Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors

Source
Afrobarometer
Date
2019-2021
Regions Surveyed
34
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Full Survey Results

Afrobarometer, a pan-African, nonpartisan survey research network surveyed dozens of African countries regarding various social, economic, and pollical questions. Among the questions was one question about having homosexuals as neighbors. Responses combined here are: “would strongly dislike” and “would somewhat dislike”. Because of the number of countries surveyed, the survey periods varied by countries, ranging from 2019 to 2021.

Question: "For each of the following types of people, please tell me whether you would like having people from this group as neighbours, dislike it, or not care: Homosexuals?"

Oppose
Tolerate
Survey Average (Unweighted)
76.7%
21.5%
  1. 17.6%
    81.7%
  2. 27.6%
    70.6%
  3. 34.8%
    64%
  4. 35.5%
    58.8%
  5. 45.7%
    50.5%
  6. 49.6%
    50%
  7. 7. Angola
    55%
    37.4%
  8. 72.8%
    26.4%
  9. 74.6%
    24%
  10. 10. Tunisia
    73.4%
    14%
  11. 11. Sudan
    79.1%
    19%
  12. 12. Nigeria
    79.6%
    17.4%
  13. 13. Gabon
    81.1%
    18.9%
  14. 80.7%
    18.5%
  15. 15. Morocco
    82%
    17.5%
  16. 82.4%
    17.3%
  17. 17. Benin
    85.2%
    14.4%
  18. 84.9%
    13.9%
  19. 19. Togo
    86.6%
    12.4%
  20. 87.5%
    12%
  21. 21. Kenya
    86.3%
    9.9%
  22. 91%
    8.5%
  23. 23. Uganda
    91%
    7.5%
  24. 24. Niger
    92%
    7.9%
  25. 88.1%
    2.9%
  26. 92%
    6.7%
  27. 27. Zambia
    92.6%
    7.1%
  28. 28. Guinea
    92.7%
    7.2%
  29. 29. Malawi
    92.7%
    7%
  30. 30. Ghana
    92.7%
    6.7%
  31. 31. Liberia
    93.6%
    6.2%
  32. 32. Mali
    93.9%
    6%
  33. 33. Gambia
    95.1%
    4.8%
  34. 34. Senegal
    97.5%
    2.2%

Regions are ranked by the percentage of "support" responses out of the total responses (excluding participants who answered "don't know" or refused to answer).

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