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Personal value statistics: Tolerance

Tolerance appeared in the ranked ten of 10.4% of the 2,131,634 assessments completed since 2020, which makes it the 44th 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. 44th of 62 values.
10.4%
First placeof assessments put it first. 43rd of 62 on this measure.
0.5%
Top threeof assessments put it in the top three. 17% of those who rank it.
1.8%
Average positionis its mean position, out of ten, where it is ranked at all.
6.8

In the overall ranking tolerance sits just below Excitement (10.8%) and just above Determination (10.0%).

How the Popularity of Tolerance Has Changed

In 2020 tolerance appeared in 13.7% of assessments and ranked 34th. In 2026 so far it appeared in 8.3% and ranked 52nd, a fall of 5.4 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.

Tolerance, year by year

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

Tolerance by year: assessments, appearance rate and rank, first place, top three and average position
YearAssessmentsAppearance rateRankFirst placeTop threeAverage position
202084,37813.7%34th0.8%2.7%6.6
2021224,09613.4%36th▼20.7%2.5%6.7
2022179,27112.4%39th▼30.6%2.1%6.8
2023397,24911.4%39th0.5%1.9%6.9
2024460,24410.3%41st▼20.5%1.6%6.9
2025449,2338.3%47th▼60.4%1.5%6.7
2026 so far337,1638.3%52nd▼50.4%1.5%6.5

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.

Tolerance by Country

Of the 26 countries with enough assessments to publish, participants in Indonesia rank tolerance most often, at 14.7%, and those in Hong Kong SAR China least often, at 4.9%.

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 tolerance is ranked most often

8.3% of participants rank tolerance in their top ten, from 14.7% in Indonesia to 4.9% in Hong Kong SAR China. Tap or hover a country to see its top values.

  • 4–6%
  • 6–8%
  • 8–10%
  • 10–11%
  • 11–13%
  • 13–15%
  • too few assessments
Appearance rate of tolerance by country, December 2025 to October 2026
CountryAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Indonesia
14.7%
+6.430th of 62
Malaysia
12.9%
+4.639th of 62
Vietnam
12.2%
+3.935th of 62
Mexico
12.2%
+3.935th of 62
Germany
11.4%
+3.140th of 62
Netherlands
10.9%
+2.641st of 62
France
10.5%
+2.241st of 62
United Kingdom
10.4%
+2.148th of 62
Brazil
10.2%
+1.948th of 62
Romania
9.1%
+0.847th of 62
Poland
8.8%
+0.545th of 62
New Zealand
8.7%
+0.449th of 62
Ireland
8.4%
+0.151st of 62
United Arab Emirates
8.2%
−0.153rd of 62
Singapore
8.1%
−0.251st of 62
United States
8.1%
−0.253rd of 62
Canada
8.0%
−0.352nd of 62
Italy
8.0%
−0.349th of 62
Australia
7.6%
−0.754th of 62
Switzerland
7.6%
−0.751st of 62
Saudi Arabia
7.3%
−1.057th of 62
India
6.8%
−1.557th of 62
Philippines
5.9%
−2.456th of 62
South Africa
5.5%
−2.856th of 62
Egypt
5.1%
−3.260th of 62
Hong Kong SAR China
4.9%
−3.455th of 62

Every assessment with a known country, 8.3%

Tolerance by Age

Tolerance is ranked more often with age, from 8.8% of assessments among participants under 18 to 13.1% among those 65 and over, about 0.7 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 tolerance by age band, December 2025 to October 2026
AgeAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Under 18
8.8%
−0.952nd of 62
18–24
8.9%
−0.851st of 62
25–34
9.5%
−0.348th of 62
35–44
9.8%
+0.146th of 62
45–54
11.4%
+1.741st of 62
55–64
13.5%
+3.833rd of 62
65 and over
13.1%
+3.434th of 62

Everyone who gave an age, 9.7%

Tolerance by Gender

Women and men rank tolerance almost equally often, at 9.7% and 9.2%.

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 tolerance by gender, December 2025 to October 2026
GenderAppearance ratevs average (pp)Rank there
Women
9.7%
+0.048th of 62
Men
9.2%
−0.452nd of 62
Non-binary
16.7%
+7.128th of 62

Everyone who gave a gender, 9.7%

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 tolerance 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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