In a global survey conducted in 2021, three percent of respondents from 27 countries declared to be homosexual, gay, or lesbian. In India, for instance, nine percent, instead, identified as bisexual, representing the largest group of bisexual respondents among the 27 surveyed countries. Moreover, one percent of the interviewees said to be pansexual or omnisexual. Pansexuality describes people who feel attracted to other people regardless of their biological sex, gender, or gender identity, whereas omnisexuality refers to people attracted to people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
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Statistics on LGBTQ+ worldwide
Overview
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Acceptance
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- Premium Statistic Acceptance of homosexuality 2019, by country
- Premium Statistic Acceptance of homosexuality 2019, by country and by education
- Premium Statistic Global level of homosexuality acceptance 2013-2019, by country
- Premium Statistic Acceptance of homosexuality 2019, by political ideology
- Premium Statistic Acceptance of homosexuality 2019, by country and religion role
- Basic Statistic Share of Latin American and Caribbean countries supporting LGBTQ+ rights 2020
- Premium Statistic Arab respondents on homosexuality MENA 2019
- Basic Statistic Acceptance of homosexuality in Africa 2019, by country
Legal status
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- Basic Statistic Number of countries that criminalize homosexuality 2022
- Basic Statistic Number of countries that permit same-sex marriage 2022, by continent
- Basic Statistic Number of countries that permit same-sex marriage 2022, by legal procedure
- Basic Statistic Countries where same-sex acts between adults are legal 2020, by continent
- Basic Statistic Countries where same-sex acts in private are illegal 2020, by continent
- Basic Statistic Number of countries with bans against conversion therapy 2020, by continent
Coming out and equality
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- Premium Statistic Support for LGBT+ people worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Support for LGBT+ equality worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Engagement in activities involving or supporting LGBT+ people worldwide 2021
- Basic Statistic Coming out as gay, lesbian, or bisexual of family member or friends 2022, by country
- Basic Statistic Coming out as transgender or non-binary of family member or friends 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Levels of openness about being LGBTI in Europe 2019, by group
- Premium Statistic Levels of openness about being LGBTI in Europe 2019, by country
- Premium Statistic Opinions on rights of same-sex couples worldwide 2021, by country
LGBTQ+ tourism
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- Basic Statistic Best-rated countries in the Gay Travel Index 2021
- Premium Statistic Best-rated Latin American and Caribbean countries in the Gay Travel Index 2021
- Basic Statistic Best-rated African countries in the Gay Travel Index 2023
- Premium Statistic Top travel destinations in Europe among gay and bisexual men from the U.S. 2019
Further related statistics
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- Attitudes towards homosexuality in Latin America 2016, by country
- Attitudes toward LGBT persons in Russia 2021
- View on tension in society on gay rights claims in France 2019, by sexual orientation
- Approval rate of the legalization of same-sex marriages in Japan 2018, by gender
- Approval of the legalization of same-sex marriages in Japan 2018
- Approval of the legalization of same-sex marriages among LGBT people Japan 2018
- Opinion on sexual diversity support systems at work in Japan 2018
- Approval of the legalization of same-sex marriages among straight people Japan 2018
- Desire to understand LGBT topics in Japan 2018, by age group
- Awareness of the meaning of the term LGBT Japan 2018, by age group
- Opinion on more laws to eliminate LGBT discrimination in Japan 2018
- Degree of reticence towards coming out to work colleagues in Japan 2018
- Annual increase in atmospheric methane abundance worldwide 1985-2021
- COVID-19: tech industry's response to present-day business challenges 2020
- Distribution of scheduled maintenance in manufacturing industries 2017
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Statistics
- Attitudes towards homosexuality in Latin America 2016, by country
- Attitudes toward LGBT persons in Russia 2021
- View on tension in society on gay rights claims in France 2019, by sexual orientation
- Approval rate of the legalization of same-sex marriages in Japan 2018, by gender
- Approval of the legalization of same-sex marriages in Japan 2018
- Approval of the legalization of same-sex marriages among LGBT people Japan 2018
- Opinion on sexual diversity support systems at work in Japan 2018
- Approval of the legalization of same-sex marriages among straight people Japan 2018
- Desire to understand LGBT topics in Japan 2018, by age group
- Awareness of the meaning of the term LGBT Japan 2018, by age group
- Opinion on more laws to eliminate LGBT discrimination in Japan 2018
- Degree of reticence towards coming out to work colleagues in Japan 2018
- Annual increase in atmospheric methane abundance worldwide 1985-2021
- COVID-19: tech industry's response to present-day business challenges 2020
- Distribution of scheduled maintenance in manufacturing industries 2017
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Ipsos. "Which, if any, of the following would you identify as?." Chart. June 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270143/lgbt-identification-worldwide-country/
Ipsos. (2021). Which, if any, of the following would you identify as?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270143/lgbt-identification-worldwide-country/
Ipsos. "Which, If Any, of The following Would You Identify As?." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270143/lgbt-identification-worldwide-country/
Ipsos, Which, if any, of the following would you identify as? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270143/lgbt-identification-worldwide-country/ (last visited March 20, 2023)
Which, if any, of the following would you identify as? [Graph], Ipsos, June 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270143/lgbt-identification-worldwide-country/