Support for legal abortion is widespread in many places, especially in Europe
Majorities in most of the 27 places around the world surveyed in 2023 and 2024 say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
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Majorities in most of the 27 places around the world surveyed in 2023 and 2024 say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
More Americans say their country’s influence in the world has been getting weaker rather than stronger in recent years (47% vs. 19%).
In most countries surveyed, around nine-in-ten or more adults are online. In South Korea, 99% of adults use the internet.
Across 11 questions on cultural subjects, the gap between the left and right in the U.S. is wider than in the European countries surveyed.
Recent surveys have documented how people around the world view the issue of climate change and international responses.
Majorities across much of Western Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region have a favorable view of the European Union.
Much larger shares of people in most nations see China’s influence growing than say the same of the United States.
When comparing turnout among the voting-age population in recent national elections in 50 countries, the U.S. ranks 31st.
Nearly half of Americans (47%) say that the United States’ influence in the world has been getting weaker in recent years.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to visit the White House this week as she wraps up her final year in office.
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