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INEQUALITIES
AROUND THE GLOBE:
WHAT THE WORLD SEES AS
MOST SERIOUS
Global Advisors

19th March 2021
Which types of
inequality do people
see as most serious?
Which three or four of the following types of inequality,
                             if any, do you think are most serious in [country]?

Across the 28 countries,       Between older and
                              younger generations                    24%
six in ten on average say
inequalities in income and
                                   Between racial or
wealth are seen as the                ethnic groups                  29%
most serious. Area based
inequalities between more                In health and
and less deprived areas             life expectancies                31%
seen as the second most
serious.                                 Between men
                                          and women                  31%

                                   In educational
                             outcomes for children                   32%

                                 Between more and
                                less deprived areas                  42%
                                                                                                         Global Country
                                                                                                         Average
                              In income and wealth                   60%

                             Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
Which three or four of the following types of inequality, if
                               any, do you think are most serious in [COUNTRY]?

Women are more                                                          61%
                                In income and wealth
concerned than men about                                                60%
gender inequality and
slightly more concerned             Between more and                    41%
about inequalities in health       less deprived areas                  43%
and life expectancies.
                                      In educational                    33%
                                outcomes for children                   31%

                                       Between racial or                29%
                                          ethnic groups                 30%

                                             In health and              33%
                                        life expectancies               30%

                                             Between men                36%
                                              and women                 26%
                                                                                                           Women
                                    Between older and                   23%                                Men
                                  younger generations                   25%

                               Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
Which three or four of the following types of inequality, if
                              any, do you think are most serious in [COUNTRY]?

                                                                       56%
Concerns about income          In income and wealth                    61%
and wealth inequalities are                                            64%
higher among older people                                              41%
than those aged under 35.          Between more and
                                                                       43%
                                  less deprived areas
                                                                       42%
Younger people are much
                                                                       34%
more likely to be                     Between racial or
                                                                       27%
concerned about racial                   ethnic groups
                                                                       27%
and ethnic inequalities and
                                                                       32%
gender inequality than               In educational
                                                                       32%
older people.                  outcomes for children
                                                                       32%
                                                                       29%
                                            In health and
                                                                       31%
                                       life expectancies
                                                                       34%
                                                                       35%
                                            Between men
                                                                       29%                                Under 35
                                             and women
                                                                       29%
                                                                                                          35 to 49
                                                                       23%
                                   Between older and                                                      50 to 74
                                                                       22%
                                 younger generations
                                                                       27%

                              Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
Where countries
rank on concern
about different
types of inequality
% who say inequalities between more and less deprived areas are one of
                               the three or four most serious types of inequality in their country

People in Russia, South        Global Country Average             42%
                                               Russia             64%
Korea and Peru are much                  South Korea              63%
more likely than average to                      Peru             57%
                                            Argentina             53%
be concerned about                            Hungary             52%
inequality between more                        Poland             51%
                                         Great Britain            51%
and less deprived areas.                       Mexico             49%
                                                Brazil            47%
This is far less of an issue                     Chile            45%
                                         South Africa             45%
in Germany, Saudi Arabia                       Turkey             44%
and Japan.                                   Malaysia             43%
                                                  Italy           42%
                                                China             41%
                                                 India            40%
                                              Sweden              40%
                                        United States             38%
                                             Australia            36%
                                               France             36%
                                                Spain             35%
                                              Canada              34%
                                          Netherlands             31%
                                              Belgium             31%
                                            Singapore             29%
                                                Japan             27%
                                         Saudi Arabia             26%
                                             Germany              22%

                               Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
% who say inequalities between men and women are one of
                                 the three or four most serious types of inequality in their country
People in Mexico, Turkey                                                                                     Global ranking for
                               Global Country Average 31%                                                     gender equality
and Spain are most
                                              Mexico          45%                                                   25
concerned about gender                         Turkey         42%                                                  130
inequality.                                     Spain         42%                                                    8
                                         South Africa         41%                                                   17
On the other hand,                               India        41%                                                  112
concern about gender                              Italy       40%                                                   76
                                                 Chile        40%                                                   57
inequality is relatively low                   France         39%                                                   15
in Malaysia, Russia, Saudi               South Korea          38%                                                  108
Arabia and Hungary – yet                     Belgium          37%                                                   27
                                             Sweden           37%                                                    4
these countries rank                            Brazil        35%                                                   92
relatively low down on the                  Germany           34%                                                   10
gender equality index.                           Peru         34%                                                   66
                                         Netherlands          30%                                                   38
                                        United States         30%                                                   53
                                             Australia        29%                                                   34
                                              Canada          29%                                                   19
                                                Japan         25%                                                  121
                                                China         24%                                                  106
                                               Poland         24%                                                   40
                                            Argentina         24%                                                   30
                                         Great Britain        23%                                                   21
                                             Hungary          22%                                                  105
                                        Saudi Arabia          19%                                                  146
                                           Singapore          19%                                                   54
                                               Russia         15%                                                   81
                                             Malaysia         12%                                                  104

