WHATWORRIESTHEWORLD?

March2021

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WHATWORRIESTHEWORLD?

Ipsos’WhatWorriestheWorldsurveytrackspublicopiniononthemostimportantsocialandpoliticalissuesacross27countriestoday,drawingon10yearsofdatatoplacethelatestscoresincontext.

Thisglobalsummaryreportpresentsthetopglobalconcernsalongsidewhetherpeoplethinkthingsintheircountryareheadingintherightorwrongdirection.

Fullbreakdownsoffindingsforeachcountryand

eachissuearealsoavailableon.

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WHATWORRIESTHEWORLD?MARCH2021

CoronavirushasremainedthetopconcernsinceitwasfirstaddedtothesurveyinApril2020.Theglobalaveragefromour27-countrysurveyshowsthat45%considerCovid-19tobeoneofthemostworryingissuesfacingtheircountrytoday.Meanwhile62%saythingsintheircountryareonthe“wrongtrack”.

Q

Whichthreeofthefollowingtopicsdoyou

findthemostworryinginyourcountry?

Coronavirus(COVID-19)

45%

Unemployment

37%

Poverty&socialinequality

31%

Financial/politicalcorruption

29%

Crime&violence

24%

changevs.

lastmonth

-5

=

+1

+2

=

Q

Generallyspeaking,wouldyousaythingsinthis

countryareheadingintherightdirection,orare

theyoffonthewrongtrack?

%change

?

vs.last

month

RIGHTDIRECTION

+2

38%

62%

-2

WRONGTRACK

Base:Representativesampleof19,011adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,February19thtoMarch5th2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

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WHATWORRIESTHEWORLD?12-MONTHTREND

Q

Whichthreeofthefollowingtopicsdoyoufindthemost

worryinginyourcountry?

70%

60%

50%

45%

40%

37%

30%

31%

29%

20%

24%

10%

0%

Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar

2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021 2021

Coronavirus Unemployment Poverty&social Financial/political Crime&violence

(COVID-19) inequality corruption

Q

Generallyspeaking,wouldyousaythingsinthis

countryareheadingintherightdirection,orarethey

offonthewrongtrack?

100%

90%

80%

70%

60%

62%

50%

40%

38%

30%

20%

10%

0%

Mar

May

Jul

Sep

Nov

Jan

Mar

2020

2020

2020

2020

2020

2021

2021

RightDirection

WrongTrack

Base:Representativesampleof19,011adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,February19thtoMarch5th2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

4??Ipsos|WhatWorriestheWorld

DIRECTIONOF

TRAVEL

ALL

COUNTRIES

5??Ipsos|WhatWorriestheWorld

RIGHTDIRECTIONVS.WRONGTRACKMONITOR

Wouldyousaythingsinthiscountryareheadingintherightdirection,oraretheyoffonthewrongtrack?

Globalcountryaverage

SaudiArabia

India

Australia

Germany

Canada

Malaysia

SouthKorea

GreatBritain

Russia

US

Israel

Turkey

Mexico

Sweden

Japan

Netherlands

Belgium

Hungary

Brazil

France

Italy

Chile

Spain

Argentina

Poland

SouthAfrica

Peru

62%

38%

Wrongtrack

14%

86%

32%

68%

36%

64%

Right

49%

51%

direction

50%

50%

51%

49%

52%

48%

56%

44%

57%

43%

60%

40%

61%

39%

62%

38%

62%

38%

65%

35%

67%

33%

70%

30%

70%

30%

71%

29%

72%

28%

73%

27%

74%

26%

75%

25%

77%

23%

78%

22%

80%

20%

80%

20%

85%

15%

Acrossthe27qnations-1

p +5

surveyed,morethansixinten

p +2

(62%)onaveragesaythat

p +2

thingsintheirqcountry-2areonthewrongtrackq.-1

+1

Thisviewismostqwidely-5

p +1

sharedbythoseinPeru

p +11

(85%),SouthAfrica(80%)and

q -4

Poland(also80%).Three-

p +1

quartersormoreqinArgentina,-3

SpainandChilealsosaythat

q

-5

q

-1

thingsintheircountryare

q

-8

headinginthewrongdirection.

