I spent too much time trying to figure out the axis and their directions.
The text needs to be a lot bigger and with more contrast. Try previewing this on a phone, and see whether you beautifully reach the conclusion the data indicate.
My understanding is Japan’s religious population numbers are quite skewed, in that it’s quite difficult to measure compared to western countries. Most people practise some form of Shinto beliefs but don’t consider themselves to actually be religious for example.
Just thought it would be interesting to point out given it’s one of the lowest countries in the religiousness scale of the graph
Quick update! This is better and easier to understand!
I didn’t realize the text was supposed to represent the quarter and not the axis
hmmmm after having lived in Japan for 3 years, I’m suspicious of the methodology in this study. should be way closer to Korea and China
Thailand low acceptance of homosexuality?
Give me a break.
We’re the Ladyboy Factory of the world, for crying out loud.
Not to mention the so many Boys Love dramas. One of the most famous Thai movies among Thai people is a Boys Love movie too.
south korea is low religion?? they have a proportionate christian population, and I’m talking about evangelical type of christian,
also religion in the sense that we’re talking about organized religion, but the fact is that many countries in east asia follows folk religions, or a shinto type of belief. it’s easy for them to be sorted into low religion.
for example, Vietnam in generally is quite acceptance, yes. but it’s frown upon or considered still, a taboo.
An odd choice for the y axis to increase downwards. Also the label colors IMO don’t give it enough emphasis.
Nonetheless interesting
More than half of the world’s non-believers are Chinese citizens. Therefore, if we take into account absolute numbers, non-believers in the world are not as tolerant as it might seem.
Is India really more against homosexuality than Poland? Hinduism is much supportive on that than Catholicism.
„(..) homosexuality is never or rarely justified“
So… how can I be justifiably homosexual?
Thailand seems very wrong, they a very high LGBT+ in general and gay specifically acceptance.
Let’s stay out of each others lives and all will be good
Isn’t gay marriage still illegal in Italy?
Idk.. i find this study kinda weird – in no way am I trying to portray Algeria/Tunisia/Libya as accepting countries but definitely not lower than Iraq – Iraq being so high sounds like a misplacement to me. Hmmm.
I wouldn’t really say Thailand is low acceptance. Same sex marriage was just made legal
Good idea, and nicely plotted graph, but the quadrants and axis labels are terrible.
Tunisia is high religion? Umm that’s sus.
This feels flawed but I can’t put a finger on it. Something about measuring religion versus culture.
Ok, if there’s one thing that surprised me, it’s Georgia all the way in that 90/90 corner. What the hell?
Is Canada hiding under Norway?
What’s the data source here? Vibes? This seems to not line up with some numbers I’ve seen on support in various countries.
Too many crescent 🌙 and star ⭐️ flags are stacked at the bottom right.
Someone is mixing up Ireland and Northern Ireland. Oopsies
![[OC] How Rejection of Homosexuality and Religion Correlate](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/9amubrzis5lf1-1920x1024.png)
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Data sources:
– [How important religion is to people in life (OWID)](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/how-important-religion-is-in-your-life)
– [Share of people who think homosexuality is never or rarely justified (OWID)](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-people-who-think-homosexuality-is-never-justified)
Tools used: Matplotlib
China truly a league of their own
I spent too much time trying to figure out the axis and their directions.
The text needs to be a lot bigger and with more contrast. Try previewing this on a phone, and see whether you beautifully reach the conclusion the data indicate.
My understanding is Japan’s religious population numbers are quite skewed, in that it’s quite difficult to measure compared to western countries. Most people practise some form of Shinto beliefs but don’t consider themselves to actually be religious for example.
Just thought it would be interesting to point out given it’s one of the lowest countries in the religiousness scale of the graph
Quick update! This is better and easier to understand!
I didn’t realize the text was supposed to represent the quarter and not the axis
hmmmm after having lived in Japan for 3 years, I’m suspicious of the methodology in this study. should be way closer to Korea and China
Thailand low acceptance of homosexuality?
Give me a break.
We’re the Ladyboy Factory of the world, for crying out loud.
Not to mention the so many Boys Love dramas. One of the most famous Thai movies among Thai people is a Boys Love movie too.
south korea is low religion?? they have a proportionate christian population, and I’m talking about evangelical type of christian,
also religion in the sense that we’re talking about organized religion, but the fact is that many countries in east asia follows folk religions, or a shinto type of belief. it’s easy for them to be sorted into low religion.
for example, Vietnam in generally is quite acceptance, yes. but it’s frown upon or considered still, a taboo.
An odd choice for the y axis to increase downwards. Also the label colors IMO don’t give it enough emphasis.
Nonetheless interesting
More than half of the world’s non-believers are Chinese citizens. Therefore, if we take into account absolute numbers, non-believers in the world are not as tolerant as it might seem.
Is India really more against homosexuality than Poland? Hinduism is much supportive on that than Catholicism.
„(..) homosexuality is never or rarely justified“
So… how can I be justifiably homosexual?
Thailand seems very wrong, they a very high LGBT+ in general and gay specifically acceptance.
Let’s stay out of each others lives and all will be good
Isn’t gay marriage still illegal in Italy?
Idk.. i find this study kinda weird – in no way am I trying to portray Algeria/Tunisia/Libya as accepting countries but definitely not lower than Iraq – Iraq being so high sounds like a misplacement to me. Hmmm.
I wouldn’t really say Thailand is low acceptance. Same sex marriage was just made legal
Good idea, and nicely plotted graph, but the quadrants and axis labels are terrible.
Tunisia is high religion? Umm that’s sus.
This feels flawed but I can’t put a finger on it. Something about measuring religion versus culture.
Ok, if there’s one thing that surprised me, it’s Georgia all the way in that 90/90 corner. What the hell?
Is Canada hiding under Norway?
What’s the data source here? Vibes? This seems to not line up with some numbers I’ve seen on support in various countries.
Too many crescent 🌙 and star ⭐️ flags are stacked at the bottom right.
Someone is mixing up Ireland and Northern Ireland. Oopsies
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