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WHAT WORRIES
THE WORLD?
Global summary deck
July 2020
1‒WHAT WORRIES THE WORLD: INTRODUCTION Ipsos’ What Worries the World survey tracks public opinion on the most important social and political issues across 27 countries today, drawing on 10 years of data to place the latest scores in context. This document presents: 1. The headline findings 2. Our right track/wrong track indicator 3. The top worries in 27 countries Full breakdowns of findings for each country and for each issue are also available on www.ipsos.com. Please contact Teodros.Gebrekal@Ipsos.com for more information. © Ipsos | What Worries the World
WORLD WORRIES An overview of the results from July 2020 3 ‒ © Ipsos
WORLD SUMMARY: JULY 2020
Coronavirus is the #1 global concern for the fourth month running, but by an increasingly smaller margin.
Q: Which three of the following topics do you find most Headline findings
worrying in your country?
43% of respondents worldwide select COVID-19
as one of the main issues of concern in their country:
1 Coronavirus 43% -4
‒ This is down from 47% in June, 55% in May and 63% in
April.
2 Unemployment 40% -2 ‒ Coronavirus is the #1 issue in 11 of 27 countries,
compared with 13 in June, 18 in May and 24 in April.
Poverty & social Unemployment is the second highest ranked global
3 inequality 32% +1
concern at 40% and is the top worry in eight
Financial/Political countries.
4 Corruption 27% +1
Crime & violence replaces Healthcare as the fifth
top global worry.
5 Crime & violence 24% +3
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor
Base: 19,048 adults in 27 countries, June 19th 2020 - July 3rd 2020.WORLD WORRIES: THE FULL LIST Our survey’s ranking of the
world’s top 18 social and
Coronavirus 43% political issues today
shows a wide range in
Unemployment 40%
levels of worry.
Poverty/Social inequality 32%
Financial/Political Corruption 27% Coronavirus is currently
Crime/Violence 24% the biggest concern,
Healthcare 22% followed by Unemployment
Education 16% – which has seen scores
Taxes increase during the
14%
pandemic. It was at 31% in
Climate change 11% January 2020.
Moral decline 11%
Immigration control 10% With Healthcare dropping
Threats against the environment 9% from 28% in April 2020 to
Rise of extremism 9% 22% in July, concern about
Inflation 8% Crime & violence has risen
from 20% to 24% in the
Terrorism 7%
same time period, and has
Maintaining social programmes 7% now moved back into the
Access to credit 2% top five global issues for
Childhood obesity 2% the first time since March
2020.
5‒
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor
Base: 19,048 adults in 27 countries, June 19th 2020 - July 3rd 2020.WORLD WORRIES: LONG TERM TREND
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor
Which three of the following topics do you find the most worrying in your country? Base: 19,048 adults in 27 countries, June 19th 2020 - July 3rd 2020.
70%
60%
50% 43%
40%
40%
30%
32%
27%
20%
24%
10%
0%
Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Poverty & social Financial/political Crime &
6‒ Coronavirus Unemployment corruption violence
inequalityRIGHT DIRECTION VS. WRONG TRACK MONITOR A snapshot of the national mood in 27 countries 7 ‒ © Ipsos
HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?
Six in ten across 27 countries say that things in their country are on the wrong track.
Q: Would you say things in your country are on the right
track, or are they off in the wrong direction? Headline findings
The proportion of respondents globally who say their
country is on the wrong track in July continues to
✓ 39% rise. Today’s 61% score is 3 points up on last month
Right direction (and 6 points since May 2020), now matching the
scores recorded in January 2020.
The countries whose citizens are most dissatisfied
with where things are heading are Chile (84%),
South Africa (79%) and Hungary (77%). Each of
61%
these countries has seen increases since last month.
A majority in 21 of the 27 countries surveyed
Wrong track currently say their country is on the wrong track.
8 ‒ Source: Ipsos Global Advisor
Base: 19,048 adults in 27 countries, June 19th 2020 - July 3rd 2020.ARE THINGS IN YOUR COUNTRY HEADING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION, OR ARE THEY OFF ON THE WRONG TRACK?
