Inequalities Around The Globe: What The World Sees As Most Serious

INEQUALITIES
AROUND THE GLOBE:

WHAT THE WORLD SEES
AS MOST SERIOUS
Which types of
inequality do people
see as most serious?
Which three or four of the following types of inequality,
if any, do you think are most serious in [country]?
Across the 28 countries, In income and wealth 60%

six in ten on average say
inequalities in income and
Between more and
wealth are seen as the less deprived areas 42%
most serious. Area based
inequalities between more
In educational
and less deprived areas outcomes for children 32%
seen as the second most
serious. In health and
life expectancies 31%
Between men
and women 31%
Between racial or
ethnic groups 29%
Global Country
Between older and Average
younger generations 24%
Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
Which three or four of the following types of inequality, if
any, do you think are most serious in [COUNTRY]?
Women are more 61%

In income and wealth
concerned than men about 60%
gender inequality and
slightly more concerned Between more and 41%
about inequalities in health less deprived areas 43%
and life expectancies.
In educational 33%
outcomes for children 31%
Between racial or 29%

ethnic groups 30%
In health and 33%

life expectancies 30%
Between men 36%

and women 26%
Women
Between older and 23% Men
younger generations 25%
Which three or four of the following types of inequality, if
any, do you think are most serious in [COUNTRY]?
56%
Concerns about income In income and wealth 61%
and wealth inequalities are 64%
higher among older people 41%
than those aged under 35. Between more and
43%
less deprived areas
42%
Younger people are much
34%
more likely to be Between racial or
27%
concerned about racial ethnic groups
27%
and ethnic inequalities and
32%
gender inequality than In educational
32%
older people. outcomes for children
32%
29%
In health and
31%
life expectancies
34%
35%
Between men
29% Under 35
and women
29%
35 to 49
23%
Between older and 50 to 74
22%
younger generations
27%
Where countries
rank on concern
about different
types of inequality
% who say inequalities between more and less deprived areas are one of
the three or four most serious types of inequality in their country
People in Russia, South Global Country Average 42%

Russia 64%
Korea and Peru are much South Korea 63%
more likely than average to Peru 57%
Argentina 53%
be concerned about Hungary 52%
inequality between more Poland 51%
Great Britain 51%
and less deprived areas. Mexico 49%
Brazil 47%
This is far less of an issue Chile 45%
South Africa 45%
in Germany, Saudi Arabia Turkey 44%
and Japan. Malaysia 43%
Italy 42%
China 41%
India 40%
Sweden 40%
United States 38%
Australia 36%
France 36%
Spain 35%
Canada 34%
Netherlands 31%
Belgium 31%
Singapore 29%
Japan 27%
Saudi Arabia 26%
Germany 22%
% who say inequalities between men and women are one of
People in Mexico, Turkey Global ranking for
Global Country Average 31% gender equality
and Spain are most
Mexico 45% 25
concerned about gender Turkey 42% 130
inequality. Spain 42% 8
South Africa 41% 17
On the other hand, India 41% 112
concern about gender Italy 40% 76
Chile 40% 57
inequality is relatively low France 39% 15
in Malaysia, Russia, Saudi South Korea 38% 108
Arabia and Hungary – yet Belgium 37% 27
Sweden 37% 4
these countries rank Brazil 35% 92
relatively low down on the Germany 34% 10
gender equality index. Peru 34% 66
Netherlands 30% 38
United States 30% 53
Australia 29% 34
Canada 29% 19
Japan 25% 121
China 24% 106
Poland 24% 40
Argentina 24% 30
Great Britain 23% 21
Hungary 22% 105
Saudi Arabia 19% 146
Singapore 19% 54
Russia 15% 81
Malaysia 12% 104
% who say inequalities between men and women are one of the
three or four most serious types of inequality in their country
50
Even though some countries
Mexico
– such as Spain, Sweden, 45
Spain Turkey
France and Germany – rank S Africa Chile Italy
India
highly on objective 40
Sweden Belgium
measures of gender France
Peru
Brazil
S Korea
35
equality, they still have
greater levels of concern Germany Netherlands US
30
about this issue than other % who say Canada Australia Japan
nations that fare much gender 25
China
worse on this type of inequality GB
Poland
Singapore Saudi Arabia
inequality – such as Russia, serious in 20 Argentina Hungary
Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. country Russia
15
Malaysia
By contrast, Turkey is
ranked 130th for equality 10
between men and women –
one of the worst countries in 5
the world by this measure –

0
yet people there are among 01 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
the most concerned about
Global ranking for gender equality
this issue. Most equal Least equal
% who say inequalities between racial or ethnic groups are one of
Two-thirds of South Global Country Average 29%
Africans and over half of South Africa 65%

