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Daily Data InsightsMany countries have become much more supportive of same-sex relationships

Many countries have become much more supportive of same-sex relationships

Line chart showing the share of people who said they do not want homosexual neighbours. This has fallen in many countries in recent decades.

When I was born in 1993, one-third of people in the United Kingdom said they “would not want homosexual neighbors”. Today, that’s less than 5%.

As you can see in the chart, the acceptance of same-sex relationships has increased in many other countries, too. This data comes from the Integrated Values Survey.

Attitudes to homosexuality tend to be far more positive in Western Europe and North and South America than in other parts of the world. In many countries across Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, the majority of surveyed respondents still say they would not want homosexual neighbors.

Explore the data on attitudes to homosexuality across the world

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