Full Survey Results
In 2016, ILGA carried out 96,331 surveys on every populated continent, resulting in a report known as "The personal & the political: attitudes to lgbti people around the world". The question herein was taken from page 46 of this report.
Question: "If a male child always dressed and expressed himself as a girl, would you find that acceptable?"
No
Yes
Survey Average (Unweighted)
47.1%
28.3%
- 1. Spain18%59%
- 2. Netherlands26%55%
- 3. New Zealand24%51%
- 4. Australia26%48%
- 5. Ireland25%47%
- 6. Portugal25%47%
- 7. Japan24%41%
- 8. Canada29%41%
- 9. Argentina28%40%
- 10. United Kingdom32%43%
- 11. Chile32%41%
- 12. Israel32%41%
- 13. United States33%40%
- 14. Mexico33%39%
- 15. Italy33%37%
- 16. Philippines38%39%
- 17. Costa Rica34%33%
- 18. Brazil37%35%
- 19. France36%31%
- 20. Vietnam39%34%
- 21. Colombia40%33%
- 22. South Africa43%34%
- 23. Bolivia38%29%
- 24. Pakistan44%33%
- 25. Nicaragua40%29%
- 26. India41%30%
- 27. Croatia38%25%
- 28. Poland41%27%
- 29. Ecuador47%26%
- 30. China47%26%
- 31. Peru49%25%
- 32. Malaysia50%26%
- 33. Venezuela55%25%
- 34. Serbia52%20%
- 54%19%
- 36. Iraq55%20%
- 37. Turkey56%20%
- 38. Jamaica55%18%
- 58%21%
- 40. Kenya63%19%
- 41. Zimbabwe61%17%
- 62%17%
- 43. Ghana65%19%
- 44. Uganda64%18%
- 45. Saudi Arabia65%15%
- 46. Nigeria71%17%
- 47. Egypt69%10%
- 48. Jordan71%12%
- 49. Morocco72%12%
- 50. Russia72%10%
- 51. Ukraine72%9%
- 52. Algeria74%9%
- 53. Indonesia77%8%
- 54. Kazakhstan78%8%
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).
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