United States 55%
Americans consider racial Malaysia 46%
and ethnic inequalities to Canada 45%
Brazil 45%
be among the most serious Belgium 41%
forms of inequality in their Netherlands 38%
Australia 38%
country. Great Britain 36%
India 35%
Sweden 35%
Peru 31%
Concerns about racial and Singapore 30%
France 30%
ethnic inequality are much Italy 27%
lower in South Korea, Mexico 25%
Spain 24%
Argentina and Japan. Saudi Arabia 23%
China 22%
Germany 20%
Chile 19%
Hungary 18%
Turkey 18%
Poland 18%
Russia 11%
Japan 10%
Argentina 9%
South Korea 8%
% who say income inequality are one of
Global ranking for
Global Country Average 60%
income equality
Concerns about income Russia 83% 87
inequality are highest in South Korea 80% 32
Russia, South Korea and Hungary 77% 26
Turkey 75% 117
Hungary. Chile 75% 131
Belgium 69% 10
Argentina 69% 113
Singapore 66% –
Whereas people in Saudi Japan 65% 43
Arabia, Poland and Brazil 64% 157
Sweden are least France 63% 31
Malaysia 63% 110
concerned. South Africa 62% 165
Mexico 60% 137
Germany 59% 34
Netherlands 59% 15
United States 57% 112
China 57% 92
Italy 56% 74
Great Britain 56% 61
Spain 56% 60
Canada 54% 47
Peru 54% 122
Australia 52% 59
India 51% 71
Sweden 41% 18
Poland 38% 22
Saudi Arabia 31% –
Selected countries’ ranking for income equality vs % who say income
There’s no overall relationship
inequality is one of the most serious types of inequality in their country
between actual inequality and
how serious a problem it’s seen 90
to be relative to other Russia
S Korea
inequalities. 80
Turkey Chile
Sweden ranks highly on Belgium
objective measures of income 70
Japan
France Brazil
equality. In line with this, people Spain
Argentina
Mexico
Netherlands
there have comparatively very 60 GB Italy China
Canada S Africa
low levels of concern about this Germany
US
issue. % who say 50
Australia India
Belgium and the Netherlands, on income Sweden
the other hand, rank even higher inequality 40
for income equality, yet those serious in
countries are much more likely country 30
to be worried about disparities in
income, underscoring that how
20
serious people perceive this
type of inequality to be seems
unrelated to actual performance 10
on this issue.
0
This dynamic can also be seen 01 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
with the US and South Africa –
two countries which in reality Global ranking for income equality
fare very poorly on measures of Most equal (based on Gini index) Least equal
income equality but nonetheless
have relatively average levels of
concern about it. Base: 23,004 adults interviewed online between 23 Dec 2020 and 8 Jan 2021
% who say inequalities between older generations and younger generations
are one of the three or four most serious types of inequality in their country
South Korea, Japan and
Singapore come top for South Korea 43%
Japan 39%
concern about generational Singapore 38%
inequality in their countries. Argentina 31%
India 30%
Levels of concern lower in Australia 29%
Sweden 28%
South Africa, Turkey, Brazil Peru 26%
and Germany. Belgium 25%
Italy 25%
Mexico 24%
Spain 24%
Hungary 24%
Netherlands 24%
Canada 23%
Russia 22%
Great Britain 21%
Chile 21%
Saudi Arabia 20%
United States 20%
France 19%
Malaysia 18%
Poland 18%
China 17%
Germany 16%
Brazil 16%
Turkey 13%
South Africa 13%
% who say inequalities in educational outcomes for children are one of
People in Turkey, Chile
and Peru are most likely to Turkey 56%
think that inequalities in Chile 49%
Peru 48%
educational outcomes for Argentina 46%
children area among the Germany 43%
India 40%
most serious in their South Africa 39%
country. Brazil 39%
China 38%
Sweden 37%
This is much less of a Hungary 34%
concern in Poland, Italy Great Britain 34%
Mexico 34%
and Saudi Arabia. Japan 31%
United States 31%
Russia 30%
Singapore 28%
Netherlands 27%
Spain 26%
Malaysia 26%
Australia 25%
Belgium 22%
South Korea 22%
Canada 20%
France 19%
Saudi Arabia 18%
Italy 16%
Poland 15%
% who say inequalities in health and life expectancies are one of
Across all the countries
surveyed, people in Chile, Chile 64%
Peru 56%
Peru and Brazil are most Brazil 50%
likely to say health Hungary 49%
Mexico 43%
disparities are an Russia 40%
especially problematic Poland 38%
India 37%
form of inequality in their South Africa 35%
country. Argentina 33%
Sweden 33%
France 31%
By comparison, people in China 31%
South Korea, Japan and Great Britain 30%
Belgium 29%
Malaysia are less than half Italy 26%
as likely to cite such Turkey 26%
Spain 25%
inequalities as a serious Singapore 24%
problem. Netherlands 24%
Australia 24%
United States 23%
Saudi Arabia 20%
Canada 19%
Germany 19%
Malaysia 19%
Japan 14%
South Korea 10%
Technical details
Sources for rankings:
Slide 8 &9 : World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Index 2020
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GGGR_2020.pdf
Slide 11 &12: Gini index ranking
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI?most_recent_value_desc=true
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Kelly Beaver Bobby Duffy
Managing Director Director
Ipsos MORI Public Affairs The Policy Institute
kelly.beaver@ipsos.com bobby.duffy@kcl.ac.uk
Kully Kaur-Ballagan
Research Director
Ipsos MORI Public Affairs
kully.kaur-ballagan@ipsos.com

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INEQUALITIES

AROUND THE GLOBE:

Across the 28 countries, In income and wealth 60%

Women are more 61%

Between racial or 29%

In health and 33%

Between men 36%

People in Russia, South Global Country Average 42%

the world by this measure –

Africans and over half of South Africa 65%

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