Full Survey Results
In 2016 and 2017, AmericasBarometer surveyed people in North and South America about a range of topics, including same-sex marriage. Participants were asked to rank their answer on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "strongly disapprove" and 10 being "strongly approve." Equaldex categories all responses from 1-5 as "disapprove" and all responses from 6-10 as "approve."
Question: "How strongly do you approve or disapprove of same-sex couples having the right to marry?"
Disapprove
Approve
- 1. Canada24%76%
- 2. Uruguay25%75%
- 3. Argentina35%65%
- 39%61%
- 5. Chile41%59%
- 6. Brazil48%52%
- 7. Mexico49%51%
- 8. Venezuela61%39%
- 9. Costa Rica65%35%
- 10. Bolivia65%35%
- 11. Colombia66%34%
- 12. Ecuador67%33%
- 13. Peru72%28%
- 73%27%
- 15. Paraguay74%26%
- 16. Nicaragua76%25%
- 17. Guatemala77%23%
- 18. Panama78%22%
- 19. Honduras79%21%
- 20. Guyana79%21%
- 21. El Salvador81%19%
- 22. Jamaica84%16%
- 88%12%
- 24. Grenada88%12%
- 25. Saint Lucia89%11%
- 26. Dominica90%10%
- 91%9%
- 28. Haiti95%5%
- 96%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).