What Worries the World

As Omicron spreads, Coronavirus returns to its position as the world’s top concern – with Poverty & Social Inequality just behind.

Economic issues now top the world’s worry list as Coronavirus concern continues to decline in many parts of the world.

The long reign of Coronavirus as our survey’s top global concern comes to an end in October 2021. It falls to third place in our issues ranking – behind poverty & social inequality and unemployment.

Coronavirus remains the top global concern after 18 months of tracking during the pandemic.

Local perspectives on our issues tracker during the pandemic.

New highs for Coronavirus concern in some countries underscore the unstable pandemic environment.

Concern about Coronavirus is fluctuating from country to country.

Concern about Coronavirus falls to the lowest level seen in our tracker so far.

Global coronavirus concern is much reduced from this time last year, but it remains top of our worry list and reaches a record high in India.