Support for the right of gay and lesbian people to live freely

Source
European Social Survey
Date
2020
Regions Surveyed
31
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Full Survey Results

The European Social Survey (ESS) is a cross-national survey that covers dozens of European and surrounding regions. Their surveys cover a variety of societal topics, including several questions around gay rights.

Question: "Please say to what extent you agree or disagree with each of the following statements: Gay men and lesbians should be free to live their own life as they wish."

Disagree
Agree
Survey Average (Unweighted)
14.2%
70.4%
  1. 0.6%
    96.7%
  2. 1.6%
    95.9%
  3. 3. Norway
    2.5%
    93.9%
  4. 1.9%
    92.1%
  5. 5. Sweden
    2.3%
    91.7%
  6. 2.3%
    90.7%
  7. 3.7%
    91.7%
  8. 8. Spain
    2.1%
    88.8%
  9. 3.6%
    89.4%
  10. 10. Austria
    4.3%
    89.5%
  11. 11. France
    4.8%
    89.2%
  12. 4.6%
    86.1%
  13. 5.1%
    86.4%
  14. 14. Finland
    5.3%
    86.1%
  15. 15. Italy
    8.1%
    74.4%
  16. 13.1%
    72.7%
  17. 17. Cyprus
    9.5%
    67.3%
  18. 18. Greece
    16%
    68.2%
  19. 19. Estonia
    14.7%
    65.3%
  20. 20. Poland
    13.2%
    63.6%
  21. 21. Czechia
    14.2%
    60.6%
  22. 22. Latvia
    21.1%
    53%
  23. 24.6%
    51.5%
  24. 24. Israel
    28.1%
    55%
  25. 25. Croatia
    28.4%
    53.9%
  26. 26. Hungary
    23.8%
    47.5%
  27. 28%
    45.6%
  28. 28. Serbia
    27%
    40.9%
  29. 33.2%
    41.3%
  30. 33.9%
    29.6%
  31. 59.5%
    24.7%

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).

Submitted by UnknownMiles