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Global Report - What Worries The World July 22 - 0
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THE WORLD?
July 2022
WHAT WORRIES THE WORLD?
Ipsos’ What Worries the World survey tracks public opinion on the
most important social and political issues across 27 countries today,
drawing on over ten years of data to place the latest scores in context.
This global summary report presents the top concerns around the
world, alongside whether people think things in their country are
heading in the right or wrong direction.
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WHAT WORRIES THE WORLD? JULY 2022
Concern about inflation remains at an elevated level and July marks the fourth consecutive month where it is a top worry
globally. Worry about poverty and social inequality has risen slightly (+2), while coronavirus remains in tenth spot in our index.
Two-thirds (65%) of people say their country is heading in the wrong direction.
Which three of the following topics do you Generally speaking, would you say things in this
Q Q
find the most worrying in your country? country are heading in the right direction, or are
they off on the wrong track?
change vs.
last month
change vs.
last month
Inflation 38% +1
Base: Representative sample of 20,022 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries, June 24th 2022 – July 8th 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
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40% 100%
38%
35% 90%
33% 80%
30%
70%
26% 65%
25%
23% 60%
20% 50%
15% 40%
14% 35%
30%
10%
20%
5%
10%
0% 0%
Jul 2021 Sep 2021 Nov 2021 Jan 2022 Mar 2022 May 2022 Jul 2022 Jul 2021 Sep 2021 Nov 2021 Jan 2022 Mar 2022 May 2022 Jul 2022
Coronavirus
Right Direction Wrong Track
Inflation Poverty & social Crime & Unemployment Financial/politic
inequality violence al corruption 10th place this month
Base: Representative sample of c.20,000 adults aged 16-74 in 28 participating countries, July 2021 – July 2022
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
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90%
80%
70%
60%
65%
50%
40%
30%
35%
20%
10%
0%
Jul 12 Jul 13 Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Jul 18 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22
Base: Representative sample c. 20,000 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries, 2012 - 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
Inflation 38%
Poverty & social inequality 33% This full ranking of the 18
Crime & violence 26% issues in our survey gives an
overview of what people in 27
Unemployment 26%
countries worry about today.
Financial/political corruption 23% Inflation remains the number
Health care 19% one concern globally for the
Taxes 18% fourth month in a row.
Climate change 16%
Education 15% Worry about poverty & social
inequality is up two points to
Coronavirus (Covid-19) 14%
33% and remains in second
Immigration control 12%
place. There have been slight
Military conflict between nations 10% declines in concern about
Moral decline 10% crime & violence,
Threats against the environment 9% unemployment and
Rise of extremism 7% financial/political corruption,
Terrorism 6% but all three stay in the top
five.
Maintaining social programmes 6%
Access to credit 2%
Base: Representative sample of 20,022 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries June 24th 2022 – July 8th 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
70%
38%
60%
33%
50%
40% 26%
30%
26%
20%
23%
10%
0% 14%
Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Jul 18 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22
Inflation Poverty & social Crime & violence Unemployment Financial/political Coronavirus
inequality corruption
Base: Representative sample c. 20,000 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries, 2014 – 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
50% 38%
40% 16%
30% 14%
20%
10%
0%
Jul 20 Nov 20 Mar 21 Jul 21 Nov 21 Mar 22 Jul 22
Base: Representative sample c. 18,000-21,000 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries, July 2020 – July 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
1 | INFLATION
12 ‒ © Ipsos | What Worries the World Base: Representative sample of 20,022 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries June 24th 2022 – July 8th 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
Filter: Country: World | Current Wave: Jul 22
Country Comparison
13 ‒ © Ipsos | What Worries the World Base: Representative sample of 20,022 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries June 24th 2022 – July 8th 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
Filter: Country: World | Current Wave: Jul 22
Country Comparison
World 26%
Mexico 61%
Chile 60%
Sweden 56% More than one in four people globally
South Africa 50% cite crime and violence as a top issue
Peru 48% facing their country (26%), down one
Argentina 46% point from last month.
Israel 36%
US 36%
Brazil
Concern is highest in Mexico (no
29%
Colombia 28% change this month), followed by Chile
India 26% (+3 this month), Sweden (+1), South
Netherlands 21% Africa (no change), and Peru (-4).
Australia 20%
France 20% The largest month-on-month increase
Canada 19% was in Israel (+5), after an 11 point fall
Belgium 18%
Turkey
last month, alongside India (+4).
18%
Malaysia 17%
Saudi Arabia 16% Countries which already had crime &
Italy 15% violence as the first of 17 worries
Germany 15% include Mexico, Sweden, and Chile.
Great Britain 14% This month Peru joins this list despite a
Spain 14% fall in concern about crime & violence.
South Korea 10%
Japan 8%
Hungary 7%
Poland 5%
14 ‒ © Ipsos | What Worries the World Base: Representative sample of 20,022 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries June 24th 2022 – July 8th 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
Filter: Country: World | Current Wave: Jul 22
Country Comparison
4 | UNEMPLOYMENT
15 ‒ © Ipsos | What Worries the World Base: Representative sample of 20,022 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries June 24th 2022 – July 8th 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
Filter: Country: World | Current Wave: Jul 22
Country Comparison
5 | FINANCIAL/POLITICAL CORRUPTION
16 ‒ © Ipsos | What Worries the World Base: Representative sample of 20,022 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries June 24th 2022 – July 8th 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
Filter: Country: World | Current Wave: Jul 22
Country Comparison
17 ‒ © Ipsos | What Worries the World Base: Representative sample of 20,022 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries June 24th 2022 – July 8th 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
Filter: Country: World | Current Wave: Jul 22
Country Comparison
10 | CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
World 14%
Japan 28%
Concern about coronavirus is up two
Germany 27% points to 14%, but remains in tenth
Malaysia 24% place in our rankings of global worries.
