this is a better human development indicator than HDI
eti400 on
Of all the more homophobic countries, South Korea stands out as being both not very religious and a democracy. Why is homosexuality so taboo there?
LightDrago on
Whoa, hats off to Japan for that massive improvement. Nigeria though **☠️**
Malvania on
Other than Nigeria, apparently, where they have actually increased
El_dorado_au on
Only one Muslim-majority country surveyed?
kathmhughes on
The disparity between Japan and South Korea is shocking. Damn.
BiBoFieTo on
Japan realized that all genitals look the same when they’re blurred out.
Scrung3 on
Crazy how views are much better in traditional Japan compared to USA.
SyrupyMolassesMMM on
China and Korea are SUPER homophobic. Had absolutely nfi….
Whats being openly homosexual in China like?
kathmhughes on
Would be nice to have more of Africa shown to better contextualize Nigeria.
cimmic on
This number is btw not telling how many people how homophobic views. A person can easily have many homophobic views without necessary agreeing that “Homosexuality can never or rarely be justified”. So even though the trend is going in a positive direction, it doesn’t mean that e.g. only 7% of people in Denmark are homophobes.
zavolex on
Once again, I searched after Belgium in vain 😂 maybe a lack of data
sophtine on
“homosexuality can never or rarely be justified” like I need a reason 😂
MAClaymore on
I’d like to see Ireland on this. During the ’70s and ’80s I’ve heard it was basically Handmaid’s Tale, at least on this issue. And now Dublin is being advertised as a gay mecca
elcolerico on
Türkiye was probably less homophobic towards the end of the 1990s. Even Erdoğan, the islamist leader of Türkiye since 2001, had some interviews where he said “We will defend the LGBT rights too” at around 2000. Now he is one of the main enemies of homosexuality.
scriptingends on
I would like to see the stats for other African nations, not just Nigeria (and the Middle East, too). Since that’s pretty much the only region in the world where the population is still growing, a larger share of the world’s population is going to feel the way people feel there.
Dicethrower on
Netherlands 21% in 1993 definitely didn’t apply to the bible belt area where I grew up.
My best friend growing up was gay and everyone in his environment told him he wasn’t acceptable. His parents, sisters, and teachers all told him he needed to find a way to change if he didn’t want to be hated by society.
He was one of, if not the, smartest kid in class. Last time I heard about him he’s been going in and out of therapy dealing with depression, has a bit of a shitty job not reflecting his academic potential, and generally is not having a nice life. His family ended up seeing the errors of their way and tried to make amends, arguing that they were only looking out for him, but imo a destroyed childhood is a destroyed childhood.
fusedparticiple on
It’s good to see evidence of dinosaurs dying out.
saljskanetilldanmark on
The reason why Estonia can’t into nordics.
lastlaughlane1 on
Still quite depressing that in 2025, 1 in 5 peoples in France, and 1 in 4 people in Italy, have homophobic views.
LastoftheSummerWine on
I’m surprised that Spain made such a small gain, given that they were so accepting in the first poll.
Finbarr-Galedeep on
Every Russian I’ve ever met has brought up their extremely homophobic views completely unprompted.
petawmakria on
Considering around 10% of people in the world are some sort of LGBT, even some LGBT people are homophobic in Nigeria
pickledswimmingpool on
west coded countries leading the way
PricklePete on
Imagine that. Being in the right side of history isn’t difficult.
SteveBored on
The comments here are hilarious. Are people just learning that western countries are actually super tolerant and far less bigoted than the norm?
sharrrper on
I was on the wrong side of this growing up in a hyper-conservative part of America. I don’t recall a specific moment, but somewhere around the early 2000s I realized I was the problem not the gay guys.
It is possible to change minds. Some minds at least.
![[OC] Homophobic views have declined around the world](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/degvfyp9wdif1-1078x1536.png "[OC] Homophobic views have declined around the world")
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Source: [Our world in Data](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-people-who-think-homosexuality-is-never-justified?time=latest&globe=1&globeRotation=45.85%2C24.95&globeZoom=2.5#sources-and-processing)
Tools: [Datawrapper ](https://www.datawrapper.de/)
this is a better human development indicator than HDI
Of all the more homophobic countries, South Korea stands out as being both not very religious and a democracy. Why is homosexuality so taboo there?
Whoa, hats off to Japan for that massive improvement. Nigeria though **☠️**
Other than Nigeria, apparently, where they have actually increased
Only one Muslim-majority country surveyed?
The disparity between Japan and South Korea is shocking. Damn.
Japan realized that all genitals look the same when they’re blurred out.
Crazy how views are much better in traditional Japan compared to USA.
China and Korea are SUPER homophobic. Had absolutely nfi….
Whats being openly homosexual in China like?
Would be nice to have more of Africa shown to better contextualize Nigeria.
This number is btw not telling how many people how homophobic views. A person can easily have many homophobic views without necessary agreeing that “Homosexuality can never or rarely be justified”. So even though the trend is going in a positive direction, it doesn’t mean that e.g. only 7% of people in Denmark are homophobes.
Once again, I searched after Belgium in vain 😂 maybe a lack of data
“homosexuality can never or rarely be justified” like I need a reason 😂
I’d like to see Ireland on this. During the ’70s and ’80s I’ve heard it was basically Handmaid’s Tale, at least on this issue. And now Dublin is being advertised as a gay mecca
Türkiye was probably less homophobic towards the end of the 1990s. Even Erdoğan, the islamist leader of Türkiye since 2001, had some interviews where he said “We will defend the LGBT rights too” at around 2000. Now he is one of the main enemies of homosexuality.
I would like to see the stats for other African nations, not just Nigeria (and the Middle East, too). Since that’s pretty much the only region in the world where the population is still growing, a larger share of the world’s population is going to feel the way people feel there.
Netherlands 21% in 1993 definitely didn’t apply to the bible belt area where I grew up.
My best friend growing up was gay and everyone in his environment told him he wasn’t acceptable. His parents, sisters, and teachers all told him he needed to find a way to change if he didn’t want to be hated by society.
He was one of, if not the, smartest kid in class. Last time I heard about him he’s been going in and out of therapy dealing with depression, has a bit of a shitty job not reflecting his academic potential, and generally is not having a nice life. His family ended up seeing the errors of their way and tried to make amends, arguing that they were only looking out for him, but imo a destroyed childhood is a destroyed childhood.
It’s good to see evidence of dinosaurs dying out.
The reason why Estonia can’t into nordics.
Still quite depressing that in 2025, 1 in 5 peoples in France, and 1 in 4 people in Italy, have homophobic views.
I’m surprised that Spain made such a small gain, given that they were so accepting in the first poll.
Every Russian I’ve ever met has brought up their extremely homophobic views completely unprompted.
Considering around 10% of people in the world are some sort of LGBT, even some LGBT people are homophobic in Nigeria
west coded countries leading the way
Imagine that. Being in the right side of history isn’t difficult.
The comments here are hilarious. Are people just learning that western countries are actually super tolerant and far less bigoted than the norm?
I was on the wrong side of this growing up in a hyper-conservative part of America. I don’t recall a specific moment, but somewhere around the early 2000s I realized I was the problem not the gay guys.
It is possible to change minds. Some minds at least.