Majorities in eight countries – Indonesia, South Korea, Canada, UK, the U.S., Australia, Spain and Sweden – favor more diversity in their country. Globally, perceived increases in diversity welcomed more than resistedĪ median of 23% oppose increasing diversity in their country – they view more diversity as a bad thing or less diversity as a good thing for their country – but overall, more people favor a more heterogenous society (median of 45%). And in the U.S., white Americans (80%) are more likely than black Americans (69%) to think their country is becoming more diverse. Israeli Jews (73%) are more likely to see their country as becoming more diverse than Israeli Arabs (55%). In Israel and the U.S., perceptions of diversity differ by respondent ethnicity or race. These countries have some of the smallest shares who hold this view among the nations polled. Roughly four-in-ten or more in each of the sub-Saharan African and Latin American countries surveyed say the ethnic, religious and racial composition of their country has become more diverse. Roughly half in Japan (52%) and the Philippines (51%) and only 44% in India share this view. At least eight-in-ten in South Korea, Australia and Indonesia say the composition of their country is becoming more varied. In the Asia-Pacific nations surveyed, there is a pronounced split between the countries where most people have seen an increase in diversity and the countries where this change is less commonly perceived. Meanwhile, six-in-ten Russians say their country has become more diverse over the past 20 years. Smaller shares of Poles (61%) and Hungarians (54%) have seen an increase in their country’s ethnic, religious and racial diversity. Across Europe, at least three-in-four agree in Sweden, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy and France. While this perception is very common in Canada, Europe, the United States and several Asia-Pacific nations, fewer people in other regions see this change happening in their society.Īmong the countries surveyed, Greeks are the most likely to say their country has become more diverse (92%). Most of those surveyed in these nations say their country has become more diverse in the past 20 years (median of 69%). Global migration has increased in the past few decades, and the 27 nations surveyed, collectively, are home to more than half of the world’s international migrants.
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