3. Confidence in Trump to handle global issues
On balance, most people across 24 nations are not confident in Trump to handle immigration, conflict in Ukraine and Israel, China relations, the global economy, and climate change.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
On balance, most people across 24 nations are not confident in Trump to handle immigration, conflict in Ukraine and Israel, China relations, the global economy, and climate change.
Large majorities in nearly all 35 nations surveyed say China has a great deal or a fair amount of influence on their country’s economic conditions.
Christians remain the largest religious group. But they’re shrinking as a share of the global population, as many Christians are leaving religion altogether.
Christians remain the largest religious group, and Muslims grew the fastest from 2010 to 2020. Read how the global share of Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated changed.
While 84% of Americans and 74% of Germans perceived U.S.-German relations as good, their views differed on some international issues.
A median of 54% of adults in these nations have a favorable view of the U.S., while a median of 35% see China favorably.
More than half of adults in 19 of 24 countries surveyed lack confidence in Trump’s leadership on the world stage.
While most adults in the 35 countries we surveyed feel China’s influence on domestic economic conditions, people are divided on whether that influence is positive or negative. Those in high-income countries tend to see China’s economic influence negatively, while those in middle-income countries have a more positive outlook. We also asked specifically about the influence […]
As the largest economy and military in the Asia-Pacific region, and the second-largest population in the world, China is an important regional and global player. To learn more about views of its impact in the region and more broadly, we asked adults in 10 Asia-Pacific countries the following questions: A 10-country median of 72% are […]
Across the 35 countries we surveyed, more have unfavorable views of China than favorable ones. The same is true when it comes to Chinese President Xi Jinping: People mostly lack confidence in him to do the right thing regarding world affairs. But opinions vary widely across regions and across levels of economic development. For example, […]
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