Change in Gibraltar's sovereignty, by age group 2017

This statistic displays the results of a survey of adults, broken down by age group, in Great Britain (GB) in April 2017, regarding their opinion on a possible change in the status and governing of Gibraltar. From the respondents aged 18 to 24, 32 percent believed that Gibraltar should stay a self-governing British territory, while the share of respondents aged 25 to 49 sharing the same view was at 50 percent.

Public opinion on possible change in the sovereignty of Gibraltar in Great Britain (GB) in 2017, by age group*

Age	Remain a self-governing British territory	Become a joint territory of Britain and Spain, with its own government	Become part of Spain	Become a territory of Spain, but continue to have its own government	Something else	Don't know
18-24	32%	11%	9%	9%	2%	37%
25-49	50%	7%	7%	5%	5%	26%
50-64	67%	8%	5%	5%	1%	14%
65+	76%	8%	3%	3%	1%	9%

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Release date

April 2017

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

April 3, 2017

Number of respondents

3,623**

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Original survey question: "Gibraltar is a British territory that is run by its own government. Gibraltar was captured from Spain in 1704 and signed over to Britain by treaty in 1713. Spain claims that it should be part of Spain. Do you think that Gibraltar should..."
** Number of respondents n(18-24) = 420, n(25-49) = 1,547, n(50-64) = 895, n(65+) = 761.

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