Economic Optimism Index (EOI): State of the Economy 1997 - present

Q Do you think that the general economic condition of the country will improve, stay the same or get worse over the next 12 months?

* Hover over each point to see the date of fieldwork and percentage. Click on any of the codes in the legend, to add/ remove that data from the chart.

1979 - April 1997

1997	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
General Election 1 May 1997
9-12 May 1997	40	35	12	13	+28
20-23 June 1997	38	36	19	7	+19
25-28 July 1997	35	32	25	8	+10
21-25 August 1997	29	32	31	7	-2
26-29 September 1997	36	37	19	7	+17
24-27 October 1997	31	39	24	7	+7
21-24 November 1997	30	40	24	6	+6
12-15 December 1997	26	36	30	8	-4

 

1998	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
23-26 January 1998	27	38	28	7	-1
20-23 February 1998	29	38	27	6	+2
20-23 March 1998	30	36	26	8	+4
24-27 April 1998	28	38	27	7	+1
21-24 May 1998	26	39	25	10	+1
25-30 June 1998	19	36	38	7	-19
17-21 July 1998	19	33	40	8	-21
21-24 August 1998	18	30	45	6	-27
18-21 September 1998	13	30	50	7	-37
23-26 October 1998	11	25	57	7	-46
20-23 November 1998	16	31	47	6	-31
11-14 December 1998	16	30	46	8	-30

 

 

1999	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
22-25 January 1999	18	35	41	6	-23
19-22 February 1999	21	36	36	7	-15
19-22 March 1999	26	37	32	5	-6
23-26 April 1999	23	41	31	5	-8
21-24 May 1999	25	43	26	6	-1
18-21 June 1999	23	43	27	7	-4
23-26 July 1999	26	45	23	6	+3
20-23 August 1999	19	43	31	7	-12
24-27 September 1999	29	40	24	7	+5
22-25 October 1999	21	44	28	7	-7
19-22 November 1999	28	42	24	6	+4
10-14 December 1999	25	45	24	6	+1

 

 

2000	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
20-25 January 2000	27	41	25	6	+2
17-22 February 2000	22	41	32	5	-10
23-28 March 2000	25	40	30	5	-5
13-18 April 2000	20	43	33	4	-13
18-23 May 2000	22	38	33	7	-11
22-27 June 2000	18	42	32	8	-14
20-24 July 2000	23	40	33	4	-10
17-21 August 2000	20	46	27	7	-7
21-26 September 2000	19	41	36	5	-17
19-23 October 2000	18	42	31	9	-13
23-28 November 2000	22	43	28	7	-6
7-12 December 2000	22	44	28	6	-6

 

 

2001	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
18-22 January 2001	20	45	29	6	-9
15-20 February 2001	23	46	25	6	-2
22-27 March 2001	15	35	44	6	-29
19-24 April 2001	18	37	40	5	-22
24-30 May 2001	20	47	24	9	-4
General Election June 7 2001
21-26 June 2001	21	47	25	7	-4
19-23 July 2001	18	45	33	5	-15
23-28 August 2001	12	39	43	6	-31
20-25 September 2001	8	22	64	6	-56
18-22 October 2001	11	30	54	5	-43
22-27 November 2001	14	37	43	5	-29
There was no MORI Political Monitor in December

 

 

2002	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
24-28 January 2002	17	42	37	6	-20
21-26 February 2002	18	38	39	4	-21
21-26 March 2002	18	38	39	5	-21
18-22 April 2002	24	41	29	6	-5
23-28 May 2002	15	44	37	4	-22
20-24 June 2002	15	47	32	6	-17
18-22 July 2002	15	38	42	5	-27
22-28 August 2002	15	42	38	6	-23
19-24 September 2002	14	42	37	6	-23
17-21 October 2002	15	40	39	5	-23
14-19 November 2002	11	41	43	5	-32
12-17 December 2002	10	36	50	4	-40

 

 

