The Pew Research Center global a survey about homosexuality last year. They asked the question "Should society accept homosexuality?"* I substracted the no's from the yes' to calculate what I call the acceptance rate.
I compared that acceptance rate to GDP per capita and found some interesting results. I'll let you make your own conclusions.
The chart was made in Numbers.
* It is important to note that this is not a survey about particular gay rights like same sex marriage, it is simply asking whether we should accept homosexuality or not.
- GDP per capita comes from the IMF via Wikipedia (
- Homosexuality acceptance data comes from the Pew Research Center (2013)
| Continent | Countries | No | Yes | Sentiment | GDPPC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Nigeria | 98 | 1 | -97 | $2,697.00 |
| Middle East | Jordan | 97 | 3 | -94 | $5,977.00 |
| Africa | Senegal | 96 | 3 | -93 | $2,005.00 |
| Africa | Ghana | 96 | 3 | -93 | $3,316.00 |
| Africa | Uganda | 96 | 4 | -92 | $1,424.00 |
| Middle East | Egypt | 95 | 3 | -92 | $6,474.00 |
| Middle East | Tunisia | 94 | 2 | -92 | $9,650.00 |
| Asia / Pacific | Indonesia | 93 | 3 | -90 | $4,923.00 |
| Asia / Pacific | Pakistan | 87 | 2 | -85 | $3,056.00 |
| Africa | Kenya | 90 | 8 | -82 | $1,781.00 |
| Asia / Pacific | Malaysia | 86 | 9 | -77 | $16,794.00 |
| Middle East | Turkey | 78 | 9 | -69 | $14,812.00 |
| Middle East | Lebanon | 80 | 18 | -62 | $15,587.00 |
| Europe | Russia | 74 | 16 | -58 | $17,518.00 |
| Asia / Pacific | China | 57 | 21 | -36 | $9,055.00 |
| Africa | South Africa | 61 | 32 | -29 | $11,281.00 |
| Latin America | El Salvador | 62 | 34 | -28 | $7,316.00 |
| Asia / Pacific | South Korea | 59 | 39 | -20 | $31,950.00 |
| Middle East | Israel | 47 | 40 | -7 | $33,878.00 |
| Latin America | Bolivia | 49 | 43 | -6 | $5,041.00 |
| Europe | Poland | 46 | 42 | -4 | $20,562.00 |
| Latin America | Venezuela | 42 | 51 | 9 | $13,480.00 |
| Europe | Greece | 40 | 53 | 13 | $24,260.00 |
| Asia / Pacific | Japan | 36 | 54 | 18 | $35,855.00 |
| Latin America | Brazil | 36 | 60 | 24 | $11,747.00 |
| N America | United States | 33 | 60 | 27 | $51,704.00 |
| Latin America | Mexico | 30 | 61 | 31 | $15,363.00 |
| Latin America | Chile | 24 | 68 | 44 | $18,211.00 |
| Asia / Pacific | Philippines | 26 | 73 | 47 | $4,380.00 |
| Latin America | Argentina | 21 | 74 | 53 | $17,833.00 |
| Europe | France | 22 | 77 | 55 | $35,295.00 |
| Europe | Italy | 18 | 74 | 56 | $29,812.00 |
| Europe | United Kingdom | 18 | 76 | 58 | $36,569.00 |
| Asia / Pacific | Australia | 18 | 79 | 61 | $41,954.00 |
| Europe | Czech Republic | 16 | 80 | 64 | $27,000.00 |
| N America | Canada | 14 | 80 | 66 | $42,317.00 |
| Europe | Germany | 11 | 87 | 76 | $38,666.00 |
| Europe | Spain | 11 | 88 | 77 | $30,058.00 |
