Worldwide, about five in 10 respondents support companies and brands actively promoting equality for LGBT people. In a global survey conducted in 2021, 47 percent of respondents stated this. In addition, 55 percent of interviewees supported laws banning discrimination against LGBT people when it comes to employment, access to education, housing and social services, and similar.
Support for LGBT+ people's equality worldwide as of 2021
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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 2021, 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 2021
- 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
- Poll on the level of openness about being LGBTI in Hungary 2019
- Share of people avoiding holding same-sex partner's hands in public in Hungary 2019
- Poll on government's combating intolerance against LGBTI people in Hungary 2019
- Attitudes toward LGBT persons in Russia 2021
- American men and women who identify as homosexual, bisexual, or transgender, by state
- Share of LGBT people who have been discriminated against in France 2019, by context
- Opinions on gender 'X' on identity documents in the Netherlands 2018
- Opinions on transgender people marrying persons of their birth sex Japan 2017
- Opinions among Japanese whether transgender people have a form of mental illness 2017
- Opinion on transgender people in Japan 2017
- Proximity to transgender people in Japan 2017
- Opinions on whether transgender people hold a special place in Japanese society 2017
- Opinions on whether Japanese society is more tolerant towards transgender people 2017
- Opinion on transgender people's rights in Japan 2017
- Ways consumers disposed of old or damaged clothing worldwide in 2018
- Emissions of Tata Chemicals FY 2019-2022, by type
- Antimicrobial coatings market revenue worldwide in 2022 and 2027
- Tipping influences for U.S. travelers as of June 2014
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- Attitudes towards homosexuality in Latin America 2016, by country
- Poll on the level of openness about being LGBTI in Hungary 2019
- Share of people avoiding holding same-sex partner's hands in public in Hungary 2019
- Poll on government's combating intolerance against LGBTI people in Hungary 2019
- Attitudes toward LGBT persons in Russia 2021
- American men and women who identify as homosexual, bisexual, or transgender, by state
- Share of LGBT people who have been discriminated against in France 2019, by context
- Opinions on gender 'X' on identity documents in the Netherlands 2018
- Opinions on transgender people marrying persons of their birth sex Japan 2017
- Opinions among Japanese whether transgender people have a form of mental illness 2017
- Opinion on transgender people in Japan 2017
- Proximity to transgender people in Japan 2017
- Opinions on whether transgender people hold a special place in Japanese society 2017
- Opinions on whether Japanese society is more tolerant towards transgender people 2017
- Opinion on transgender people's rights in Japan 2017
- Ways consumers disposed of old or damaged clothing worldwide in 2018
- Emissions of Tata Chemicals FY 2019-2022, by type
- Antimicrobial coatings market revenue worldwide in 2022 and 2027
- Tipping influences for U.S. travelers as of June 2014
Ipsos. (June 9, 2021). Support for LGBT+ people's equality worldwide as of 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270244/support-lgbt-equality-worldwide/
Ipsos. "Support for LGBT+ people's equality worldwide as of 2021." Chart. June 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270244/support-lgbt-equality-worldwide/
Ipsos. (2021). Support for LGBT+ people's equality worldwide as of 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270244/support-lgbt-equality-worldwide/
Ipsos. "Support for Lgbt+ People's Equality Worldwide as of 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270244/support-lgbt-equality-worldwide/
Ipsos, Support for LGBT+ people's equality worldwide as of 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270244/support-lgbt-equality-worldwide/ (last visited January 30, 2023)
Support for LGBT+ people's equality worldwide as of 2021 [Graph], Ipsos, June 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270244/support-lgbt-equality-worldwide/