Australia vs Japan: Share of people who think homosexuality is never or rarely justified
Australia
16.7%
in 2022
Japan
17.9%
in 2022
Australia rank
30th
Japan rank
29th
Share of people who think homosexuality is never or rarely justified over time
- Australia
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 17.9% against 16.7% in Australia, a difference of 1.2%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 30th and Japan ranks 29th of 38 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 55.0% | 65.3% | 10.3% | Japan |
| 1990s | 43.0% | 56.8% | 13.8% | Japan |
| 2010s | 26.6% | 34.9% | 8.3% | Japan |
| 2020s | 16.7% | 17.9% | 1.2% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of people who think homosexuality is never or rarely justified, Australia or Japan?
- Japan, at 17.9% against 16.7% in Australia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in share of people who think homosexuality is never or rarely justified between Australia and Japan?
- 1.2%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Japan?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2022.
- How do Australia and Japan rank globally for share of people who think homosexuality is never or rarely justified?
- Australia ranks 30th and Japan ranks 29th of 38 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of people who think homosexuality is never or rarely justified. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
% of respondents replying 1 to 4 in a scale from 1 to 10 when asked "Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between, using this card", when the statement was "Homosexuality". In the scale, 1 means "never justifiable" and 10 means "always justifiable".