p

+5

q

-4

Thecountriesqwiththelargest

-5

month-on-monthqincreases-3inthepublicsayingqthings-1areon

the“wrongtrack”qare-6Turkey

p +2

(+5points)andHungary(+4).

q -1

Moresaythingsinareheading

q -5

inthe“rightdirection”inGreat

=

Britain(+11points),p+4theNetherlands(+8)qand-2theUS(+5)vs.lastmonth.

Base:Representativesampleof19,011adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,February19thtoMarch5th2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

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GLOBAL:RIGHTDIRECTION/WRONGTRACK

Wouldyousaythingsinthiscountryareheadingintherightdirection,oraretheyoffonthewrongtrack?(Globalcountryaveragescore)

Rightdirection

Wrongtrack

100%

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

Mar

Mar

Mar

Mar

Mar

Mar

Mar

Mar

Mar

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Base:Representativesamplec.20,000adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,2013-2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

62%

38%

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WORRIESTHE

WORLD?

TOPISSUES

RANKED

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WORLDWORRIES:THEFULLLIST

Whichthreeofthefollowingtopicsdoyoufindthemostworryinginyourcountry?

mentionedinMarch2021(globalcountryaverage)

Ourfullrankingofthe18

Coronavirus(COVID-19)

45%

issuesinoursurveygivesan

q

-2

Unemployment

37%

overviewofwhatpeoplein27

Poverty&socialinequality

31%

p

+2

countriesworryabout-1today.

Financial/politicalcorruption

29%

q

q

-3

Crime&violence

24%

Nearlyoneintwoofour

p

+5

Healthcare

21%

respondentsworldwide(45%)

=

Education

17%

saythatCovid-19isoneof

=

Taxes

15%

thetopissuesfacingtheir

country,althoughthisisdown

q

-2

12%

5pointsfromlastmonth.

Climatechange

p

+1

Moraldecline

11%

=

Immigrationcontrol

10%

Unemploymentp

isthesecond

+1

Inflation

9%

biggestissueacrossall

q

-1

Threatsagainsttheenvironment

8%

countriesat37%,followedby

q

-2

Riseofextremism

8%

Poverty&socialinequality

p

+1

Terrorism

6%

(31%)andFinancial/political

corruption(29%).-2

Maintainingsocialprogrammes

6%

q

p

+1

Childhoodobesity

2%

Crime&violenceisthefifth

=

Accesstocredit

1%

mostprominentq

thismonthat

24%.

-1

Base:Representativesampleof19,011adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,February19thtoMarch5th2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

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WORLDWORRIES:LONG-TERMTREND

Whichthreeofthefollowingtopicsdoyoufindthemostworryinginyourcountry?

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

mars

mars

mars

mars

mars

mars

mars

mars

mars

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

56%

45%

37%

31%

29%

24%

Coronavirus(COVID-19)

Unemployment

Poverty&socialinequality

Financial/Politicalcorruption

Crime&violence

Base:Representativesamplec.20,000adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,2013-2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

10??Ipsos|WhatWorriestheWorld

CountryComparison

1 |CORONAVIRUS(COVID-19)

(%)worriedinMarch2021ineachcountry

World

MalaysiaGreatBritainJapan

Netherlands

Canada

Germany

Peru

SaudiArabia

Spain

SouthKorea

Italy

Brazil

Belgium

Poland

France

Hungary

US

Israel

Mexico

Australia

India

Sweden

SouthAfrica

Chile

Turkey

Argentina

Russia

18%

18%

45%

61%

60%

58%

58%

57%

57%

57%

57%

56%

54%

52%

51%

49%

46%

45%

45%

44%

43%

41%

38%

38%

35%

32%

30%

27%

Onaverage,almostq-1half(45%)

worldwidesayCoronavirusis

p

+28

q

-4

oneofthebiggestissues

q

-10

facingtheircountrytoday.This

q

-3

isa5-percentagepointdrop

q

-2

fromthe50%recordedin

q

-2

JanuaryandFebruary2021,

q

-1

q

-3

andthelowestlevelofconcern

p

+2

onaglobalscalein5months.

