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Global views on premarital sex 2013

Global views on premarital sex 2013

The data illustrates global views on premarital sex in 2013. In Indonesia, 97% of residents believe that premarital sex among adults is morally unacceptable.

Sex before marriage Nine out of ten people in Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, and Turkey believed that engaging in sex before marriage was not acceptable. The majority of the Europeans found premarital sex to be morally acceptable or not a moral issue at all. Indonesia has the biggest Muslim population in the world totaling over 209 million people. In some religions, like Catholicism and Islam, having sex before marriage is considered morally unacceptable.

Indonesia 1 1 97
Jordan 3 1 95
Pakistan 2 0 94
Palestinian ter. 4 1 94
Turkey 2 5 91
Egypt 6 2 90
Tunisia 3 4 89
Malaysia 5 3 87
Ghana 4 6 86
Lebanon 8 5 81
Kenya 13 4 79
Uganda 9 9 77
Nigeria 13 3 77
Philippines 7 20 71
India 11 10 67
Senegal 26 6 63
China 17 12 58
El Salvador 14 22 56
Bolivia 11 22 53
South Africa 17 21 48
Mexico 21 26 44
Israel 22 36 37
South Korea 29 27 35
Brazil 14 47 35
Russia 10 40 30
United States 36 29 30
Poland 21 44 22
Argentina 27 45 22
Japan 26 47 21
Venezuela 13 61 21
Canada 47 34 15
Australia 47 34 15
Britain 44 38 13
Chile 26 54 13
Italy 41 42 11
Greece 27 59 11
Czech Republic 18 67 10
Spain 39 52 8
Germany 34 57 6
France 47 47 6