Wrong track
World 61% 39%
Saudi Arabia 16% 84%
Malaysia 25% 75% Right
India 40% 60% direction
Australia 40% 60%
Canada 46% 54%
South Korea 47% 53%
Compared to last month,
Germany 53% 47% there have been significant
Argentina 56% 44% increases in the number of
Netherlands 58% 42% citizens saying their
Peru 62% 38%
Spain 63% 37% country is on the wrong
Israel 63% 37% track in Israel (+11),
Great Britain 63% 37% Turkey (+10), South
Sweden 64% 36%
Poland 64% 36%
Korea (+9) and Chile (+9).
Russia 67% 33%
Brazil 67% 33% Looing back at the scores
Japan 68% 32%
Mexico
in January 2020, Malaysia
69% 31%
Turkey 70% 30% now enjoys a more
Italy 70% 30% positive outlook (+35), as
US 72% 28% does Australia (+26).
France 73% 27%
Belgium 73% 27% Meanwhile, optimism has
Hungary 77% 23% dropped in the US (-16)
South Africa 79% 21% and Brazil (-13) over
Chile 84% 16%
9‒ these six months.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor
Base: 19,048 adults in 27 countries, June 19th 2020 - July 3rd 2020.RIGHT TRACK/WRONG TRACK
Global long-term trend
Right direction Wrong track
100%
90%
80%
70%
61%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
39%
10%
0%
Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul Jul
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
10 ‒
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor
Base: 19,048 adults in 27 countries, June 19th 2020 - July 3rd 2020.TOP GLOBAL ISSUES Country rankings for the top 5 global concerns 11 ‒ © Ipsos
More than four in ten
worldwide (43%) consider
#1: CORONAVIRUS coronavirus to be one of the
most worrying issues facing
World 43%
Chile 61% their country today. This figure
India 61% has steadily dropped from the
Peru 60% 63% first recorded in April.
Saudi Arabia 60%
Japan 59%
Malaysia 57% Chile and India appear most
Great Britain 56% concerned about coronavirus,
South Korea 56% but only 5 percentage points
Spain 52%
Canada 50% separate the top 8 countries.
US 50%
Australia 48% The pandemic remains the
Brazil 44% single top concern in 11 of the
Mexico 43%
Netherlands 41% 27 countries surveyed and
Sweden 40% joint-top in Brazil (with
Argentina 37% healthcare) and Sweden (with
Israel 37%
Germany
crime & violence).
36%
South Africa 36%
France 33% Coronavirus concern has
Poland 31% decreased in all but two
Belgium 30%
Italy 28% counties since June: Israel
Turkey 28% and Mexico show increases of
Russia 22% 14 and 4 percentage points
Hungary 15%
respectively.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor
Base: 19,048 adults in 27 countries, June 19th 2020 - July 3rd 2020.Unemployment is currently
#2: UNEMPLOYMENT the second greatest worry
World 40% worldwide with four in ten
Italy 62% respondents putting it on their
South Africa 60% list of the most important
South Korea 59%
Spain
issues facing their country.
59%
Chile 52%
Malaysia 51% Pre-pandemic, the last time
Mexico 51% this issue reached 40% was in
India 50%
Turkey 50%
March 2016.
Australia 47%
Argentina 44% Italy remains most concerned
Israel 44% about jobs while South Korea
Peru 41%
France 39% and Spain both drop below
Japan 35% 60% on this issue in July.
Russia 35%
Canada 34% Eight countries moved from
Saudi Arabia 34%
Great Britain 31% being most concerned about
Brazil 30% COVID-19 to Unemployment
US 29% between April and June, but
Belgium 28% there were no further
Sweden 27%
Hungary 25% switches in this direction in
Netherlands 22% July as levels appear to be
Poland 21% flattening out for both issues.
Germany 19%
13 ‒
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor
Base: 19,048 adults in 27 countries, June 19th 2020 - July 3rd 2020.#3: POVERTY & SOCIAL INEQUALITY
World 32% Russia continues to be most
Russia 59% concerned about Poverty &
Chile 56%
Hungary
social inequality.
49%
Germany 40%
Argentina 38% Chile, Hungary and Germany
Turkey 36% – the countries in second, third
France 34%
Mexico
and fourth place on this
34%
South Africa 34% measure – have seen the
Brazil 33% largest increases about
Belgium 32% Poverty & social inequality
Israel 32%
Peru
since last month: +6 points in
32%
Italy 31% Chile, +6 in Hungary and +7 in
Netherlands 31% Germany.