q

-1

-6

Malaysiansremainq-the5most

concernedaboutqCovid-5-19,but

q -2

today’s61%issignificantly

p +13

lowerthanthe77%oflast

q -3

month.Justbehind,q-4with60%,

GreatBritainisqagain-3insecond

place,followedqbyJapan-4and

q -7

theNetherlands(both58%).

p +1

+2

Mostcountriesqrecord-19adecline

inconcernaboutpCovid+10-19this

month,butthereqhave-6been

q -5

moderateincreasesinBrazil

p +2

(+6)andHungary(+6).

Base:Representativesampleof19,011adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,February19thtoMarch5th2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

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CountryComparison

2 |UNEMPLOYMENTANDJOBS

(%)worriedinMarch2021ineachcountry

World

Italy

SouthAfrica

Spain

SouthKorea

India

Mexico

Turkey

Malaysia

Peru

Israel

Argentina

Australia

Japan

Brazil

Canada

SaudiArabia

Chile

GreatBritain

Russia

Hungary

US

France

Belgium

Poland

Sweden

GermanyNetherlands

17%

15%

37%

47%

47%

47%

46%

43%

38%

37%

36%

34%

33%

33%

33%

32%

32%

32%

30%

29%

28%

26%

23%

21%

60%

60%

58%

54%

Unemploymentqiscurrently-1

thesecondgreatestq-1worry

=

worldwidewith37%

q -3

selectingitasoneofthe

p +2

mostimportantqissues-6

facingtheircountryp+4today.

+4

q -1

60%inbothItalyandSouth

=

Africansaythat

q -2

Unemploymentqisa-7top

worryintheirqcountry-1today.

q -7

Spainisjustbehindwith

p +2

reportedconcernat58%.

p +2

-7

Unemploymentpisnow+1the

numberone=worryinSpain,

=

surpassingCovid-19.

q -3

q -6

Thelargestincreaseq-2in

Covid-19concern=seen

sincelastmonthpis+1in

q -4

Poland(+9percentage

-2

points). =

Base:Representativesampleof19,011adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,February19thtoMarch5th2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

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CountryComparison

|POVERTY&SOCIALINEQUALITY

worriedinMarch2021ineachcountry

World

31%

=

Russia

60%

p

+1

Hungary

45%

Threeinten(31%)on

q

-4

Chile

43%

averageacrossallcountries

q

-2

Argentina

41%

sayPovertyp&social+1

Turkey

40%

inequalityisoneofthetop

p

+3

Germany

37%

p

+2

Belgium

34%

issuesintheircountry

=

Japan

34%

today.Thishasbeenour

q

-2

SouthAfrica

34%

survey’sthirdtopissuefor

q

-1

SouthKorea

33%

thepast12months.

p

+7

France

32%

=

GreatBritain

31%

p

+5

Israel

31%

Withsixin10selecting

p

+3

Mexico

31%

Poverty&socialinequality

p

+6

Brazil

30%

asanissueofconcernin

=

Spain

29%

Russia,thenation+1continues

p

Italy

28%

q

-9

Malaysia

25%

tooccupythetopspot.

q

-3

Netherlands

25%

q

-1

Australia

23%

Thelargestincreasesfor

q

-6

Canada

23%

thisissuecomparedq-2tolast

India

23%

monthareseeninArgentina

q

-9

Sweden

20%

q

-1

Peru

19%

(+6pointsto41%)and

q

-2

Poland

18%

GreatBritain(also+6,to

31%).

