Antisemitic attitudes are widespread globally

Washington DC, January 15, 2025—New polling the Anti-Defamation League commissioned Ipsos and other research partners to conduct and coordinate finds that 46% of people surveyed across 103 countries and territories around the world hold antisemitic attitudes. The study also finds that 20% of respondents worldwide have not heard about the Holocaust, and less than half (48%) recognize the Holocaust’s historical accuracy. Yet, 57% of respondents globally recognize that hate towards Jews is a serious problem in the world.

For more insights and data, please follow the link here: https://www.adl.org/adl-global-100-index-antisemitism.

About the Study

2024 marks the 10^th anniversary of the ADL Global 100: An Index of Antisemitism. ADL commissioned research on attitudes and opinions toward Jews in over 100 countries and territories around the world. Fieldwork and data collection for this global public opinion project were conducted and coordinated by Ipsos in all countries outside of the Middle East and North Africa region. Data collection for countries in the Middle East and North Africa region were conducted and coordinated by GDCC, Ronin, and Catalyze Global Research. All interviews were conducted between July 23 and November 13, 2024.

This study consists of surveys of the general public in 102 countries plus the Palestinian Territories in the West Bank & Gaza. The full list of countries and territories can be found on https://www.adl.org/adl-global-100-index-antisemitism.

The data is a result of 58,000 total interviews among citizens aged 18 and over, across 102 countries and the West Bank & Gaza. Expected margin of sampling error for the weighted global average is +/-0.42%; for the countries/territories surveyed with n=500 interviews it is +4.4%, and for countries sampled with n=1,000 interviews it is +3.2%. The margin of error is higher for sub-groups within each geography.

Interviews were conducted via telephone, face-to-face, and online using probability sampling approaches in each country. Telephones, mobile phones and face-to-face discussions in 82 unique languages (including English in some countries and dialects and pidgin/creole versions). Additional methodology details can be found later in the notes. Within each country, the data was weighted to be reflective of the national population by age, gender, and geography/region.

All country samples were designed to be nationally representative. In a handful of countries, there were a series of security concerns or logistical challenges, which, at times, interfered with or slowed the progress of data collection. There were two major conflicts ongoing at the time of data collection – the Russia-Ukraine war and the conflict between Israel and Hamas. During different moments of data collection, fighting in the conflict escalated, which slowed down the pace of data collection in different countries in the region. A few key events are highlighted below. 

• Russia-Ukraine war: Periodically paused and slowed data collection in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus 
• Israel-Hamas conflict: Escalation of the conflict delayed the start of data collection and slowed fieldwork in Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, the West Bank and Gaza, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates 
• Kazakhstan religion law: A national law prohibiting incitement of social, national, or religious hatred resulted in lower than expected completion rates and slow progress of data collection 

Regional and global survey responses represent an aggregate of all countries' responses. However, the global and regional index scores (including demographic breaks) have been calculated so that each country's attitudes were represented proportionately to that country's adult population. The source for adult population data was the UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs - Population Division.