What Worries the World

Have concerns about coronavirus peaked?

The world is now split on whether coronavirus or unemployment is the most worrying issue facing their country today.

The coronavirus pandemic continues to be the world’s greatest worry, but it is giving way to greater concern about unemployment in some countries.

COVID-19 overtakes all other issues in Ipsos’ What Worries the World survey with the highest level of concern recorded for any category since the series began.

Globally, just 39% think their country is heading in the right direction. The top worries globally are unemployment, crime/violence, financial/political corruption and poverty/social inequality.