=

SaudiArabia

18%

=

US

18%

=

Base:Representativesampleof19,011adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,February19thtoMarch5th2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

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CountryComparison

|FINANCIAL/POLITICALCORRUPTION

worriedinMarch2021ineachcountry

World

29%

=

SouthAfrica

64%

Financial/PoliticalCorruption

p

+5

Peru

50%

isthefourthgreatestglobal

q

-1

Russia

50%

concern.Ourstudyshows

p

+1

Malaysia

49%

almostthreeqinten-(29%)8

on

Hungary

46%

averagecountingitamong

q

-3

Argentina

35%

=

Brazil

34%

thebigissuesfacingtheir

=

Spain

34%

countrytoday.

p

+6

Chile

33%

q

-1

India

32%

SouthAfricaisqnow-1topofthe

Israel

32%

q

-3

Poland

31%

table;an8-pointincrease

=

Mexico

30%

theremeansalmosttwo-

=

SouthKorea

29%

thirds(64%)saycorruption

q

-4

Japan

28%

asatopconcernp

.Next+7

are

US

27%

PeruandRussia,qboth-1

with

Turkey

23%

50%ofthepublicworried

Belgium

p

+9

21%

q

-2

Canada

21%

aboutthis.InFebruary,

=

Australia

20%

Russiawastopqwith57%.

-3

Italy

20%

q

-2

SaudiArabia

14%

Spainhasthepgreatest+1

Netherlands

14%

percentageincreaseonthis

=

France

10%

q

-2

GreatBritain

issuesincelastmonth(+13

10%

q

-2

Sweden

9%

points),followedp

by+1Mexico

Germany

8%

(+10)andJapanp(also+1+10).

Base:Representativesampleof19,011adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,February19thtoMarch5th2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

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CountryComparison

5 |CRIME&VIOLENCE

(%)worriedinMarch2021ineachcountry

World

24%

Sweden

59%

Chile

51%

Mexico

51%

Argentina

47%

SouthAfrica

47%

Peru

43%

Israel

31%

France

30%

Turkey

27%

Brazil

26%

Australia

23%

India

23%

Germany

20%

Netherlands

20%

Malaysia

19%

US

19%

Belgium

18%

GreatBritain

18%

Italy

15%

Canada

12%

SouthKorea

11%

Spain

11%

SaudiArabia

10%

Russia

9%

Japan

8%

Poland

5%

Hungary

4%

Base:Representativesampleof19,011adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,February19thtoMarch5th2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

+3

+9

Crime&violencep+8isthe5th

topissueofpconcern+5in

q -5

Marchwithanaverageof

p +3

24%acrossallcountries

p +1

selectingitaspone+5ofthe

mostimportantpissues+3

p +12

facingtheircountry.

=

q -6

Thismonth,pCrime+9&

violenceistheqnumber-1one

concerninArgentina,p+1Chile,

=

MexicoandSweden.

p +3

p +2

Previously,ourpsurvey+2had

foundMexicans=most

concernedaboutpCovid+2-19.

p +2

Whilethiswastopforthe

p +4

firsttwomonthsof2021,it

p +5

hasnowshiftedpback+2to

Crime&violenceq.-4

=

=

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ECONOMIC

FOCUS

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IPSOSGLOBALECONOMICOUTLOOKSURVEY

RunningalongsideourWhatWorriestheWorldsurvey,Ipsos’GlobalConsumerConfidencestudyasksthepublicin27countriesquestionsrelatingtotheeconomyandfinance,onacountryandpersonallevel.

Thefollowingslidesusesomeofthisdatatoprovideextrainformationonthepublicviewofthepresenteconomicclimateandfutureexpectationsin27countries.

Findoutmoreonourconsolidatedglobaleconomicindicatorportal:

/

Pleasecontact:

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ECONOMICFOCUS

Amajorityinmostofthe27countriessurveyedsaythatthecurrenteconomicsituationintheircountryis“bad”.

Q Howwouldyoudescribetheeconomicsituationinyourcountry?