2003	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
23-27 January 2003	8	30	54	7	-46
20-25 February 2003	8	28	58	6	-50
20-24 March 2003	12	29	51	8	-39
24-28 April 2003	19	38	37	7	-18
22-28 May 2003	14	42	38	6	-24
19-24 June 2003	17	40	37	6	-20
17-22 July 2003	15	42	37	6	-22
28 August - 2 September 2003	13	40	39	8	-26
11-16 September 2003	14	43	37	7	-23
23-28 October 2003	13	43	38	6	-25
20-25 November 2003	14	39	41	6	-27
11-17 December 2003	16	42	36	6	-20

 

 

2004	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
15-20 January 2004	16	41	37	6	-21
12-16 February 2004	17	42	35	6	-18
11-16 March 2004	16	40	38	6	-22
15-19 April 2004	15	47	33	5	-18
27 May - 1 June 2004	14	41	39	6	-25
24-29 June 2004	13	46	35	7	-22
22-27 July 2004	17	44	33	6	-16
12-16 August 2004	13	43	40	5	-27
10-14 September 2004	14	46	36	5	-22
21-27 October 2004	12	45	38	5	-26
4-8 November 2004	14	44	37	4	-23
2-6 December 2004	13	47	35	5	-22

 

 

2005	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
20-24 January 2005	12	53	31	5	-19
17-21 February 2005	17	50	28	5	-11
17-22 March 2005	15	48	30	6	-15
21-25 April 2005	17	46	28	10	-11
General election 5 May 2005
19-23 May 2005	16	43	36	5	-20
16-20 June 2005	16	48	30	6	-14
14-18 July 2005	14	47	32	6	-18
11-15 August 2005	12	45	37	6	-25
22-26 September 2005	9	43	44	4	-35
20-25 October 2005	9	44	41	6	-32
17-22 November 2005	12	44	39	5	-27

 

 

2006	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
19-23 January 2006	13	46	36	5	-23
16-20 February 2006	11	45	39	5	-28
16-21 March 2006	13	44	39	4	-26
27 April - 2 May 2006	11	42	41	6	-30
25-30 May 2006	11	43	43	3	-32
22-26 June 2006	10	50	35	5	-25
20-24 July 2006	10	42	43	5	-33
31 August - 6 September 2006	11	41	42	6	-31
12-16 October 2006	12	47	35	6	-23
9-14 November 2006	10	41	43	6	-33
7-12 December 2006	12	44	39	5	-27

 

 

2007	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
19-29 January 2007	8	37	47	7	-39
19-25 April 2007	10	43	41	6	-31
17-22 May 2007	14	48	34	5	-20
14-20 June 2007	14	45	34	8	-20
12-17 July 2007	16	41	37	6	-21
23-29 August 2007	12	43	37	8	-25
20-26 September 2007	12	35	45	7	-33
18-23 October 2007	11	36	48	5	-39
29 November - 7 December 2007	9	31	55	5	-46

 

 

2008	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
17-23 January 2008	9	27	60	5	-51
21-26 February 2008	7	33	54	5	-47
13-18 March 2008	7	22	67	4	-60
17-22 April 2008	9	19	66	5	-57
15-20 May 2008	7	22	67	3	-60
13-15 June 2008	12	16	69	2	-57
18-20 July 2008	11	12	75	2	-64
15-17 August 2008	13	14	72	1	-59
12-14 September 2008	12	16	70	1	-58
17-19 October 2008	24	16	59	1	-35
14-16 November 2008	17	13	68	2	-51
12-14 December 2008	18	14	66	3	-48

 

 

2009	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
16-18 January 2009	20	18	60	2	-40
13-15 February 2009	20	17	60	2	-40
13-15 March 2009	23	23	52	1	-29
17-19 April 2009	35	25	37	3	-2
29-31 May 2009	33	29	35	3	-2
19-21 June 2009	41	27	30	2	+11
17-19 July 2009	34	24	40	1	-6
21-23 August 2009	43	26	27	3	+16
25-27 September 2009	43	28	27	2	+16
16-18 October 2009	44	31	23	2	+21
13-15 November 2009	46	28	23	3	+23
11-13 December 2009	32	29	36	3	-4

