According to a survey published in 2020, intolerance toward LGBTQ people in Africa is considerably high. In 2018, the vast majority of respondents from 34 African countries showed strong intolerance toward having LGBTQ people as neighbors. In Eastern Africa, only seven percent of the interviewees would either not care or like to have LGBTQ people as neighbors. The least concern was shown by respondents from Southern Africa, where 30 percent of the respondents would either not care or like it if this situation occurred.
Intolerance toward LGBTQ people as neighbors in Africa as of 2018, by region
The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "For each of the following types of people, please tell me whether you would like having people from this group as neighbors, dislike it, or not care: Homosexuals? (% who say “would strongly like”, “would somewhat like,” or “would not care”)".
Figures, therefore, represent the share of respondents who consider that they “would strongly like", “would somewhat like,” or “would not care” to have a homosexual as their neighbor.
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Afrobarometer. (May 19, 2020). Intolerance toward LGBTQ people as neighbors in Africa as of 2018, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268906/intolerance-toward-homosexuals-in-africa/
Afrobarometer. "Intolerance toward LGBTQ people as neighbors in Africa as of 2018, by region ." Chart. May 19, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268906/intolerance-toward-homosexuals-in-africa/
Afrobarometer. (2020). Intolerance toward LGBTQ people as neighbors in Africa as of 2018, by region . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268906/intolerance-toward-homosexuals-in-africa/
Afrobarometer. "Intolerance toward Lgbtq People as Neighbors in Africa as of 2018, by Region ." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268906/intolerance-toward-homosexuals-in-africa/
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