Explore more: Perception of local area as a good place for gay people
Full Survey Results
In 2013, Gallup interviewed individuals from most countries around the world, asking questions about a series of topics. Participants were asked if their city or area is a "good place" for gay or lesbian people to live. The sample size of each country consisted of about 1,000 individuals age 15 and above. Equaldex excludes the percentage of respondents who refused to anwswer or answered "don't know."
Question: "Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place for homosexuals?"
Not a good place
Good place
Survey Average (Unweighted)
54%
29.2%
- 1. Iceland
4%82% - 2. Netherlands
11%83% - 3. Canada
12%80% - 11%77%
- 5. Spain
14%79% - 6. Belgium
12%74% - 7. Australia
10%72% - 8. Sweden
8%69% - 9. Ireland
14%75% - 10. Denmark
9%70% - 11. Malta
12%72% - 12. New Zealand
10%69% - 13. Uruguay
17%71% - 14. United States
22%70% - 15. France
14%59% - 16. Finland
21%65% - 17. Brazil
24%68% - 18. Argentina
25%68% - 19. Germany
24%62% - 20. Italy
30%63% - 21. Costa Rica
33%61% - 22. Austria
28%56% - 23. Nepal
28%52% - 24. Portugal
29%53% - 25. Mexico
32%53% - 26. Nicaragua
34%54% - 27. Philippines
38%58% - 28. Luxembourg
30%50% - 29. Chile
38%52% - 30. Ecuador
40%52% - 31. Hungary
24%32% - 32. Colombia
43%50% - 33. Czechia
33%39% - 34. Venezuela
43%47% - 35. Panama
45%45% - 36. South Africa
51%49% - 37. Taiwan
42%39% - 38. Slovakia
36%32% - 39. Slovenia
44%40% - 40. Paraguay
48%44% - 41. El Salvador
50%44% - 42. Bulgaria
34%27% - 43. Bangladesh
28%19% - 44. Israel
49%38% - 45. Japan
39%28% - 46. Estonia
41%27% - 47. Syria
51%36% - 48. Cyprus
50%34% - 49. India
43%26% - 50. Vietnam
41%21% - 51. Peru
55%35% - 49%27%
- 53. Sri Lanka
30%6% - 54. Latvia
45%20% - 55. Bolivia
58%31% - 56. Lithuania
48%20% - 57. Croatia
48%18% - 58. Belarus
41%11% - 59. Thailand
52%21% - 63%32%
- 61. Romania
52%19% - 62. Honduras
60%27% - 63. Poland
54%21% - 64. Cambodia
63%29% - 65. Myanmar
58%23% - 66. Russia
48%12% - 67. Guatemala
65%29% - 68. Greece
61%24% - 69. China
53%14% - 70. South Korea
57%18% - 71. Kazakhstan
49%9% - 72. Mongolia
48%6% - 73. Ukraine
53%11% - 74. Montenegro
68%20% - 75. Angola
66%17% - 76. Botswana
73%23% - 77. Kyrgyzstan
55%3% - 78. Haiti
69%15% - 79. Turkey
68%11% - 80. Tunisia
62%4% - 81. Serbia
70%11% - 70%10%
- 83. Jamaica
70%10% - 84. North Macedonia
73%12% - 76%11%
- 86. Azerbaijan
70%3% - 87. Albania
71%3% - 88. Lebanon
81%12% - 89. Liberia
74%5% - 90. Moldova
78%7% - 91. Kenya
83%11% - 92. Georgia
76%4% - 93. Sierra Leone
80%8% - 94. Palestine
80%6% - 95. Ethiopia
77%2% - 96. Cameroon
84%8% - 97. Armenia
81%4% - 98. Zimbabwe
82%5% - 99. Zambia
87%10% - 100. Madagascar
86%9% - 101. Malaysia
87%10% - 102. Indonesia
82%2% - 103. Tanzania
89%9% - 104. Guinea
89%6% - 105. Rwanda
90%6% - 106. Mauritania
91%5% - 107. Côte d’Ivoire
90%4% - 108. Benin
91%4% - 109. Afghanistan
89%2% - 110. Pakistan
90%1% - 111. Ghana
92%3% - 112. Burkina Faso
94%5% - 113. Gabon
95%5% - 114. Chad
94%3% - 115. Niger
95%4% - 116. Malawi
96%3% - 117. Mali
95%2% - 118. Uganda
95%2% - 119. Senegal
98%1%
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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