In a global survey conducted in 2021, on average, 70 percent of respondents from 27 countries declared to be sexually attracted only to people of the opposite sex. Russia and Hungary had the highest shares of interviewees who stated to be heterosexual. The largest percentages of homosexual respondents, instead, came from Australia, Great Britain, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In these countries, between eight and nine percent of the interviewees was attracted only to the same sex. On the other hand, more than one in 10 people worldwide are mostly attracted to people of the opposite sex.
Which best describes how you think of your sexual orientation?
Online samples in Brazil, Chile, mainland China, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Russia, South Africa, and Turkey tend to be more urban, educated, and/or affluent than the general population.
27 countries surveyed in total.
Some values may not total to 100 percent due to rounding.
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