Where Data Tells the Story
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This chart shows the share of people who say homosexuality cannot be justified across five of the world’s most populous countries. Together, these countries are home to nearly half of the global population. And in all of them, most people still hold strong views against homosexuality. In Pakistan and Indonesia, it’s over 90%; in China, more than 80%. In India and Russia, these views are widespread, and they’ve increased in recent years.
That’s troubling. It’s hard to feel free, or even safe, when your sexuality is seen as something to condemn. In Western Europe and the US, negative views of homosexuality have dropped over the last 40 years.
Homosexuality is now legal in both China and India, but legal status doesn’t erase stigma. When large parts of society see same-sex attraction as morally wrong, laws alone are not a guarantee to protect people from harassment, exclusion, or violence.