International

Japan is in second place for the first time, while the UK remains in third, and France moves to fourth place - major gains are in the index’s People and Governance sub-categories. Winter Olympics and FIFA World Cup hosts South Korea and Russia improved their images, South Korea most remarkably. The U.S. remains in sixth place.

Two years on from Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, a major new Ipsos survey across 25 countries, revisits the topic of populism and ‘system is broken’ sentiment.