                                 Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
% who say inequalities between men and women are one of the
                                                              three or four most serious types of inequality in their country
                                                  50
Even though some countries
                                                                          Mexico
– such as Spain, Sweden,                          45
                                                            Spain                                                                                              Turkey
France and Germany – rank                                           S Africa                           Chile           Italy
                                                                                                                                                 India
highly on objective                               40
                                                       Sweden             Belgium
measures of gender                                              France
                                                                                                                Peru
                                                                                                                                  Brazil
                                                                                                                                             S Korea
                                                  35
equality, they still have
greater levels of concern                                   Germany               Netherlands        US
                                                  30
about this issue than other     % who say                           Canada Australia                                                                     Japan
nations that fare much            gender          25
                                                                                                                                             China
worse on this type of           inequality                           GB
                                                                                    Poland
                                                                                           Singapore                                                                    Saudi Arabia
inequality – such as Russia,    serious in        20                       Argentina                                                       Hungary
Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.       country                                                                                 Russia
                                                  15
                                                                                                                                           Malaysia
By contrast, Turkey is
ranked 130th for equality                         10
between men and women –
one of the worst countries in                      5

the world by this measure –
                                                   0
yet people there are among                             01               20                40               60              80              100           120            140            160
the most concerned about
                                                                                                  Global ranking for gender equality
this issue.                                             Most equal                                                                                                       Least equal

                                    Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
% who say inequalities between racial or ethnic groups are one of
                                   the three or four most serious types of inequality in their country
Two-thirds of South            Global Country Average          29%

Africans and over half of                 South Africa         65%
Americans consider racial                United States         55%
                                              Malaysia         46%
and ethnic inequalities to                     Canada          45%
                                                 Brazil        45%
be among the most serious                     Belgium          41%
forms of inequality in their              Netherlands          38%
                                              Australia        38%
country.                                  Great Britain        36%
                                                  India        35%
                                              Sweden           35%
                                                  Peru         31%
Concerns about racial and                   Singapore          30%
                                                France         30%
ethnic inequality are much                         Italy       27%
lower in South Korea,                          Mexico          25%
                                                 Spain         24%
Argentina and Japan.                     Saudi Arabia          23%
                                                 China         22%
                                             Germany           20%
                                                  Chile        19%
                                              Hungary          18%
                                                Turkey         18%
                                                Poland         18%
                                                Russia         11%
                                                 Japan         10%
                                             Argentina         9%
                                          South Korea          8%

                                   Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
% who say income inequality are one of
                              the three or four most serious types of inequality in their country
                                                                                                          Global ranking for
                            Global Country Average          60%
                                                                                                           income equality
Concerns about income                         Russia        83%                                                  87
inequality are highest in               South Korea         80%                                                 32
Russia, South Korea and                     Hungary         77%                                                  26
                                              Turkey        75%                                                 117
Hungary.                                        Chile       75%                                                 131
                                            Belgium         69%                                                  10
                                           Argentina        69%                                                 113
                                          Singapore         66%                                                   –
Whereas people in Saudi                        Japan        65%                                                  43
Arabia, Poland and                             Brazil       64%                                                 157
Sweden are least                              France        63%                                                  31
                                            Malaysia        63%                                                 110
concerned.                              South Africa        62%                                                 165
                                             Mexico         60%                                                 137
                                           Germany          59%                                                  34
                                        Netherlands         59%                                                  15
                                       United States        57%                                                 112
                                               China        57%                                                  92
                                                 Italy      56%                                                  74
                                        Great Britain       56%                                                  61
                                               Spain        56%                                                  60
                                             Canada         54%                                                  47
                                                Peru        54%                                                 122
                                            Australia       52%                                                  59
                                                India       51%                                                  71
                                            Sweden          41%                                                  18
                                              Poland        38%                                                  22
                                       Saudi Arabia         31%                                                   –

