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Iran ranks highest for racial prejudice among 24 countries, study finds

2026.09.30, 11:19
Iran ranks highest for racial prejudice among 24 countries, study finds

Iran ranks first among 24 countries in terms of opposition to having people of a different race as neighbours, according to a study cited by the Policy Institute at King’s College London.

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The report states that “Iranian society ranks first among the 24 countries surveyed in opposition to having people of a different race living in the same neighbourhood.”

According to the findings, 28% of respondents in Iran said they would not want a person of a different race as a neighbour.

The data for Iran was collected in 2020 and showed the highest level of opposition to neighbours of a different racial background among the countries compared.

Greece followed Iran at 24%, the Philippines at 21%, China at 18% and Egypt at 17%.

Opposition to having people of different racial backgrounds as neighbours was reported by just 1% of respondents in Sweden and Brazil, 2% in the United Kingdom, and 3% in Norway, Germany and the United States.

Iran also recorded the highest level of opposition among the same 24 countries to having immigrants or foreign workers as neighbours.

In this category, 42% of respondents in Iran said they would not want such neighbours. Russia followed at 32% and Japan at 30%, while the figure was 26% in both China and Greece.

Opposition to having immigrants or foreign workers as neighbours stood at 3% in Sweden and Brazil, 4% in Germany, and 5% in the United Kingdom and Norway.

Iran also recorded high levels of opposition to neighbours from different religious or linguistic backgrounds.

Some 34% of respondents in Iran said they would not want a neighbour of a different religion — the highest figure among the 18 countries compared in this category. China followed at 31%.

Meanwhile, 31% of respondents in Iran said they would not want a neighbour who spoke a different language. This was the second-highest figure among the 18 countries, behind the Philippines at 32%.

In the United Kingdom, opposition to having a neighbour of a different religion stood at 1%, while opposition to having a neighbour who spoke a different language was 4%.

The 24 countries covered by the study account for approximately half of the world’s population, with the data collected at different times between 2017 and 2022.

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