Ipsos Global @dvisor Wave 26
Just one in ten Britons (11%) describe Britain’s current economic situation as good, a decline of 6 percentage points on the previous month. Only the Belgians have had a similarly steep fall in confidence.
We remain among the most negative of the major economies, with only the Italians (8%), French (6%), Japanese (6%) Spanish (5%) and Hungarians (2%) more negative about their own economy, according to new research from Ipsos’ Global @dvisor online survey conducted in 24 countries.
The most positive countries are Saudi Arabia (83%) and India (75%). Citizens in Sweden (69%) Canada (66%), China (65%), Germany (64%) and Australia (62%) are also particularly positive about the state of their respective economy with over six in ten describing it as good.
Bobby Duffy, Managing Director of Ipsos, said:
“Confidence is vital to economic recovery, but there’s precious little of it in many major economies right now. In Britain there is still a good deal of support for the government’s actions to deal with economic crisis, but instilling a sense of optimism is not something they’ve managed to achieve – and that doesn’t seem likely to change any time soon.
Maybe more surprising is that there are still a number of countries where confidence is still riding high. This may be a global crisis, but there are a number of important economies who are escaping the worst effects – so far.”
Technical note
Ipsos Global @dvisor is a monthly online survey conducted by Ipsos via the Ipsos Online Panel system in 24 countries around the world.
For the results of the survey presented herein, an international sample of 18,682 age 18-64 in the US and Canada, and age 16-64 in all other countries, were interviewed. Approximately 1000+ individuals participated on a country by country basis via the Ipsos Online Panel with the exception of Argentina, Belgium, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden and Turkey, where each have a sample approximately 500+.
The survey was conducted between October 7th and October 20th, 2011.
Weighting was employed to balance demographics and ensure the sample's composition reflects that of the adult population according to the most recent country Census data available and to provide results intended to approximate the sample universe, (in the small number of developing countries where access to the internet is limited respondents are more likely to be affluent and well connected than the average member of the population.)
