How people around the world view same-sex marriage
Among the 32 places surveyed, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Among the 32 places surveyed, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
A median of 63% across 24 countries surveyed see the UN in a positive light, another 28% see it negatively.
Across 27 countries surveyed, people generally see social media as more of a good thing than a bad thing for democracy.
Across 24 countries surveyed, a median of 66% give the EU a positive rating, while 29% give it a negative one.
The share of the public that supports authoritarian systems ranges from 85% in India to 8% in Sweden.
Majorities in most of the 27 places around the world surveyed in 2023 and 2024 say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
In 2020, properties in 102 of the 198 countries and territories in the study were targeted in incidents tied to religion.
People around the world see both strengths and flaws in the U.S., but they generally view the U.S. positively, according to a new survey of 24 countries.
Incidents against Jewish people in 2020 ranged from verbal and physical assaults to vandalism of cemeteries and scapegoating for the pandemic.
79 countries and territories out of the 198 studied around the world (40%) had laws or policies in 2019 banning blasphemy.
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