questions or matters regarding sexual orientation.

Liechtenstein continues to have no mandatory human rights curricula that are inclusive of SOGIGESC.

There is a formal agreement between the Catholic Church (State Church) and the State of Liechtenstein concerning instruction in religion in public schools, according to which the Church sets the curriculum in religion and selects the teaching materials. Civil society representatives have criticised some of these teaching materials for including LGBTQI-phobic content. ECRI has invited the Liechtenstein authorities to remain highly vigilant as to the potential presence of LGBTQI-phobic content in teaching materials provided in the context of curricula in religion and to take any necessary action, through appropriate channels.

Mandatory Teacher Training on LGBTQI Inclusion

/10

Sexual orientation

Gender identity and expression

Sex characteristics (intersex)

No mention of SOGIGESC in the mandatory teacher training programme: 0/10 Mandatory teacher training program with mention of one ground of discrimination: 5/10 | Two grounds: 7.5/10 | Three grounds: 10/10

There is currently no mandatory teacher training on LGBTQI awareness.

School Environment and Partnerships

/10

Sexual orientation

Gender identity and expression

Sex characteristics (intersex)

Hostile environment

Hostile school environment and no government partnership with civil society: -5/10 | There is no evidence of the government providing funding or working in partnership with civil society: 0/10 | The government provides funding and works in partnership with civil society to promote inclusive education for one ground of discrimination: 5/10 | Two grounds: 7.5/10 | Three grounds: 10/10

Attitudes over the past years have improved towards LGBT people, as noted by ECRI in 2018.

There is no information available about LGBTQI-specific extracurricular activities taking place in schools.

Based on the above information, it would appear that the government does not provide funding, nor does it actively work in partnership with NGOs to promote LGBTQI inclusive education.

Legal Gender Recognition

/10

Legal gender recognition without self-determination

Legal gender recognition with self-determination (over 16)

Legal gender recognition with self-determination (under 16)

No gender recognition provisions: 0/10 | There are laws and provisions, but with legal/medical/psychological approval: 5/10 | There are laws for self-determination, but only for those over 16 years of age: 7,5/10 | There are laws on gender self-determination, including those under 16 years of age: 10/10

There is an administrative procedure in place for legal gender recognition, but not on the basis of self-determination. In 2020, the Ministry of Interior stated in an LGR case that the applicant does not need to have undergone hormone therapy. However, the procedure is not set out in law, so LGR practice can be inconsistent. LGR is not available to minors and does not offer non-binary options.

No information is available about policies or practices allowing trans students to use their correct name and gender in schools.

Data Collection on Bullying and Harassment

/10

Sexual orientation

Gender identity and expression

Sex characteristics (intersex)

There is no evidence of national or regional data collection on bullying and harassment in education environments, or SO, GIGE and SC are not specifically mentioned: 0/10 | National or regional data on bullying and harassment in education environments is collected and disaggregated for one ground of discrimination: 5/10 | Two grounds: 7.5/10 | Three grounds: 10/10

There is no data collection conducted by the state on LGBTQI students’ experiences. The civil society coalition on LGBTQI youth issues marked this as a key priority they want the state to focus on.

Support Systems for LGBTQI Young People

/10

Sexual orientation

Gender identity and expression

Sex characteristics (intersex)

There is no evidence of support systems specifically designed for LGBTQI learners: 0/10 | Direct or indirect support systems are provided by schools or local authorities, but the providers lack training in LGBTQI-related issues: 0/10 | Direct or indirect support systems are provided by schools or local authorities for one ground of discrimination: 5/10 | Two grounds: 7.5/10 | Three grounds: 10/10

There are no mandatory support systems in place in schools. However, every school is supported by school social workers, who have been active in tackling anti-LGBTQI bullying and also in counseling LGBTQI learners. Some also attended the coordination meeting on LGBTQI youth issues (see above).

The Institute for Sexual Questions and HIV Prevention, a special government service, can support students in and schools in situations of bias-motivated bullying based on SOGIGE.

Information and Guidelines

/10

Sexual orientation

Gender identity and expression

Sex characteristics (intersex)

Anti-LGBTQI Measures

Policies prohibiting the presence of LGBTQI-related information are in place: -5/10 | Schools are not required to adopt inclusive education guidelines: 0/10 | Information or guidelines for LGBTQI inclusion adopted by schools that mention one ground of discrimination: 5/10 | Two grounds: 7.5/10 | Three grounds: 10/10

No relevant guidelines are in place for teachers, staff, LGBTQI learners and their parents.

International Commitments

/10

Member of the European Governmental LGBTI Focal Points Network

Ratified the UNESCO Ministerial Call to Action

Neither Member in the EFPN or ratification of the UNESCO Call for Action: 0/10 | Member of the EFPN or ratification of the UNESCO Call for Action: 5/10 | Member of the EFPN and ratification of the UNESCO Call for Action: 10/10

Liechtenstein is a States Party to six of the nine core UN treaties, including the ICESCR, which enshrines the right to education. Liechtenstein is not a member of the European Governmental LGBTI Focal Points Network (as of November 2020), but has signed the 2016 UNESCO Call for Action.

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Grounds of discrimination

Here is the country's score for each ground of discrimination on which we based our observations for 8 of the 10 indicators presented above.

Sexual orientation

Gender identity and expression

Sex characteristics (intersex)

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Country score evolution

2025

/100

2022

/100

2018

/100

To enable a meaningful comparison of country progress over time, we have retroactively aligned the scoring systems used in the 2018 and 2022 Editions of IGLYO’s LGBTQI Inclusive Education Index with the updated 2025 scoring criteria. While each edition of the research has built on the previous one, reflecting evolving standards and priorities in inclusive education, minor changes to indicators and scoring weights were introduced in 2022 and 2025 to improve clarity, consistency, and comprehensiveness.
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By recalculating the earlier scores according to the 2025 framework, we have tried to ensure comparability across all three editions and provide a more accurate picture of progress, stagnation, or regression in each country’s approach to LGBTQI-inclusive education. For this reason, you might find some scores in the PDF Report & Index 2018 and 2022 differing from those on the Education website for these two years.

Good practices

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