Full Survey Results
In May 2019, the European Commission conducted a survey about "Discrimination in the EU" focusing on people's perceptions, attitudes and opinions of discrimination. The survey included several topics, including religion, minorities, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Question: "For each of the following types of discrimination, could you please tell me whether, in your opinion, it is very widespread, fairly widespread, fairly rare or very rare in (OUR COUNTRY)? Discrimination on the basis of: Sexual orientation (being gay, lesbian, bisexual)"
Widespread
Rare
Survey Average (Unweighted)
46.6%
43.7%
- 1. Luxembourg
27%61% - 2. Slovakia
25%55% - 34%60%
- 4. Germany
36%56% - 5. Bulgaria
29%45% - 6. Malta
38%52% - 7. Latvia
30%43% - 8. Sweden
42%55% - 9. Denmark
41%53% - 10. Finland
42%53% - 11. Estonia
34%44% - 12. Austria
46%48% - 13. Slovenia
47%46% - 14. Ireland
48%44% - 15. Romania
45%41% - 16. Hungary
46%42% - 17. Poland
49%43% - 18. Spain
54%43% - 19. Croatia
52%39% - 20. Lithuania
50%36% - 21. Belgium
57%42% - 22. Netherlands
60%37% - 23. Cyprus
67%29% - 24. Italy
69%26% - 25. Portugal
71%21% - 26. France
73%21%
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