The atlas tracks 17 hostility vectors, grouped by category. Themes are not rankings. They are the lenses used to read the evidence. Each theme links to the countries where it appears most, the methodology used to score it, and the bridge work paired with it.
Hostility based on racial, ethnic, or national origin.
Hostility toward Black communities globally, including systemic bias and interpersonal hate crimes. Covers people of African descent living outside the African continent as well.
Highest recorded scores
Inter-ethnic hostility and xenophobic violence targeting specific ethnic groups within African countries.
Highest recorded scores
Hostility toward Asian communities, including violence spikes and scapegoating. Covers people of Asian descent living outside Asia.
Highest recorded scores
Violence, land disputes, and structural exclusion affecting Indigenous populations.
Highest recorded scores
Exclusion, segregation, and hostility toward Roma (sometimes called Romani or Gypsy) populations, particularly in Europe.
Hostility toward migrants and refugees, including border violence and exclusionary legislation.
Highest recorded scores
Hostility based on faith, denomination, or non-belief.
Hostility toward Jewish people and communities, from vandalism and slurs to violent assaults.
Highest recorded scores
Hostility toward Muslim people and communities, whether through discrimination, harassment, or state policy.
Affective polarization and political sectarianism.
The degree to which people hate or fear members of the opposing political side, separate from policy disagreement.
Highest recorded scores
Gender-based violence, misogyny, and anti-LGBTQ+ hostility.
Violence, legal suppression, and social hostility targeting gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer people.
Gender-based violence, systemic misogyny, and political targeting of women's rights and autonomy.
Highest recorded scores
Structural exclusion and violence based on inherited social status.
Violence and exclusion based on inherited social status, whether through caste (South Asia) or class hierarchies elsewhere.
Highest recorded scores
Interpersonal prejudices regarding age, marriage, and ability.
Neglect, targeted hostility, and abuse directed at disabled and neurodivergent people.
Highest recorded scores
Social and legal hostility toward interracial or interfaith couples and families.
Highest recorded scores
Hostility based on age or generation, including discrimination against the elderly and resentment toward youth.
Highest recorded scores
Sub-cultural tribalism including sports and media fandoms.
Violence and hostility between organized sports supporters, often called hooliganism.
Highest recorded scores
Targeted harassment, swatting, and abuse rooted in gaming subcultures and online brand loyalty wars.
Highest recorded scores
A theme is a category used to compare contexts, not a verdict. For example, the “jewish communities” metric in a given country captures recorded antisemitism relative to the evidence we have. A lower score can mean less recorded hostility or it can mean fewer sources reporting it. Where that ambiguity matters, the per-country profile explains which reading is more likely.