Spain 30%
Great Britain 29%
Poland
At the beginning of the year,
29%
South Korea 29% Poverty & social inequality was
Canada 26% the leading issue worldwide,
India 26% with 34% of our respondents
Japan 26%
Malaysia
reporting it as a top concern in
23%
Australia 22% January 2020.
US 21%
Sweden 18%
Saudi Arabia 13%
14 ‒
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor
Base: 19,048 adults in 27 countries, June 19th 2020 - July 3rd 2020.#4: FINANCIAL/POLITICAL CORRUPTION
World 27% Financial/Political Corruption is
Hungary 54% currently the fourth greatest
Russia 53% concern worldwide with more
South Africa 51% than one in two in Hungary,
Peru 46%
Malaysia 39%
Russia and South Africa saying
Brazil 38% this is an important issue for
Argentina 32% their country.
South Korea 32%
Israel 30%
Poland 30%
The greatest increases in
India 29% concern this month have been
Japan 27% in Turkey (+7), Peru (+5) and
Spain 27% Russia (+5).
Chile 25%
Italy 25%
Turkey 25% Before coronavirus,
Mexico 23% Financial/political corruption
Belgium 22% had not dropped under 30%
US 22%
Australia
global concern since the
17%
Canada 16% survey started.
Saudi Arabia 16%
France 15% The issue is not currently the
Great Britain 9%
Germany
number one issue in any of the
8%
Sweden 7% countries surveyed.
Netherlands 5%
15 ‒
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor
Base: 19,048 adults in 27 countries, June 19th 2020 - July 3rd 2020.#5: CRIME & VIOLENCE
World
Crime & violence replaces
24%
Mexico 57% Healthcare as the 5th world
South Africa 55% worry in July 2020.
Argentina 41%
Sweden 40%
Peru
The 24% score is still relatively
35%
US 34% low compared to pre-COVID
Chile 33% figures. In January 2020,
Germany 29% Crime & violence was at 30%.
Brazil 27%
Israel 25%
Great Britain 24% Mexico is most concerned of
Malaysia 24% all countries about Crime &
France 22% violence (57%), followed by
Australia 21% South Africa where this issue
Belgium 20%
Netherlands 18% has increased by 13
Turkey 17% percentage points to 55% in
Italy 16% the last month.
Canada 15%
India 13%
South Korea 13% Other notable increases over
Saudi Arabia 12% the past month are seen in the
Spain 11% US (+8 percentage points),
Japan 9% Argentina (+7) and Great
Poland 9%
Russia 9% Britain (+7).
Hungary 8%
16 ‒
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor
Base: 19,048 adults in 27 countries, June 19th 2020 - July 3rd 2020.METHODOLOGY The survey is conducted monthly in 27 countries around the world via A survey with an unweighted probability sample of this size would the Ipsos Online Panel system. The countries included are Argentina, have an estimated margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points for Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Great Britain, a sample of 1,000 and an estimated margin of error of +/- 4.5 Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, percentage points for a 500 sample 19 times out of 20. Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the US. For the results of the survey presented herein, an international sample In 17 of the 27 countries surveyed, internet penetration is of 19,048 adults aged 18-74 in the US, South Africa, Turkey, Israel and sufficiently high to think of the samples as representative of the Canada, and age 16-74 in all other countries, were interviewed wider population within the age ranges covered: Argentina, between June 19th 2020 and July 3rd 2020. Approximately 1000+ Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, individuals participated on a country by country basis via the Ipsos Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Online Panel. Great Britain and United States. The precision of Ipsos online polls are calculated using a credibility Brazil, Chile, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Peru, Saudi Arabia, interval with a poll of 1,000 accurate to +/- 3.1 percentage points and South Africa and Turkey have lower levels of internet penetration of 500 accurate to +/- 4.5 percentage points. For more information on and so these samples should not be considered nationally the Ipsos use of credibility intervals, please visit the Ipsos website. representative, and instead be considered to represent a more Weighting has been employed to balance demographics and ensure affluent, connected population. that the sample’s composition reflects that of the adult population These are still a vital social group to understand in these according to the most recent country census data. countries, representing an important and emerging middle class. 17 ‒ © Ipsos | What Worries the World
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