Across 12 high-income countries, a median of 64% of adults say they are dissatisfied with the way their democracy is working, while a median of 35% are satisfied.
On average, people in 18 countries say the ideal age to have a child is around 26 years old. Women in the countries polled generally give birth a bit later in life.
When asked about policies that might address the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, several are seen by large shares of the public as ways to improve the situation: Half or more say increasing the number of judges to process asylum applications (60%), creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate (56%), and increasing deportations of […]
For each destination country, this Appendix tabulates the methods of deriving the religious composition of migrant stocks from various origin countries. We only estimate the religious composition of origin-destination country pairs that appear in the United Nations’ migrant stock database. For example, for Afghanistan, the UN only provides estimates of the number of migrants from […]
A median of 31% across 35 countries say they’re completely free to speak without censorship, and 28% say their media are completely free to report the news.