Acceptance of homosexuality has notably increased in many countries across the globe. In South Africa and India, acceptance of homosexuality increased by 22 percentage points between 2013 and 2019. Despite being still low, some countries in the world recorded significant increases over the last years. Acceptance tended to be
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Acceptance
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Legal status
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- Basic Statistic Number of countries that criminalize homosexuality 2024
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Pew Research Center. (June 24, 2020). Highest percentage change in homosexuality acceptance worldwide between 2013 and 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1129392/global-acceptance-change-of-homosexuality-by-country/
Pew Research Center. "Highest percentage change in homosexuality acceptance worldwide between 2013 and 2019." Chart. June 24, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1129392/global-acceptance-change-of-homosexuality-by-country/
Pew Research Center. (2020). Highest percentage change in homosexuality acceptance worldwide between 2013 and 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1129392/global-acceptance-change-of-homosexuality-by-country/
Pew Research Center. "Highest Percentage Change in Homosexuality Acceptance Worldwide between 2013 and 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1129392/global-acceptance-change-of-homosexuality-by-country/
Pew Research Center, Highest percentage change in homosexuality acceptance worldwide between 2013 and 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1129392/global-acceptance-change-of-homosexuality-by-country/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Highest percentage change in homosexuality acceptance worldwide between 2013 and 2019 [Graph], Pew Research Center, June 24, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1129392/global-acceptance-change-of-homosexuality-by-country/