Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors

Source
Afrobarometer
Date
2014–2016
Regions Surveyed
33

Full Survey Results

Afrobarometer, a pan-African, nonpartisan survey research network surveyed dozens of African countries regarding various social, economic, and pollical questions. Among the questions was one question about having homosexuals as neighbors. The possible responses were "strongly dislike", "somewhat dislike," "would not care," "somewhat like," and "strongly like." For simplicity, Equaldex combines "strongly dislike" and "somewhat dislike" as "not tolerate" and "strongly like," "somewhat like," and "would not care" as "tolerate." Respondents who did not answer or answered "don't know" are excluded from the results. Because of the number of countries surveyed, the survey periods varied by countries, ranging from March 2014 to January 2016.

Question: "For each of the following types of people, please tell me whether you would like having people from this group as neighbours, dislike it, or not care: Homosexuals?"

Not tolerate
Tolerate
Survey Average (Unweighted)
77.5%
21.1%
  1. 24.83%
    73.75%
  2. 32.16%
    67.09%
  3. 36.21%
    56.13%
  4. 4. Namibia
    44.42%
    55.33%
  5. 50.25%
    49%
  6. 51.25%
    45.4%
  7. 56.25%
    42.5%
  8. 73.5%
    25.67%
  9. 77.83%
    20.58%
  10. 10. Benin
    79.83%
    17.17%
  11. 81.32%
    18.35%
  12. 12. Morocco
    81.67%
    16.33%
  13. 13. Gabon
    82.72%
    17.2%
  14. 14. Tunisia
    83%
    16.75%
  15. 15. Lesotho
    82.42%
    15.67%
  16. 16. Nigeria
    82.75%
    15.88%
  17. 17. Liberia
    82.99%
    15.93%
  18. 18. Kenya
    83.77%
    14.06%
  19. 19. Cameroon
    85.56%
    11.4%
  20. 88.01%
    12.07%
  21. 21. Burundi
    86.09%
    10.07%
  22. 22. Ghana
    88.63%
    10.54%
  23. 23. Togo
    88.5%
    10.17%
  24. 24. Zimbabwe
    89.42%
    10.33%
  25. 25. Mali
    90%
    9.92%
  26. 90.01%
    6.38%
  27. 27. Zambia
    92.49%
    6.26%
  28. 28. Malawi
    93.63%
    5.83%
  29. 29. Niger
    94.67%
    5.08%
  30. 94.83%
    5%
  31. 31. Uganda
    94.92%
    4.71%
  32. 32. Guinea
    95.33%
    4.17%
  33. 33. Senegal
    96.92%
    2.83%

Regions are ranked by the percentage of "support" responses out of the total responses (excluding participants who answered "don't know" or refused to answer).

Submitted by danlev