Explore more: Support for same-sex marriage
Full Survey Results
Between April 18th to June 20th, 2014, The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intesex Association (ILGA) and the RIWI Corporation (RIWI) conducted a global survey on the public attitudes towards same-sex marriage. The survey consisted of 51,700 Web users in 51 countries. "Don't Know" responses are omitted. The report was published on May 13, 2015.
Question: "Should same-sex marriage be legal?"
No
Yes
Survey Average (Unweighted)
45.7%
33.1%
- 1. Spain
22%58% - 2. Canada
29%53% - 3. New Zealand
31%55% - 4. Portugal
25%49% - 5. Ireland
29%52% - 6. Germany
29%51% - 7. Austria
32%52% - 30%49%
- 9. Switzerland
30%48% - 10. Argentina
34%49% - 11. Mexico
32%47% - 12. United States
33%45% - 13. China
34%38% - 14. Australia
38%42% - 15. France
37%38% - 16. Japan
30%28% - 17. Israel
41%39% - 18. Brazil
41%37% - 19. South Korea
36%32% - 20. Italy
42%38% - 21. Chile
44%36% - 22. Algeria
39%28% - 23. India
44%33% - 24. Egypt
41%28% - 25. Colombia
47%34% - 26. Sudan
43%29% - 27. Morocco
46%31% - 28. Malaysia
45%28% - 29. Saudi Arabia
43%26% - 30. South Africa
50%31% - 31. Pakistan
53%32% - 32. Philippines
49%28% - 52%31%
- 34. Venezuela
51%28% - 35. Peru
53%29% - 55%27%
- 37. Poland
54%25% - 38. Ecuador
56%25% - 55%24%
- 40. Syria
56%21% - 41. Kenya
64%27% - 42. Guatemala
61%23% - 43. Tunisia
62%18% - 44. Jamaica
64%13% - 45. Nigeria
69%18% - 46. Ukraine
66%13% - 47. Indonesia
73%14% - 48. Russia
73%11% - 49. Ghana
76%12%
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).
Submitted by danlev