Support for same-sex marriage (EU)

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

Full Survey Results

This survey was carried out by TNS Opinion & Social network 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 Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers. The methodology used is that of Eurobarometer surveys as carried out by the Directorate-General for Communication (“Strategy, Corporate Communication Actions and Eurobarometer” Unit) A technical note concerning the interviews conducted by the member institutes of the TNS Opinion & Social network is annexed to this report. It also specifies the interview methods and the confidence intervals.

Question: "To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? (Same sex marriages should be allowed throughout Europe)"

Total % agreeing
Survey Average (Unweighted)
54.4%
  1. 91%
  2. 2. Sweden
    90%
  3. 3. Denmark
    87%
  4. 4. Spain
    84%
  5. 5. Ireland
    80%
  6. 6. Belgium
    77%
  7. 75%
  8. 71%
  9. 9. France
    71%
  10. 10. Germany
    66%
  11. 11. Finland
    66%
  12. 12. Malta
    65%
  13. 13. Austria
    62%
  14. 14. Portugal
    61%
  15. 57%
  16. 16. Italy
    55%
  17. 17. Slovenia
    54%
  18. 18. Hungary
    39%
  19. 19. Cyprus
    37%
  20. 20. Croatia
    37%
  21. 21. Greece
    33%
  22. 22. Estonia
    31%
  23. 23. Poland
    28%
  24. 24. Slovakia
    24%
  25. 25. Lithuania
    24%
  26. 26. Romania
    21%
  27. 27. Latvia
    19%
  28. 28. Bulgaria
    17%

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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