Percentage of the population belonging to the LGTBI collective. 14% of the Spanish population between the ages of 18 and 74 declare themselves LGTBI. Five points above the world average (9%), according to data related to Spain extracted from the Ipsos LGBTI Pride 2023 report carried out between February 17 and March 3, 2023 among 22,514 adults between 18 and 74 years of age aged 30. countries.
Generational difference. In the younger generations, the percentage of people with non-normative sexual orientation grows percentage-wise. Thus, 18% of generation Z feel they belong to the LGTBI collective, compared to millennials (10%), generation X (6%) and boomers (4%).
Same-sex marriage. Spain is among the three countries that most support the right to marriage between people of the same sex (78%), behind the Netherlands and Portugal (80%), 22 points above the world average.
Adoption. Regarding the right to adoption by same-sex couples, an average of 64% of the world population approves it. In the case of Spain, the percentage grows to 80%, which makes it the country that most supports the right to adoption among homosexual couples in the world.
Transsexual collective. 76% of the world’s population believes that it is necessary to protect the transgender community against discrimination in employment, housing and access to public places. However, measures such as the coverage of sex change operations by medical insurance have less support: 47% in favor and 39% against. In Spain, 56% of the population is in favor of this measure, compared to 34% who are against it.
