Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people to live

Source
Gallup
Date
2005-2007
Regions Surveyed
113

Full Survey Results

Results are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews conducted from 2005 to 2007. Randomly selected sample sizes typically number 1,000 residents, aged 15 and older, in the countries polled. For results based on samples of this size, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum error attributable to sampling and other random effects is

Question: "Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place to live for gay or lesbian people?"

Not a good place
Good place
Survey Average (Unweighted)
49.3%
29%
  1. 9%
    83%
  2. 2. Spain
    12%
    79%
  3. 10%
    70%
  4. 4. Canada
    16%
    75%
  5. 5. Denmark
    11%
    70%
  6. 6. Sweden
    10%
    68%
  7. 10%
    67%
  8. 8. Belgium
    10%
    66%
  9. 10%
    64%
  10. 10. Uruguay
    19%
    71%
  11. 11. France
    11%
    63%
  12. 12. Ireland
    18%
    62%
  13. 13. Norway
    15%
    58%
  14. 26%
    65%
  15. 15. Germany
    18%
    55%
  16. 20%
    56%
  17. 17. Finland
    20%
    54%
  18. 18. Cuba
    20%
    54%
  19. 19. Italy
    26%
    51%
  20. 31%
    54%
  21. 21. Hong Kong
    35%
    56%
  22. 22. Argentina
    32%
    51%
  23. 25%
    40%
  24. 24. Nicaragua
    38%
    52%
  25. 25. Hungary
    20%
    32%
  26. 26. Brazil
    35%
    46%
  27. 27. Nepal
    29%
    39%
  28. 41%
    51%
  29. 29. Mexico
    39%
    47%
  30. 30. Portugal
    30%
    36%
  31. 31. Austria
    29%
    34%
  32. 32. Chile
    42%
    47%
  33. 33. Colombia
    43%
    47%
  34. 34. Latvia
    33%
    33%
  35. 35. Estonia
    24%
    23%
  36. 36. Bulgaria
    27%
    26%
  37. 37. Guatemala
    48%
    44%
  38. 38. Panama
    46%
    40%
  39. 39. Venezuela
    48%
    42%
  40. 40. Belarus
    24%
    17%
  41. 41. Singapore
    44%
    35%
  42. 42. Lithuania
    35%
    24%
  43. 44%
    31%
  44. 44. Slovakia
    37%
    24%
  45. 45. Greece
    48%
    34%
  46. 46. Russia
    32%
    15%
  47. 47. Taiwan
    49%
    31%
  48. 48. Ukraine
    33%
    14%
  49. 49. Paraguay
    49%
    30%
  50. 50. Laos
    53%
    34%
  51. 51. Cyprus
    49%
    29%
  52. 53%
    33%
  53. 53. Slovenia
    49%
    29%
  54. 54. Sri Lanka
    30%
    9%
  55. 53%
    32%
  56. 56. Thailand
    51%
    30%
  57. 57. Honduras
    56%
    35%
  58. 58. Peru
    52%
    29%
  59. 59. Bolivia
    52%
    27%
  60. 60. Poland
    50%
    23%
  61. 61. Israel
    56%
    27%
  62. 62. Moldova
    48%
    18%
  63. 63. Romania
    49%
    19%
  64. 64. Croatia
    53%
    23%
  65. 65. Ecuador
    63%
    31%
  66. 66. Serbia
    55%
    22%
  67. 67. Turkey
    57%
    24%
  68. 68. Botswana
    59%
    26%
  69. 69. Angola
    49%
    16%
  70. 54%
    15%
  71. 71. Lebanon
    64%
    25%
  72. 72. Cambodia
    62%
    23%
  73. 66%
    24%
  74. 74. Ethiopia
    51%
    9%
  75. 47%
    2%
  76. 76. Albania
    54%
    7%
  77. 64%
    15%
  78. 78. Benin
    67%
    17%
  79. 56%
    5%
  80. 68%
    17%
  81. 81. Burundi
    67%
    14%
  82. 82. Haiti
    67%
    13%
  83. 83. Tanzania
    60%
    5%
  84. 84. Rwanda
    67%
    10%
  85. 73%
    15%
  86. 86. Georgia
    63%
    5%
  87. 70%
    10%
  88. 88. Nigeria
    72%
    12%
  89. 89. Kosovo
    66%
    6%
  90. 90. Chad
    75%
    14%
  91. 91. Vietnam
    67%
    6%
  92. 92. Kenya
    69%
    6%
  93. 70%
    6%
  94. 94. Malaysia
    74%
    10%
  95. 95. Jamaica
    70%
    6%
  96. 96. Mali
    78%
    13%
  97. 97. Indonesia
    71%
    5%
  98. 83%
    15%
  99. 99. Armenia
    75%
    6%
  100. 77%
    8%
  101. 101. Uganda
    75%
    5%
  102. 102. Senegal
    76%
    6%
  103. 103. Ghana
    79%
    9%
  104. 104. Palestine
    79%
    7%
  105. 105. Zambia
    80%
    7%
  106. 106. Togo
    83%
    9%
  107. 107. Cameroon
    84%
    7%
  108. 108. Mozambique
    85%
    8%
  109. 109. Madagascar
    84%
    6%
  110. 110. Malawi
    87%
    8%
  111. 111. Niger
    90%
    7%
  112. 112. Zimbabwe
    92%
    3%
  113. 113. Mauritania
    94%
    4%

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 Unknownmiles