Perceived widespread discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation

Date
May 30th to June 8th 2015
Regions Surveyed
28

Full Survey Results

This survey was carried out by TNS Opinion & Social in the 28 Member States of the European Union between 30 May and 8 June 2015. Some 27,718 respondents from different social and demographic groups were interviewed face-to-face at home in their mother tongue on behalf of the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers. The methodology used is that of Eurobarometer surveys as carried out by the Directorate-General for Communication.

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)?"

Widespread Discrimination
Survey Average (Unweighted)
53.4%
  1. 30%
  2. 34%
  3. 3. Latvia
    35%
  4. 36%
  5. 38%
  6. 38%
  7. 42%
  8. 47%
  9. 9. Poland
    48%
  10. 10. Ireland
    49%
  11. 11. Hungary
    49%
  12. 12. Germany
    50%
  13. 13. Finland
    51%
  14. 14. Romania
    52%
  15. 15. Malta
    55%
  16. 16. Spain
    56%
  17. 17. Austria
    57%
  18. 57%
  19. 58%
  20. 20. Belgium
    59%
  21. 21. Croatia
    62%
  22. 22. Sweden
    63%
  23. 65%
  24. 69%
  25. 25. Greece
    71%
  26. 26. France
    72%
  27. 27. Italy
    73%
  28. 28. Cyprus
    79%

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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