Share of people who think homosexuality is never justified by country

Countries reporting
38
Highest
95.95
Nigeria
Lowest
3.99
Iceland
Median
36.12
Years covered
39
1984–2022
Data points
220

What the numbers show

Share of people who think homosexuality is never justified is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 95.95 in Nigeria; the lowest is 3.99 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 36.12, and the mean is 41.9.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 22.4%), and the largest decrease in Netherlands (down 61.6%).

Share of people who think homosexuality is never justified: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 95.95 2022 up 3.5% flat
2 Türkiye 84.05 2022 down 6.7% falling
3 China 82.76 2022 up 6.8% falling
4 Romania 77.77 2022 up 0.3% falling
5 Belarus 76.97 2022 up 5.1% flat
6 Russian Federation 75.47 2022 up 3.1% falling
7 Republic of Korea 72.77 2022 down 0.9% falling
8 Bulgaria 70.54 2022 up 22.4% falling
9 Lithuania 69.47 2022 down 11.7% falling
10 Ukraine 67.79 2022 down 10.2% flat
11 India 65.23 2022 up 13.6% falling
12 Latvia 62.01 2022 down 16.7% falling
13 Hungary 57.95 2022 down 2.5% falling
14 Poland 56.1 2022 down 16.3% falling
15 Estonia 53.47 2022 down 29.6% falling
16 South Africa 52.76 2014 down 18.8% falling
17 Mexico 47.78 2022 up 7.9% falling
18 Chile 40.11 2022 up 2.4% falling
19 Slovakia 36.38 2022 down 3.9% falling
20 Brazil 35.87 2022 down 24.5% falling
21 Slovenia 35.63 2022 down 26.6% falling
22 United States of America 28.09 2022 down 35.1% falling
23 Italy 27.06 2022 down 54.4% falling
24 Argentina 25 2022 down 25.1% falling
25 Czechia 23.81 2022 down 44.9% falling
26 Finland 20.4 2022 down 31.4% falling
27 France 20.23 2022 down 23.7% falling
28 Spain 19.08 2022 down 16.3% volatile
29 Japan 17.89 2022 down 52.9% falling
30 Australia 16.7 2022 down 49.1% falling
31 Germany 14.83 2022 down 49.1% falling
32 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.55 2022 down 56.1% falling
33 Canada 11.41 2022 down 59.7% falling
34 Norway 10.5 2022 down 38.1% volatile
35 Sweden 8.71 2022 down 29.8% volatile
36 Denmark 6.83 2022 down 61.2% volatile
37 Netherlands 6.17 2022 down 61.6% falling
38 Iceland 3.99 2022 down 56.8% volatile

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Indicator
Share of people who think homosexuality is never justified
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
38 places, 220 data points, 1984–2022
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