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November 2020

WHAT WORRIES THE WORLD

Global summary report

© Ipsos | What Worries the World

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 10 years of data to place the latest scores in context.

This global summary report presents the top global concerns

alongside whether people think things their country is heading in the

right or wrong direction.

Full breakdowns of findings for each country and

each issue are also available on www.ipsos.com.

Please contact: [email protected]

for more information.

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47%

38%

29%

27%

26%

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Unemployment

Poverty & social inequality

Financial/political corruption

Crime & violence =

- 1

• 47% of people in 27 countries select COVID-19 as one of the main issues of concern facing their country.

• 64% say things in their country are on the “wrong track”.

GLOBAL SUMMARY: NOVEMBER 2020

Which three of the following topics do you

find the most worrying in your country?

Base: Representative sample of 20,006 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries, October 23rd 2020 - November 6th 2020.

Generally speaking, would you say things in this

country are heading in the right direction, or are

they off on the wrong track?

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WRONG TRACK

RIGHT DIRECTION

36%

64%

Source: Global Advisor

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GLOBAL SUMMARY: A 12-MONTH VIEW

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inequality

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corruption

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29%27%26%

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Which three of the following topics do you find the most

worrying in your country?

Generally speaking, would you say things in this

country are heading in the right direction, or are they off

on the wrong track?

Q Q

Right Direction Wrong Track




DIRECTION OF

TRAVELALL

COUNTRIES

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13%20%20%21%23%24%26%26%27%27%28%30%31%31%32%33%33%

36%40%40%

44%47%47%

58%59%61%

82%36%

87%80%80%79%77%76%74%74%73%73%72%70%69%69%68%67%67%

64%60%60%

56%53%53%

42%41%39%

18%64% Wrong track

Right direction

Would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?

6 ‒

GLOBAL RIGHT DIRECTION/WRONG TRACK MONITOR

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World

Saudi Arabia

Malaysia

Australia

India

Canada

South Korea

Germany

Japan

Russia

Chile

Brazil

US

Sweden

Great Britain

Mexico

Netherlands

Italy

Hungary

Peru

Argentina

Israel

Turkey

Spain

Belgium

France

South Africa

Poland



Q

Across the 27 nations,

more than six in ten (64%)

on average, and a majority

in 23 countries, say that

things in their country are

on the wrong track.

The countries where larger

majorities share this view

are Poland (87%), South

Africa (80%), France

(80%) and Belgium (79%).

The proportion of those in

Poland saying things in

their country are on the

wrong track has increased

by 13 points since last

month.


GLOBAL: RIGHT DIRECTION/WRONG TRACK

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Nov2012

Nov2013

Nov2014

Nov2015

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Nov2020

Right direction Wrong track

64%

36%



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Would you say things in this country are heading in the right direction, or are they off on the wrong track?Q


WORRIES THE

WORLD?TOP ISSUES

RANKED


WORLD WORRIES: THE FULL LIST

47%

38%

29%

27%

26%

23%

16%

13%

11%

10%

10%

9%

9%

9%

8%

6%

2%

*

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Unemployment

Poverty & social inequality

Financial/political corruption

Crime & violence

Healthcare

Education

Taxes

Climate change

Immigration control

Moral decline

Rise of extremism

Terrorism

Inflation

Threats against the environment

Maintaining social programmes

Access to credit

Childhood obesity

Mentioned in November 2020 (%)



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Which three of the following topics do you find the most worrying in your country?Q

This ranking of 18 issues

shows the full spectrum of

the top issues that people

in 27 countries worry about

today.

The top 5 scores remain

consistent although

COVID-19 is up 3

percentage points on last

month – the first increase

since August 2020 – with

47% worldwide now saying

this is one of the top issues

facing their country.

Unemployment is second,

at 38%, while Poverty &

social inequality is a top

worry for 29% across all

countries.


Coronavirus (COVID-19) Unemployment Poverty & social inequality Financial/Political corruption Crime & violence

56%47%

WORLD WORRIES: LONG-TERM TRENDS

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30%

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70%

Nov2012

Nov2013

Nov2014

Nov2015

Nov2016

Nov2017

Nov2018

Nov2019

Nov2020

26%

27%

38%

29%

Base: Represent Representative sample of 20,006 adults aged 16-74 in 27 participating countries, October 23rd 2020 - November 6th 2020.



47%

76%

64%

64%

57%

56%

56%

55%

52%

52%

51%

51%

50%

50%

49%

49%

48%

46%

44%

43%

42%

41%

40%

33%

31%

30%

24%

22%

World

Malaysia

Great Britain

Spain

Canada

Belgium

Netherlands

Poland

Italy

Japan

Germany

South Korea

India

US

France

Saudi Arabia

Mexico

Australia

Sweden

Israel

Peru

Turkey

Hungary

Brazil

Chile

Russia

Argentina

South Africa

1 | CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

(%) worried in November 2020 in each country

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p +28

q -4

q -10

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q -2

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p +10

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Country Comparison

47% of our respondents

worldwide say Coronavirus

is one of the biggest issues

facing their country today.

Malaysia is the country

most concerned about

COVID-19 for the second

month. Great Britain and

Spain stay in the top 3 with

small increases in each.

Sweden sees a significant

increase in concern this

month (+22). Scores are

also up in Belgium (+15),

Italy (+14), Hungary (+14),

France (+10) and Mexico

(+10).