 

 

2010	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
26-28 January 2010	44	28	24	3	+20
19-22 February 2010	37	29	31	2	+6
19-22 March 2010	36	32	29	3	+7
18-19 April 2010	41	30	26	4	+15
12-13 May 2010	41	22	31	6	+10
18-20 June 2010	35	23	40	3	-5
23-25 July 2010	37	24	34	4	+2
10-12 Sept 2010	28	22	48	2	-20
15-17 Oct 2010	27	22	48	4	-21
12-14 Nov 2010	28	21	48	3	-20
10-12 Dec 2010	29	26	41	4	-12

 

 

2011	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
21-24 January 2011	24	20	53	3	-29
18-20 February 2011	19	23	56	2	-37
11-13 March 2011	23	23	51	3	-28
15-17 April 2011	31	24	42	3	-11
20-24 May 2011	29	27	42	2	-13
17-19 June 2011	23	28	46	3	-23
16-18 July 2011	22	27	48	3	-26
20-22 August 2011	19	26	52	3	-33
10-12 September 2011	20	25	52	4	-32
22-24 October 2011	16	25	57	3	-41
19-21 November 2011	15	25	58	2	-43
10-12 December 2011	12	25	60	2	-48

 

 

2012	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
21-23 January 2012	16	29	51	3	-35
25-27 February 2012	24	28	46	2	-22
17-19 March 2012	29	25	43	2	-14
21-23 April 2012	24	32	42	2	-18
12-14 May 2012	21	32	44	3	-23
9-11 June 2012	18	29	50	3	-32
14-16 July 2012	16	33	48	3	-32
11-13 August 2012	16	40	43	2	-27
15-17 September 2012	26	36	35	3	-9
20-24 October 2012	25	33	39	3	-14
10-13 November 2012	29	34	35	2	-6
8 - 10 December 2012	19	33	46	2	-27

 

 

2013	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
12-14 January 2013	21	33	43	3	-22
9-11 February 2013	22	30	44	3	-22
9-11 March 2013	18	31	48	3	-30
13-15 April 2013	22	35	41	3	-19
11-13 May 2013	30	37	31	3	-1
8-10 June 2013	31	35	31	4	0
13-15 July 2013	35	30	30	3	+5
10-12 August 2013	44	29	24	2	+20
7-9 September 2013	46	28	23	3	+23
12-15 October 2013	42	28	27	3	+15
9-11 November 2013	42	27	27	4	+15
7-9 December 2013	44	27	26	2	+18

 

 

2014	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
11-14 January 2014	45	26	26	3	+19
1-3 February 2014	50	23	24	3	+26
8-12 March 2014	48	24	25	3	+23
5-7 April 2014	49	25	24	2	+25
10-12 May 2014	53	25	18	4	+35
14-17 June 2014	50	25	21	4	+29
12-15 July 2014	46	29	21	4	+25
9-11 August 2014	51	26	19	4	+32
6-9 September 2014	45	29	21	5	+24
11-14 October 2014	37	31	25	7	+12
8-10 November 2014	42	30	23	5	+19
13-15 December 2014	35	30	30	5	+5

 

2015	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
11-13 January 2015	38	30	26	6	+12
10-12 February 2015	37	30	26	7	+11
8-11 March 2015	41	33	20	7	+21
12-15 April 2015	42	27	21	11	+21
26-29 April 2015	43	27	17	14	+26
14-16 June 2015	42	28	26	4	+16
18-20 July 2015	42	26	28	4	+14
19-22 September 2015	35	28	34	3	+1
17-19 October 2015	32	27	38	3	-6
14-17 November 2015	31	25	40	4	-9
12-14 December 2015	34	28	35	3	-1

 