Globalcountry

changevs.

average

lastmonth

Good:33%

+3

6%

24%

Bad:67%

-3

26%

Verygood

Somewhatgood

43%

Somewhatbad

Verybad

Base:Representativesampleof19,011adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,February19thtoMarch5th2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

Wefindabroadlynegativeoutlookastwo-thirdsconsidertheeconomicsituationintheircountrytobe“bad”whileone-thirdsayitis“good”(accordingtoourglobalcountryaverage).

Peoplearemorelikelytoratetheircountry’seconomyas“very”or“somewhat”goodin:

SaudiArabia(90%)

India(68%)

Sweden(64%)

Australia(64%)

=Germany(52%)

=TheNetherlands(52%)

Thenationswherelargermajoritiessaytheircountry’seconomyis“very”or“somewhat”badare:

Argentina(92%)

Peru(89%)

=Italy(88%)

=Japan(88%)

France(86%)

18??Ipsos|WhatWorriestheWorld

ECONOMICFOCUS

Lookingaheadsixmonths,peoplearoundtheworldaresplitonwhetherthelocaleconomywillimprove.

Q Sixmonthsfromnow,doyouexpecttheeconomyinyourlocalareatobe…

Globalcountry

changevs.

average

lastmonth

Stronger:32%

+4

7%7%

Thesame:44%

+1

Weaker:24%

-5

17%

25%

Muchstronger

Somewhatstronger

Aboutthesame

44%

Somewhatweaker

Muchweaker

Base:Representativesampleof19,011adultsaged16-74in27participatingcountries,February19thtoMarch5th2021.

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor.GlobalscoreisaGlobalCountryAverage.Seemethodologyfordetails.

19??Ipsos|WhatWorriestheWorld

Ourtrackingofeconomicexpectationsin27countriesfindsaslightriseinoptimismaboutthefutureofthelocaleconomysincelastmonth.Onaverage,one-third(32%)sayitwillbestrongerinsixmonths’time(+4points),whileone-quarter(24%)thinkitwillbeweaker.

Morepeoplesaytheeconomywillbe“much”or“somewhat”strongerin:

SaudiArabia(72%)

India(60%)

Brazil(54%)

Mexico(48%)

Australia(45%)

Inthefollowingnations,moreexpecttheeconomytobe“much”or“somewhat”weaker:

Japan(47%)

Poland(43%)

France(37%)

TheNetherlands(37%)

=SouthKorea(36%)

=Turkey(36%)

METHODOLOGY

This27-countryGlobalAdvisorsurveywasconductedbetweenFebruary19thtoMarch5th2021viatheIpsosOnlinePanelsystemamong19,011adultsaged18-74inCanada,Israel,Malaysia,SouthAfrica,TurkeyandtheUnitedStates,and16-74inall21othercountries.

The“GlobalCountryAverage”reflectstheaverageresultforallthecountrieswherethesurveywasconducted.Ithasnotbeenadjustedtothepopulationsizeofeachcountryandisnotintendedtosuggestatotalresult.

Thesampleconsistsofapproximately1000+individualsineachofAustralia,Belgium,Brazil,Canada,France,Germany,GreatBritain,Italy,Israel,Japan,Mexico,Spain,Sweden,andtheUS,andapproximately500+individualsineachofArgentina,Chile,Hungary,India,Malaysia,theNetherlands,Peru,Poland,Russia,SaudiArabia,SouthAfrica,SouthKorea,andTurkey.

ThesamplesinArgentina,Australia,Belgium,Canada,France,Germany,GreatBritain,Hungary,Italy,Japan,theNetherlands,Poland,SouthKorea,Spain,Sweden,andtheUScanbetakenasrepresentativeofthesecountries’generaladultpopulationundertheageof75.

ThesamplesinBrazil,Chile,India,Malaysia,Mexico,Peru,Russia,SaudiArabia,SouthAfrica,andTurkeyaremoreurban,moreeducated,and/ormoreaffluentthanthegeneralpopulation.Thesurveyresultsforthesemarketsshouldbeviewedasreflectingthe

viewsofthemore“connected”segmentofthesepopulations.

Weightinghasbeenemployedtobalancedemographicsandensurethatthesample’scompositionreflectsthatofthe