Discrimination due to religion and attire by origin Spain 2020

According to a survey carried out in Spain in 2020, Maghrebis experienced the most discrimination due to their religion or clothing (such as the veil), with 56 percent. In the same year, 45 percent of people of Indo-Pakistani origin also reported being victim of religious discrimination.

Share of people who experienced discrimination based on religion and clothing in Spain in 2020, by ethnicity or region of origin

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Maghrebian	56%
Indo-Pakistani	45%
Romani	42%
Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latin	28%
Non-Mediterranean African	25%
East Asian	24%
Andean	20%
East European	11%
Total	33%

Loading statistic...

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Source

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

December 2020

More information

Region

Spain

Survey time period

2020

Number of respondents

499 respondents

Supplementary notes

The survey includes people of foreign citizenship from Africa, America and Asia, African, Afro-descendants, and Arab people who reside in Spain as well as the children of those who recently arrived to Spain regardless of the children's citizenship, and Romanis in Spain.

Citation formats