World Values Survey – Wikipedia Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Values_Survey ABOUT THE WVS: "Since 1981 a worldwide network of social scientists have conducted representative national surveys as part of WVS in almost 100 countries. The WVS measures, monitors and analyzes: support for democracy, tolerance of foreigners and ethnic minorities, support for gender equality, the role of religion and changing levels of religiosity, the impact of globalization, attitudes toward the environment, work, family, politics, national identity, culture, diversity, insecurity, and subjective well-being." KEY RACISM DATA FROM WIKIPEDIA: "A 2013 analysis noted the number of people in various countries responding that they would prefer not to have neighbors of the different race ranged from below 5% in many countries to 51.4% in Jordan, with wide variation in Europe." COUNTRY DATA (from multiple WVS waves): - Jordan: 51.4% - India: 43.5% - Bangladesh: 71.7% - Hong Kong: 71.8% - Britain/UK: Below 5% (confirmed at 2% by 2022 WVS Wave 7) - United States: 3.8% SOCIETIES RANKED BY WVS VALUES: Traditional + Survival values (lower tolerance): Zimbabwe, Morocco, Jordan, Bangladesh Secular-rational + Survival values: Russia, Bulgaria Traditional + Self-expression values: Most of Latin America, Ireland METHODOLOGY NOTES: - Wave 7 (2017–2022) is the most recent completed wave - The UK Wave 7 survey was conducted 1 March–9 September 2022 with 3,056 respondents aged 18+ - Countries not covered: many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, some Pacific nations - Social desirability bias is a recognized limitation: in societies where racism is taboo, respondents may underreport prejudice BROADER CONTEXT: The WVS is cited by the World Population Review, King's College London, UnHerd, LBC, the Standard, Metro and numerous academic papers as the primary comparative dataset for measuring racial tolerance across countries. The question used: "On this list are various groups of people. Could you please mention any that you would not like to have as neighbours? [includes option] People of a different race."