2016	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
23-25 January 2016	26	31	39	4	-13
13-16 February 2016	25	26	44	5	-19
19-22 March 2016	23	32	40	5	-17
16-18 April 2016	25	31	33	10	-8
14 - 16 May 2016	18	31	38	12	-20
11 - 14 June 2016	19	31	29	21	-10
9 - 11 July 2016	23	16	57	4	-34
13 - 15 August 2016	28	22	43	6	-15
10 - 14 September 2016	36	24	37	3	-1
14 - 17 October 2016	24	17	53	5	-29
11 - 14 November 2016	26	23	47	5	-21
10 - 12 December 2016	24	21	51	5	-27

 

2017	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
13-16 January 2017	27	21	47	4	-20
10 - 14 February 2017	28	24	44	4	-16
10 - 14 March 2017	22	24	50	4	-28
21 - 25 April 2017	28	24	40	8	-12
15 - 17 May 2017	27	23	43	8	-16
14 - 18 July 2017	14	28	54	4	-40
15-18 September 2017	21	23	52	4	-31
27  October- 1 November 2017	19	24	51	6	-32
24 - 28 November 2017	15	24	58	3	-43
2018	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
19-23 January 2018	20	24	52	4	-32
2-7 March 2018	22	22	54	3	-32
20-24 April 2018	23	28	46	3	-23
18-22 May 2018	23	27	46	5	-23
22-27 June 2018	19	23	54	4	-35
20-24 July 2018	17	23	54	6	-37
14-18 September 2018	15	19	59	7	-44
19-22 October 2018	14	21	61	5	-47
30 Nov - 5 Dec 2018	14	19	61	6	-47
2019	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
1-5 Feb 2019	14	21	57	9	-43
15-19 March 2019	16	20	58	6	-42
10-14 May 2019	16	25	51	9	-35
21-25 June 2019	13	23	57	7	-44
26-30 July 2019	18	19	58	5	-40
13-16 Sept 2019	15	20	59	6	-44
25-28 Oct 2019	17	19	56	8	-39
2-4 Dec 2019	21	20	50	9	-29
General Election 2019 (12 December)

 

2020	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
31 Jan-3 Feb 2020	29	21	42	7	-13
13-16 March 2020 (T)	15	13	69	3	-54
5-10 June 2020 (T)	22	6	69	3	-47
30 July - 4 August 2020 (T)	20	9	68	2	-48
11-18 Sept 2020 (T)	21	10	66	3	-45
22-28 Oct 2020 (T)	15	10	71	4	-56
4-10 Dec 2020 (T)	27	7	63	4	-36

 

2021	Improve	Stay the same	Get worse	Don't know	EOI
	%	%	%	%	%
29 Jan - 4 Feb 2021	29	9	60	2	-31
5-12 March 2021	43	14	41	3	+2
16-22 April 2021	51	11	36	2	+15
28 May - 3 June 2021	53	13	31	4	+22
2-8 July 2021	47	12	36	5	+11
30 July - 9 August 2021	44	12	39	5	+5
17-23 September 2021	31	13	53	3	-22
29 Oct - 3 Nov 2021	28	17	54	2	-26
3-10 December 2021	25	19	52	4	-27
19-25 Jan 2022	27	13	56	3	-29
9-16 Mar 2022	14	7	76	4	-62
20-28 Apr 2022	14	12	70	4	-56
11-17 May 2022	15	10	72	3	-57
22-29 June 2022	13	8	77	2	-64
21-27 July 2022	16	10	69	5	-53
7-15 Sept 2022	15	10	71	3	-56
5-12 Oct 2022	16	11	70	3	-54
9-16 November 2022	16	10	72	3	-56
7-13 December 2022	14	14	69	3	-55
13-19 January 2023	24	16	57	3	-33
22 Feb - 1 March 2023	23	12	61	4	-38
22-29 March 2023	22	17	58	3	-36
10-16 May 2023	24	18	54	4	-30
14-20 June 2023	21	18	58	3	-37
19-23 July 2023	28	15	55	3	-27
6-12 September 2023	20	23	55	2	-35
11-18 October 2023	21	20	55	5	-34
1-7 November 2023	19	21	55	5	-36