Map shows world's 'most racist' countries (and the answers may surprise you)
Britain is one of the most racially tolerant countries on the planet, a survey claims.
The global social attitudes study claims that the most racially intolerant populations are all in the developing world, with Jordan and India in the top five.
By contrast, the study of 80 countries over three decades found Western countries were most accepting of other cultures with Britain, the U.S., Canada and Australia more tolerant than anywhere else.
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Racism: This map shows the nations of the world where people have the most and least tolerant attitudes
The data came from the World Value
Survey, which measured the social attitudes of people in different
countries, as reported by the Washington Post.
The survey asked individuals what types
of people they would refuse to live next to, and counted how many chose
the option 'people of a different race' as a percentage for each
country.
Researchers have suggested that
societies where more people do not want neighbours from other races can
be considered less racially tolerant.
The country with the highest proportion
of 'intolerant' people who wanted neighbours similar to them was Jordan,
where 51.4 per cent of the population would refuse to live next to
someone of a different race.
Next was India with 43.5 per cent.
Racist
views are strikingly rare in the U.S., according to the survey, which
claims that only 3.8 per cent of residents are reluctant to have a
neighbour of another race.
Diverse: The multicultural U.S. is among the least racially intolerant countries, according to the data
Other English-speaking countries once
part of the British Empire shared the same tolerant attitude - fewer
than five per cent of Britons, Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders
showed signs of racism.
People in the UK are also tolerant of
other differences such as speaking a foreign language or practising an
alternative religion - for example, fewer than two per cent of Britons
would object to having neighbours of a different faith to them.
Similarly, fewer than one in 20 people in most South American countries admitted harbouring prejudice against other races.
The Middle East, which is currently
dealing with large numbers of low-skilled immigrants from south Asia,
seems to be a hotbed of racial tension, however.
Europe is remarkably split - the west of
the continent is generally more tolerant than the east, but France is a
striking outlier with 22.7 per cent of the French rejecting
neighbourhood diversity.
Some have pointed out problems in the
survey data, claiming that because the polls span a long period of time
they are an unreliable guide to current attitudes.
However, a more serious flaw could be
the fact that in most Western countries racism is so taboo than many
people will hide their intolerant views and lie to the questioners.
Max Fisher of the Washington Post
suggested that maybe 'Americans are conditioned by their education and
media to keep these sorts of racial preferences private, i.e. to lie
about them on surveys, in a way that Indians might not be'.
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THE LEAST RACIALLY TOLERANT COUNTRIES
40% + (of individuals surveyed would not want a person of another race as a neighbour)
India, Jordan
India, Jordan
30 - 39.9%
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea
20 - 39.9%
France, Turkey, Bulgaria, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Zambia, Thailand, Malaysia, The Philippines, Bangladesh, Hong Kong
France, Turkey, Bulgaria, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Zambia, Thailand, Malaysia, The Philippines, Bangladesh, Hong Kong
THE MOST TOLERANT COUNTRIES
0 to 4.9%
United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala, Britain, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Australia, New Zealand
5 - 9.9%
Chile, Peru, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Belarus, Croatia, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa
10 - 14.9%
Finland, Poland, Ukraine, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovakia
United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala, Britain, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Australia, New Zealand
5 - 9.9%
Chile, Peru, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Belarus, Croatia, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa
10 - 14.9%
Finland, Poland, Ukraine, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovakia
15 - 19.9%
Venezuela, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Macedonia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Russia, China
Venezuela, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Macedonia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Russia, China
Source: World Values Survey
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