Map shows world's 'most racist' countries (and the answers may surprise you)Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Jordan and India named least tolerant countriesU.S., Britain, Canada and South America are among the least racistSurvey asks people if they would want neighbours of a different race By HUGO GYE
An international poll has revealed the world's least tolerant countries - with Hong Kong at the top of the list and Britain at the bottom. The global social attitudes study claims that the most racially intolerant populations are all in the developing world, with Bangladesh, 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. Enlarge Racism: This map shows the nations of the world where people have the most and least tolerant attitudesThe data come from the World Value Survey, which has been measuring the social attitudes of people in 80 different countries, as reported by the Washington Post. The survey asked respondents in more than 80 different countries to identify kinds of people they would not want as neighbours. Some respondents, picking from a list, chose 'people of a different race'. More...Which is the world's most mobile country? Migration map reveals the populations with itchy feetThe more frequently that people in a given country say they did not want neighbors from other races, the economists reasoned, the less racially tolerant you could call that society.The country with the highest proportion of 'intolerant' people who wanted neighbours who were 'the same opinions was Hong Kong, where 71.8 per cent of the population would refuse to live next to someone of a different race. Next were Bangladesh on 71.7 per cent, Jordan on 51.4 per cent and India with 43.5 per cent. Intolerant: A survey found that Hong Kong had the most people professing racist views of any countryRacist views are strikingly rare in America, according to the survey, which claims that only 3.8 per cent of residents are reluctant to have a neighbour of another race.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. Similarly, fewer than one in 20 people in most South American countries admitted harbouring prejudice against other races. Diverse: The multicultural U.S. is among the least racially intolerant countries, according to the dataThe Middle East, which is currently dealing with large numbers of low-skilled immigrants from south Asia, seems to be a hotbed of racial tension. 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. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325502/Map-shows-worlds-racist-countries-answers-surprise-you.html#ixzz2TTThTcwe Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