38%

65%

60%

58%

55%

55%

48%

47%

43%

43%

43%

43%

42%

41%

37%

37%

34%

32%

31%

31%

28%

26%

25%

25%

22%

18%

17%

16%

World

South Africa

Spain

Italy

Malaysia

South Korea

Mexico

Australia

Argentina

Chile

India

Israel

Turkey

Peru

Japan

Saudi Arabia

Great Britain

Brazil

Canada

Russia

US

Netherlands

France

Hungary

Belgium

Sweden

Poland

Germany

2 | UNEMPLOYMENT AND JOBS


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q -1

=

q -3

p +2

q -6

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=

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q -7

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12 ‒



Country Comparison

Unemployment is currently

the second greatest worry

worldwide with 38%

selecting it as one of the

most important issues

facing their country today.

This reflects the emerging

trend of concern about job

security during COVID-19.

South Africa is most

concerned about this issue,

followed by Spain and Italy.

More than half in South

Korea and Malaysia also

say this is a top issue facing

their country today. Concern

has increased most (by 7

points) in Malaysia this

month.


29%

56%

48%

41%

36%

35%

34%

34%

34%

33%

33%

32%

30%

30%

29%

29%

26%

26%

25%

25%

23%

22%

22%

20%

20%

18%

16%

14%

World

Russia

Chile

Hungary

South Korea

South Africa

Germany

Japan

Mexico

Brazil

Israel

Argentina

Belgium

Turkey

Great Britain

Peru

Netherlands

Spain

Canada

Italy

India

Australia

Malaysia

France

Sweden

US

Saudi Arabia

Poland

3 | POVERTY & SOCIAL INEQUALITY


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13 ‒

Country Comparison

Russia continues to be the

country most concerned

about Poverty & social

inequality with a score of

56%.

Chile and Hungary remain

in second and third place

with 48% and 41%

respectively.

Poverty/social inequality is

the #1 out of the 18

categories in both concern

Russia and Chile.

More people in Israel and

South Korea are seeing this

as top issue in their country,

up 8 and 6 percentage

points respectively since

last month.


27%

66%

48%

45%

45%

42%

40%

39%

35%

33%

33%

30%

29%

26%

25%

24%

20%

20%

19%

17%

16%

16%

13%

12%

8%

8%

8%

6%

World

South Africa

Russia

Malaysia

Peru

Hungary

South Korea

Israel

Argentina

Brazil

Poland

India

Chile

Spain

Saudi Arabia

Mexico

Canada

US

Australia

Turkey

Italy

Japan

Belgium

Great Britain

France

Germany

Sweden

Netherlands

4 | FINANCIAL/POLITICAL CORRUPTION


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14 ‒

Country Comparison

Financial/Political

Corruption is the fourth

greatest global concern,

with 27% saying it is one of

the big issues facing their

country.

South Africa is the country

most concerned about this,

and by a large margin, with

two-thirds of the public

(66%) selecting this issue

compared to 48% in Russia

and 45% in both Malaysia

and Peru.


26%

59%

57%

55%

55%

44%

40%

33%

30%

27%

25%

23%

22%

22%

22%

22%

21%

18%

17%

16%

15%

13%

12%

12%

11%

8%

8%

5%

World

South Africa

Sweden

Mexico

Peru

Argentina

Chile

India

Brazil

US

France

Australia

Germany

Israel

Malaysia

Turkey

Netherlands

Great Britain

Italy

Belgium

Canada

Japan

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

Hungary

Russia

Spain

Poland

5 | CRIME & VIOLENCE

(%) worried in October 2020 in each country

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p +8

p +5

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p +3

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p +3

p +12

=

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=

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15 ‒

Country Comparison

Crime & violence is ranked

5th globally, with 26% on

average saying this is

among the most worrying

issues in their country

today.

There has been a sharp

increase in people selecting

Crime & violence in Peru

since last month, up 13

percentage points. The

nation is now joint-third with

Mexico on this issue.

Crime & violence is the #1

issue of all 18 in Mexico and

Sweden.


METHODOLOGY

The survey is conducted monthly in 27 countries around the world via

the Ipsos Online Panel system. The countries included are Argentina,

Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Great Britain,

Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,

Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South

Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the US.

A survey with an unweighted probability sample of this size would

have an estimated margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points for

a sample of 1,000 and an estimated margin of error of +/- 4.5

percentage points for a 500 sample 19 times out of 20.

For the results of the survey presented herein, an international sample

of 20,085 adults aged 18-74 in the US, South Africa, Turkey, Israel and

Canada, and age 16-74 in all other countries, were interviewed

between October 23rd and November 6th 2020. Approximately 1000+

individuals participated on a country by country basis via the Ipsos

Online Panel.

In 17 of the 27 countries surveyed, internet penetration is

sufficiently high to think of the samples as representative of the

wider population within the age ranges covered: Argentina,

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel,

Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden,

Great Britain and United States.

The precision of Ipsos online polls are calculated using a credibility

interval with a poll of 1,000 accurate to +/- 3.1 percentage points and

of 500 accurate to +/- 4.5 percentage points. For more information on

the Ipsos use of credibility intervals, please visit the Ipsos website.

Weighting has been employed to balance demographics and ensure

that the sample’s composition reflects that of the adult population

according to the most recent country census data.

Brazil, Chile, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Peru, Saudi Arabia,

South Africa and Turkey have lower levels of internet penetration

and so these samples should not be considered nationally

representative, and instead be considered to represent a more

affluent, connected population.

These are still a vital social group to understand in these

countries, representing an important and emerging middle class.

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