"Should society accept homosexuality?"

May–October, 2019
Date
34
Regions Surveyed


Full Survey Results

Pew Research Center surveyed 38,426 people in 34 countries in 2019 about their acceptance of homosexuality. Survey participants were asked "And which one of these comes closer to your opinion?" and were able to select "Homosexuality should be accepted by society" or "Homosexuality should not be accepted by society". The percentage missing on Equaldex's visualization of this data represents the participants who answered "Don't Know" or refused to answer.

Question: "Should society accept homosexuality?"

No
Yes
Survey Average
38.5%
52.7%
  1. 1. Sweden
    5%
    94%
  2. 8%
    92%
  3. 3. Spain
    10%
    89%
  4. 4. Germany
    11%
    86%
  5. 5. France
    11%
    86%
  6. 11%
    86%
  7. 7. Canada
    10%
    85%
  8. 14%
    81%
  9. 19%
    76%
  10. 10. Italy
    20%
    75%
  11. 21%
    72%
  12. 24%
    73%
  13. 13. Japan
    22%
    68%
  14. 14. Mexico
    24%
    69%
  15. 15. Brazil
    23%
    67%
  16. 26%
    59%
  17. 38%
    54%
  18. 18. Hungary
    39%
    49%
  19. 19. Poland
    42%
    47%
  20. 20. Israel
    45%
    47%
  21. 21. Greece
    47%
    48%
  22. 22. India
    37%
    37%
  23. 23. Slovakia
    46%
    44%
  24. 53%
    44%
  25. 25. Bulgaria
    48%
    32%
  26. 26. Lithuania
    45%
    28%
  27. 27. Turkey
    57%
    25%
  28. 28. Ukraine
    69%
    14%
  29. 29. Russia
    74%
    14%
  30. 30. Tunisia
    72%
    9%
  31. 31. Kenya
    83%
    14%
  32. 32. Indonesia
    80%
    9%
  33. 33. Lebanon
    85%
    13%
  34. 34. Nigeria
    91%
    7%

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).