Ipsos Global Consumer Confidence Index

Each month, Ipsos tracks attitudes of consumers in 29 markets on the current and future state of their local economy, their personal financial situation, the employment climate, and their purchasing and investing confidence.

Ipsos’s consumer confidence metrics are based on data from a monthly survey of more than 21,000 adults in 29 markets conducted on Ipsos’s Global Advisor online survey platform and, in India, on its IndiaBus platform. They are first reported each month by Refinitiv as the Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI).

Metrics include a “National” Index or “Overall” as well as four sub-indices, each indicative of a subset of areas.

  • Current Index: Current personal financial situation, local economy, purchasing and investing confidence, and job security
  • Expectations Index: Future personal financial, local economy, and employment situation
  • Investment Index:  Purchasing and investing confidence and personal financial situation
  • Jobs Index: Job security confidence, job loss experience, and employment outlook

The Global Consumer Confidence Index is the average of each of surveyed countries’ Overall or “National” index.”

The latest consumer trends at a glance

Top five countries in consumer optimism in April 2023

  • Indonesia - 63.5
  • Brazil - 57.9
  • Mexico - 56.2
  • India - 55.5
  • Singapore - 55.1

Key trends for April 2023

The latest figures show that the Global Consumer Confidence Index currently reads at 46.2. However, individual trends show contrasting evolutions.

If we exclude the nine new countries, the index would indicate a reading of 44.2.

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Past editions

March 2023

Consumer confidence shows stability in March global sentiment tracker - Current and Investment sub-indices decline slightly while the Expectations and Jobs indicators show little movement.
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February 2023

Rising consumer confidence in new, larger, February 2023 global sentiment tracker - Global Consumer Confidence Index enhancements include broader coverage and more immediacy.
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January 2023

Global consumer confidence on the upswing as new year begins - All metrics show significant continued improvement.
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December 2022

Expectations sub-index shows a slight uptick while Investment and Jobs sub-indices remain steady.
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November 2022

All three sub-indices are stable as sentiment remains muted among the world’s most advanced economies.
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October 2022

Sentiment continues its downward spiral among many of the world’s most advanced economies.
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September 2022

Expectations Index continues its decline as sentiment remains low among the world’s most advanced economies.
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August 2022

All sub-indices decline as sentiment remains low among world’s largest advanced economies.
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July 2022

National sentiment at its lowest in over a year for world’s six largest advanced economies.
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June 2022

Expectations and investment sentiment continues to decline.
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May 2022

Expectations and investment sentiment are down in many countries.
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April 2022

Global consumer confidence takes a dip - Sentiment in Europe and China drops significantly.
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March 2022

Lifting of COVID restrictions fails to trigger an uptick in global consumer confidence - Expectations Index drops significantly in Germany and Italy.
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February 2022

No significant change in sentiment since last month in most of survey’s 24 countries; global index on par with pre-pandemic level.
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