Explore more: Perception of local area as a good place for gay people
Full Survey Results
Results are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews conducted from 2005 to 2007. Randomly selected sample sizes typically number 1,000 residents, aged 15 and older, in the countries polled. For results based on samples of this size, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum error attributable to sampling and other random effects is
Question: "Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place to live for gay or lesbian people?"
Not a good place
Good place
Survey Average (Unweighted)
49.3%
29%
- 1. Netherlands
9%83% - 2. Spain
12%79% - 3. New Zealand
10%70% - 4. Canada
16%75% - 5. Denmark
11%70% - 6. Sweden
10%68% - 7. Australia
10%67% - 8. Belgium
10%66% - 10%64%
- 10. Uruguay
19%71% - 11. France
11%63% - 12. Ireland
18%62% - 13. Norway
15%58% - 14. United States
26%65% - 15. Germany
18%55% - 16. Switzerland
20%56% - 17. Finland
20%54% - 18. Cuba
20%54% - 19. Italy
26%51% - 20. Puerto Rico
31%54% - 21. Hong Kong
35%56% - 22. Argentina
32%51% - 23. Czechia
25%40% - 24. Nicaragua
38%52% - 25. Hungary
20%32% - 26. Brazil
35%46% - 27. Nepal
29%39% - 28. Philippines
41%51% - 29. Mexico
39%47% - 30. Portugal
30%36% - 31. Austria
29%34% - 32. Chile
42%47% - 33. Colombia
43%47% - 34. Latvia
33%33% - 35. Estonia
24%23% - 36. Bulgaria
27%26% - 37. Guatemala
48%44% - 38. Panama
46%40% - 39. Venezuela
48%42% - 40. Belarus
24%17% - 41. Singapore
44%35% - 42. Lithuania
35%24% - 43. South Africa
44%31% - 44. Slovakia
37%24% - 45. Greece
48%34% - 46. Russia
32%15% - 47. Taiwan
49%31% - 48. Ukraine
33%14% - 49. Paraguay
49%30% - 50. Laos
53%34% - 51. Cyprus
49%29% - 52. El Salvador
53%33% - 53. Slovenia
49%29% - 54. Sri Lanka
30%9% - 55. Costa Rica
53%32% - 56. Thailand
51%30% - 57. Honduras
56%35% - 58. Peru
52%29% - 59. Bolivia
52%27% - 60. Poland
50%23% - 61. Israel
56%27% - 62. Moldova
48%18% - 63. Romania
49%19% - 64. Croatia
53%23% - 65. Ecuador
63%31% - 66. Serbia
55%22% - 67. Turkey
57%24% - 68. Botswana
59%26% - 69. Angola
49%16% - 70. South Korea
54%15% - 71. Lebanon
64%25% - 72. Cambodia
62%23% - 66%24%
- 74. Ethiopia
51%9% - 75. Azerbaijan
47%2% - 76. Albania
54%7% - 77. Montenegro
64%15% - 78. Benin
67%17% - 79. Afghanistan
56%5% - 68%17%
- 81. Burundi
67%14% - 82. Haiti
67%13% - 83. Tanzania
60%5% - 84. Rwanda
67%10% - 85. North Macedonia
73%15% - 86. Georgia
63%5% - 70%10%
- 88. Nigeria
72%12% - 89. Kosovo
66%6% - 90. Chad
75%14% - 91. Vietnam
67%6% - 92. Kenya
69%6% - 93. Kyrgyzstan
70%6% - 94. Malaysia
74%10% - 95. Jamaica
70%6% - 96. Mali
78%13% - 97. Indonesia
71%5% - 98. Sierra Leone
83%15% - 99. Armenia
75%6% - 100. Burkina Faso
77%8% - 101. Uganda
75%5% - 102. Senegal
76%6% - 103. Ghana
79%9% - 104. Palestine
79%7% - 105. Zambia
80%7% - 106. Togo
83%9% - 107. Cameroon
84%7% - 108. Mozambique
85%8% - 109. Madagascar
84%6% - 110. Malawi
87%8% - 111. Niger
90%7% - 112. Zimbabwe
92%3% - 113. Mauritania
94%4%
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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