                              Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
Selected countries’ ranking for income equality vs % who say income
There’s no overall relationship
                                           inequality is one of the most serious types of inequality in their country
between actual inequality and
how serious a problem it’s seen                         90
to be relative to other                                                                                                     Russia
                                                                                 S Korea
inequalities.                                           80
                                                                                                                                                 Turkey    Chile
Sweden ranks highly on                                            Belgium
objective measures of income                            70
                                                                                           Japan
                                                                                 France                                                                                  Brazil
equality. In line with this, people                                                                     Spain
                                                                                                                                              Argentina
                                                                                                                                                             Mexico
                                                                  Netherlands
there have comparatively very                           60                                                      GB Italy        China
                                                                                        Canada                                                                               S Africa
low levels of concern about this                                                  Germany
                                                                                                                                                US
issue.                                % who say         50
                                                                                                      Australia India
Belgium and the Netherlands, on        income                         Sweden
the other hand, rank even higher      inequality        40
for income equality, yet those        serious in
countries are much more likely         country          30
to be worried about disparities in
income, underscoring that how
                                                        20
serious people perceive this
type of inequality to be seems
unrelated to actual performance                         10

on this issue.
                                                         0
This dynamic can also be seen                                01             20             40              60              80           100          120           140      160         180
with the US and South Africa –
two countries which in reality                                                                          Global ranking for income equality
fare very poorly on measures of                               Most equal                                      (based on Gini index)                                        Least equal
income equality but nonetheless
have relatively average levels of
concern about it.                         Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
% who say inequalities between older generations and younger generations
                                 are one of the three or four most serious types of inequality in their country
                                 Global Country Average            24%
South Korea, Japan and
Singapore come top for                        South Korea          43%
                                                     Japan         39%
concern about generational                      Singapore          38%
inequality in their countries.                   Argentina         31%
                                                      India        30%
Levels of concern lower in                        Australia        29%
                                                  Sweden           28%
South Africa, Turkey, Brazil                          Peru         26%
and Germany.                                      Belgium          25%
                                                       Italy       25%
                                                   Mexico          24%
                                                     Spain         24%
                                                  Hungary          24%
                                              Netherlands          24%
                                                   Canada          23%
                                                    Russia         22%
                                              Great Britain        21%
                                                      Chile        21%
                                             Saudi Arabia          20%
                                             United States         20%
                                                    France         19%
                                                  Malaysia         18%
                                                    Poland         18%
                                                     China         17%
                                                 Germany           16%
                                                     Brazil        16%
                                                    Turkey         13%
                                              South Africa         13%

                                 Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
% who say inequalities in educational outcomes for children are one of
                               the three or four most serious types of inequality in their country
                              Global Country Average 32%
People in Turkey, Chile
and Peru are most likely to                    Turkey         56%
think that inequalities in                       Chile        49%
                                                 Peru         48%
educational outcomes for                    Argentina         46%
children area among the                     Germany           43%
                                                 India        40%
most serious in their                    South Africa         39%
country.                                        Brazil        39%
                                                China         38%
                                             Sweden           37%
This is much less of a                       Hungary          34%
concern in Poland, Italy                 Great Britain        34%
                                              Mexico          34%
and Saudi Arabia.                               Japan         31%
                                        United States         31%
                                               Russia         30%
                                           Singapore          28%
                                         Netherlands          27%
                                                Spain         26%
                                             Malaysia         26%
                                             Australia        25%
                                             Belgium          22%
                                         South Korea          22%
                                              Canada          20%
                                               France         19%
                                        Saudi Arabia          18%
                                                  Italy       16%
                                               Poland         15%

                               Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
% who say inequalities in health and life expectancies are one of
                                the three or four most serious types of inequality in their country
                              Global Country Average          31%
Across all the countries
surveyed, people in Chile,                        Chile       64%
                                                  Peru        56%
Peru and Brazil are most                         Brazil       50%
likely to say health                          Hungary         49%
                                               Mexico         43%
disparities are an                              Russia        40%
especially problematic                          Poland        38%
                                                  India       37%
form of inequality in their               South Africa        35%
country.                                     Argentina        33%
                                              Sweden          33%
                                                France        31%
By comparison, people in                         China        31%
South Korea, Japan and                    Great Britain       30%
                                              Belgium         29%
Malaysia are less than half                        Italy      26%
as likely to cite such                          Turkey        26%
                                                 Spain        25%
inequalities as a serious                   Singapore         24%
problem.                                  Netherlands         24%
                                              Australia       24%
                                         United States        23%
                                         Saudi Arabia         20%
                                               Canada         19%
                                             Germany          19%
                                              Malaysia        19%
                                                 Japan        14%
                                          South Korea         10%

                                Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
Technical details
                    Sources for rankings:
                    Slide 8 &9 : World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Index 2020
                    http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GGGR_2020.pdf
                    Slide 11 &12: Gini index ranking
                    https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI?most_recent_value_desc=true
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Managing Director               Director
Ipsos MORI Public Affairs       The Policy Institute
kelly.beaver@ipsos.com          bobby.duffy@kcl.ac.uk
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Research Director
Ipsos MORI Public Affairs
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