Saudi Arabia 21%
India 20% This is despite 17 countries seeing an
South Korea 19% increase in their level of worry about
Australia 19% the pandemic. The biggest rises have
Mexico 19%
Italy
been seen in Germany (+9), Spain and
16%
US 16% Netherlands (both +8), and Mexico
Canada 16% (+7).
France 15%
Brazil 15% Japan has seen worry fall five points in
Spain 15% July but it remains the most concerned
Peru 13% country with 28%. Saudi Arabia has
Great Britain 13%
Netherlands
also seen a decline in concern (-7), but
13%
Poland 10% remains in the top five.
Belgium 9%
Turkey 8% For the second month in a row, no
South Africa 7% country has Covid-19 as the top worry
Israel 7% in the country. Back in January this
Chile 7% year, 11 nations had listed Covid-19 as
Hungary 4%
their top concern.
Argentina 3%
Sweden 3%
Colombia 3%
18 ‒ © Ipsos | What Worries the World Base: Representative sample of 20,022 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries June 24th 2022 – July 8th 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
Filter: Country: World | Current Wave: Jul 22
Country Comparison
19 ‒ © Ipsos | What Worries the World Base: Representative sample of 20,022 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries June 24th 2022 – July 8th 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
Filter: Country: World | Current Wave: Jul 22
ECONOMIC
FOCUS
The following section draws on some of this data to provide extra context to
this month’s What Worries the World report. It shows how the public rate the
current economic climate in their country.
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CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION Read more about perceptions of the economy in the
Ipsos Global Consumer Confidence survey and explore
the data in the Ipsos Global Economic Indicator portal.
Q How would you describe the current economic situation in your country?
World 32% 68%
Saudi Arabia 93% 7% Good
India 77% 23% Across 27 countries, 32% (-2) on
Bad
Sweden 57% 43% average say that the current economic
Germany 51% 49% situation in their country is good, while a
Australia 50% 50% majority (68%) say that it is bad.
Netherlands 46% 54%
Israel 40% 60% Hungary and South Korea are the
Canada 38% 62% countries with the biggest increases
Malaysia 37% 63% saying the economic situation in their
Mexico 35% 65% country is bad (both +10). Other
Belgium 33% 67% countries to see an increase in their bad
Poland 31% 69% economic figure this month include Chile
US 28% 72% (+8), Turkey (+7), and Israel, France
Italy 24% 76% and Great Britain (all +6).
France 24% 76%
Great Britain 23% 77%
Saudi Arabia remains the most positive
South Africa 21% 79%
on its country’s economic outlook with
Brazil 21% 79%
93% rating it as good. India stays in
Spain 21% 79%
second place with over three in four
Hungary 20% 80%
(77%) saying the economy is good.
Colombia 17% 83%
South Korea 15% 85%
Turkey 14% 86%
At the other end of the scale, Argentina
Chile 14% 86% and Peru are still the most pessimistic
Japan 10% 90% about their economic situation.
Peru 9% 91%
Argentina 7% 93%
22 ‒ © Ipsos | What Worries the World Base: Representative sample of 20,022 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries June 24th 2022 – July 8th 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
Filter: Country: World | Current Wave: Jul 22
Australia’s score has
steadily dropped and it
CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION: AUSTRALIA now sees its lowest figure
since November 2020,
Q How would you describe the current economic situation in your country? when it scored 40%
(% ‘Very good’ or ‘Somewhat good’)
Australia
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50% 50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Jul 12 Jul 13 Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Jul 18 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22
Base: Representative sample c. 1000 adults aged 16-74 in Australia, 2010 - 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
14%
10%
0%
Jul 12 Jul 13 Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Jul 18 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22
Base: Representative sample c. 500 adults aged 16-74 in Chile, 2010 - 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20% 20%
10%
0%
Jul 12 Jul 13 Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Jul 18 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22
Base: Representative sample c. 500 adults aged 16-74 in Hungary, 2010 - 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
Q How would you describe the current economic situation in your country?
(% ‘Very good’ or ‘Somewhat good’)
Peru
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10% 9%
0%
Jul 12 Jul 13 Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Jul 18 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22
Base: Representative sample c. 500 adults aged 16-74 in Peru, 2010 - 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
15%
10%
0%
Jul 12 Jul 13 Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Jul 18 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22
Base: Representative sample c. 500 adults aged 16-74 in South Korea, 2010 - 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
Q How would you describe the current economic situation in your country?
(% ‘Very good’ or ‘Somewhat good’)
Turkey
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
14%
10%
0%
Jul 12 Jul 13 Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Jul 18 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22
Base: Representative sample c. 500 adults aged 18-74 in Turkey, 2010 - 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
28%
20%
10%
0%
Jul 12 Jul 13 Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Jul 18 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22
Base: Representative sample c. 1000 adults aged 18-74 in US, 2010 - 2022.
Source: Ipsos Global Advisor. Global score is a Global Country Average. See methodology for details.
The samples in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Where results do not sum to 100 or the ‘difference’ appears to be +/-1
Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, more/less than the actual, this may be due to rounding, multiple
Spain, Sweden, and the US can be taken as representative of these responses, or the exclusion of don't knows or not stated responses
countries’ general adult population under the age of 75. The publication of these findings abides by local rules and regulations.