Sexual identity of people in the UK 2014-2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 7, 2025
In 2022, approximately 93.4 percent of the population of the United Kingdom identified themselves as being straight or heterosexual, compared with 1.8 percent who identified as either Gay or Lesbian, 1.5 percent as Bisexual, 0.6 percent as Other and 2.7 percent who did not know, or refused to answer.

Sexual identity of people in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2022

CharacteristicHeterosexual or StraightGay or LesbianBisexualOtherDon't know or refuse
2014 95.3% 1.1% 0.5% 0.3% 2.8%
2015 95.2% 1.2% 0.7% 0.4% 2.6%
2016 95% 1.2% 0.8% 0.8% 2.5%
2017 95% 1.3% 0.8% 0.6% 2.3%
2018 94.6% 1.4% 0.9% 0.6% 2.5%
2019 93.7% 1.6% 1.1% 0.7% 3%
2020 93.6% 1.8% 1.3% 0.7% 2.6%
2021 93.4% 1.9% 1.2% 0.5% 3%
2022 93.4% 1.8% 1.5% 0.6% 2.7%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Estimate share of the populationHeterosexual or StraightGay or LesbianBisexualOtherDon't know or refuse201420152016201720182019202020212022
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September 2023

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2014 to 2022

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