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title: "Developing Countries Most Satisfied with Economy"
description: "Six years after the beginning of the Great Recession, amid an uneven global economic recovery, publics around the world remain glum. A global median of 60% see their country’s economy performing poorly."
date: "2014-09-09"
authors:
  - name: "No Author"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2014/09/09/developing-countries-most-optimistic-about-economy/"
categories:
  - "Economic Conditions"
---

# Developing Countries Most Satisfied with Economy

Six years after the beginning of the Great Recession, amid an uneven global economic recovery, publics around the world remain glum. A global median of 60% see their country’s economy performing poorly. This includes 64% of those surveyed in advanced economies and 59% in emerging markets. Only in developing economies is there some semblance of satisfaction with economic performance: 51% voice the view that their economy is doing well.

Those who see their economy in the most negative light are the Greeks (97% say economic conditions are bad), Italians (96%), Spanish (93%) and Ukrainians (93%). Those most positive about their national economic conditions are the Chinese (89%), Vietnamese (87%) and Germans (85%).

[Read the full report here](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2014/09/09/global-public-downbeat-about-economy/)

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