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. Luxembourg27%61%
- 2. Slovakia25%55%
- 34%60%
- 4. Germany36%56%
- 5. Bulgaria29%45%
- 6. Malta38%52%
- 7. Latvia30%43%
- 8. Sweden42%55%
- 9. Denmark41%53%
- 10. Finland42%53%
- 11. Estonia34%44%
- 12. Austria46%48%
- 13. Slovenia47%46%
- 14. Ireland48%44%
- 15. Romania45%41%
- 16. Hungary46%42%
- 17. Poland49%43%
- 18. Spain54%43%
- 19. Croatia52%39%
- 20. Lithuania50%36%
- 21. Belgium57%42%
- 22. Netherlands60%37%
- 23. Cyprus67%29%
- 24. Italy69%26%
- 25. Portugal71%21%
- 26. France73%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