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Personal value statistics: Acceptance

Acceptance appeared in the ranked ten of 11.2% of the 2,131,634 assessments completed since 2020, which makes it the 41st most frequently ranked of the 62 core values.

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At a glance, 2020 to 2026

Appearance rateof assessments rank it in their ten. 41st of 62 values.
11.2%
First placeof assessments put it first. 46th of 62 on this measure.
0.5%
Top threeof assessments put it in the top three. 17% of those who rank it.
1.9%
Average positionis its mean position, out of ten, where it is ranked at all.
6.4

In the overall ranking acceptance sits just below Religion (11.4%) and just above Courage (11.0%).

How the Popularity of Acceptance Has Changed

In 2020 acceptance appeared in 10.4% of assessments and ranked 43rd. In 2026 so far it appeared in 13.9% and ranked 32nd, a rise of 3.6 percentage points.

Pick a measure, and read it by year or month by month. A month holds a few thousand assessments, so it moves more than a year does. The gaps are months the archive has no data for.

Acceptance, year by year

Each rank is among the 62 values that year, by appearance rate. The arrow is its move from the year before.

Acceptance by year: assessments, appearance rate and rank, first place, top three and average position
YearAssessmentsAppearance rateRankFirst placeTop threeAverage position
202084,37810.4%43rd0.4%1.8%6.4
2021224,09610.8%42nd▲10.5%2.0%6.3
2022179,27110.9%41st▲10.5%1.9%6.3
2023397,24910.6%42nd▼10.4%1.8%6.4
2024460,24410.3%43rd▼10.4%1.8%6.4
2025449,23311.3%40th▲30.4%1.7%6.6
2026 so far337,16313.9%32nd▲80.7%2.7%6.3

2020 holds 6 months of data and 2022 holds 7 months of data, so their figures cover part of the year. 2026 covers January to October 2026.

Acceptance by Country

Of the 26 countries with enough assessments to publish, participants in Vietnam rank acceptance most often, at 16.3%, and those in France least often, at 7.5%.

Country is recorded for the assessments from December 2025 to October 2026, so this section reads those 300,899 assessments and compares each country with all of them.

Where acceptance is ranked most often

13.9% of participants rank acceptance in their top ten, from 16.3% in Vietnam to 7.5% in France. Tap or hover a country to see its top values.

  • 7–9%
  • 9–10%
  • 10–12%
  • 12–14%
  • 14–15%
  • 15–17%
  • too few assessments
Appearance rate of acceptance by country, December 2025 to October 2026
CountryAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Vietnam
16.3%
+2.425th of 62
New Zealand
15.7%
+1.928th of 62
Australia
14.6%
+0.828th of 62
United Kingdom
14.5%
+0.730th of 62
Indonesia
14.5%
+0.634th of 62
Singapore
14.5%
+0.633rd of 62
Germany
14.4%
+0.529th of 62
Malaysia
14.4%
+0.530th of 62
United States
14.3%
+0.431st of 62
Canada
14.2%
+0.431st of 62
Philippines
13.8%
−0.129th of 62
Netherlands
13.6%
−0.334th of 62
Ireland
12.9%
−1.037th of 62
India
12.2%
−1.636th of 62
Poland
12.2%
−1.637th of 62
Italy
11.9%
−2.037th of 62
Romania
11.4%
−2.540th of 62
Saudi Arabia
10.7%
−3.242nd of 62
Brazil
10.5%
−3.445th of 62
United Arab Emirates
10.4%
−3.448th of 62
Egypt
10.4%
−3.538th of 62
Mexico
9.8%
−4.047th of 62
Hong Kong SAR China
9.8%
−4.143rd of 62
South Africa
9.4%
−4.448th of 62
Switzerland
8.2%
−5.750th of 62
France
7.5%
−6.348th of 62

Every assessment with a known country, 13.9%

Acceptance by Age

Acceptance is ranked less often with age, from 15.7% of assessments among participants under 18 to 14.1% among those 65 and over, about 0.5 points per band.

Age is an optional question after the ranking, so this section reads the 75,449 assessments from December 2025 to October 2026 whose participants gave one. A difference between bands mixes what changes as people age with what differs between generations.

Appearance rate of acceptance by age band, December 2025 to October 2026
AgeAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Under 18
15.7%
+1.627th of 62
18–24
13.8%
−0.336th of 62
25–34
14.1%
+0.132nd of 62
35–44
13.0%
−1.134th of 62
45–54
13.2%
−0.936th of 62
55–64
13.2%
−0.835th of 62
65 and over
14.1%
+0.032nd of 62

Everyone who gave an age, 14.1%

Acceptance by Gender

Women rank acceptance more often than men, by 3.7 percentage points.

Gender is optional too, asked beside age, so this section reads the 73,168 assessments from December 2025 to October 2026 whose participants gave one. “Prefer not to say” is counted in no group.

Appearance rate of acceptance by gender, December 2025 to October 2026
GenderAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Women
15.4%
+1.325th of 62
Men
11.7%
−2.442nd of 62
Non-binary
23.2%
+9.215th of 62

Everyone who gave a gender, 14.1%

About These Figures

Every figure on this page is a share of completed assessments on Personalvalu.es, read from the same aggregates as the Global Values Research. The appearance rate is how often acceptance is among a participant's ten most important values. It is not a score, and a difference between groups describes the participants in them without explaining it.

How the aggregates are built, and why some countries and groups are left out, is set out in the methodology. Month-by-month figures for every value are in the monthly archive.

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