Democracy

Alliance of Democracies
Democracy
Perception Index 2024
The world’s largest annual study on how
people perceive democracy
State of Threats to Global

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Welcome
The Democracy Perception Index (DPI) is the world’s largest 62,953
annual study on how people perceive democracy, conducted respondents
by Latana in collaboration with the Alliance of Democracies.

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The 2024 edition offers an unprecedented comparison of countries
global attitudes towards democracy during a time of rising

geopolitical tensions and violent conflicts. Results are based Spring 2024
on nationally representative interviews with over 62,953 Feb 20th - April 15th
respondents from 53 countries conducted between February

20th and April 15th, 2024.
75%
of the global population

represented

The DPI was published ahead of the 2024 Copenhagen

Democracy Summit to support the discussion on the global
state of democracy.
Dr. Nico Jaspers
CEO at Latana
© 2024 Latana
Fred DeVeaux
Senior Researcher
Democracy Perception Index 2024

Table of Contents
Foreword
4
Executive Summary
5
CHAPTER I State of Democracy
Importance of Democracy
8
Democracy Today
9
Perceived Democratic Deficit

10
Desire for More Democracy

11
Government Accountability
12
CHAPTER II
Threats to Democracy
14
15
Economic Inequality
16
Corruption
17
Global Corporations
18
Free Speech Limitations

19
Unfair Elections
20
Big Tech
21
Foreign Election Interference

22
Social Media Influence

23
Government Priorities
25
CHAPTER III Global Politics

     
27
Perception of Global Powers

28
US Impact on Democracy
40
Economic Ties with Russia

42
Economic Ties with China

45
Russia-China Relations
48
Assistance to Ukraine
49
World Challenges
51
Prioritizing Climate Change
53
Methodology
54
About Latana
55
About the Alliance of Democracies

56
Questionnaire 57
Democracy Perception Index 2024

Foreword
The Democracy Perception Index 2024 was published ahead of the 2024 Copenhagen Democracy Summit to support the
discussion on the global state of democracy.
Around the world people want to live under democracy but these
“
figures are a wake-up call for all democratic governments.
Defending democracy means advancing freedom around the
world, but it also means listening to voters’ concerns at home.
The trend shows we risk losing the Global South to the autocracies.
We are witnessing an axis of autocracies forming from China to
Russia to Iran. We must act now to make freedom more attractive
than dictatorship and unite through an alliance of democracies to
push back against the emboldened autocrats.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Chair of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation,  
former NATO Chief, and Danish Prime Minister
War and violent conflict is seen as the world's biggest challenge,

“
followed by poverty and climate change. It is encouraging to see
that people's belief in the idea of democracy is at an all-time high,
but if democratic countries are unable to help solve the world's
challenges, then it will be only a matter of time until support for
democracy will suffer.
Dr. Nico Jaspers, CEO at Latana
D e m o c racy P e rc e pt i o n I n d ex 2 0 2 4 Copenhagen Democracy Summit

Executive Summary
The Democracy Perception Index (DPI) aims to understand how people around the world perceive the state of democracy in their
country today and the major challenges that lie ahead. It is the largest annual study on people’s perception of democracy,
spanning 53 countries that represent over 75% of the world’s population.
State of Faith in democracy has remained high across the globe over the past six years, with 85% saying
that it’s important to have democracy in their country. Governments, however, are not seen to be
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living up to the democratic expectations of their citizens: only a little more than half of the people
that we polled are satisfied with the state of democracy in their country (58%). The dissatisfaction is
not limited to non-democratic countries, but is also very prevalent in the US, Europe and in other
countries with a long democratic tradition.
About half of the people around the world, in both democratic and non-democratic countries, feel
that their government is acting only in the interest of a small group of people. Over the past four
years, this perception has remained highest in Latin America, lowest in Asia and has steadily
increased in Europe since 2020 – particularly in Germany.
Israel, Ukraine and Russia have all experienced a “rally around the flag” effect, with public
perception that the government is acting in the interest of the majority of the people increasing
rapidly after the start of their respective conflicts. In Ukraine, however, this perception declined
sharply after it peaked in 2022.
Threats to For the third year in a row, economic inequality is still perceived to be the number one threat to
democracy worldwide (68%), followed by corruption (67%) and the influence of global corporations
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(60%).
When it comes to social media platforms and their impact on democracy, people are divided: in
Europe and North America, a large majority of people view social media platforms as having a
negative or mixed impact on democracy. In most other countries, however, people have a more
positive view.
Global War and violent conflict is increasingly seen as the most important global challenge, followed by
poverty and hunger, and climate change. The last year has seen a global rise in the share of people
Challenges
who say that migration and terrorism are among the world’s largest challenges, particularly among
Europeans.
At the national level, most people want their governments to focus more on poverty reduction,
corruption and economic growth. However there are strong regional differences in priorities:
Europeans and Americans are much more likely to want their government to prioritize improving
healthcare, fighting climate change, and reducing immigration than countries in Asia and Latin
America, where fighting corruption and promoting growth are seen as more important.
Over the past two years, many European countries have seen a sharp rise in the share of people
who say that “reducing immigration” should be a top government priority. At the same time, the
desire to prioritize “fighting climate change” has decreased in these same countries. Nowhere is this
reversal more striking than in Germany, which now leads the world with the highest share of people
who want their government to focus on reducing immigration (44%) – topping all other priorities –
and now nearly twice as high as fighting climate change (24%).
Despite 33% of the world saying that climate change is one of the world’s top three biggest
challenges, only 14% of people say fighting climate change should be among the top-three priorities
for their government.
Democracy Perception Index 2024 5

Executive Summary
Geopolitics Support for cutting economic ties with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine remains high in Europe
and the United States even after three years of sanctions. But in the rest of the world most people
prefer keeping ties.
When asked about cutting economic ties with China if it were to invade Taiwan, the world is also
divided between the West and the rest. People in western democracies are generally in favor of
cutting ties with China in the event of an invasion. This includes several of China’s largest trading
partners: the United States, Japan and Germany. Most other countries, however, would prefer to
keep ties.
Over the past two years, attitudes have shifted more in the direction of keeping, rather than cutting
ties, with both Russia and China in most countries around the world, particularly in the Global South
and in muslim-majority countries.
Despite heavy NATO assistance to Ukraine over the past two years, one third (34%) of the global
population still says that “too little” has been done to assist Ukraine, and roughly half say that the
assistance has been the “right amount” (46%). A much smaller share (19%) says that “too much”
has been done to assist Ukraine.
However, the sense that “too little” has been done to help Ukraine is declining, while the share who
say that “too much” has been done is small but growing. This “aid fatigue” is particularly prevalent
in Germany, which now has a plurality of people (40%) who say that “too much” has been done to
help Ukraine – the highest in all countries surveyed – followed closely by China (37%), Austria (37%)
and Hungary (31%).
Perception of People in almost all countries surveyed have positive perceptions of the European Union, the United
Nations and the United States, and negative perceptions of Russia.
Global Powers
When it comes to perceptions of China, the world is divided: western democracies, particularly the
United States, European countries, Australia, Japan and South Korea, have negative views of China,
while the rest of the world has positive views.
Attitudes towards Russia and China reveal a stark divide in opinion between the negative
perceptions in the Global North and positive perceptions in the Global South. From 2022 to 2024,
perceptions of both Russia and China have steadily become more positive, particularly in the Global
South, thus further dividing global public opinion.
The United States’s reputation has suffered globally between the Spring of 2023 and the Spring of
2024. This drop in positive attitudes towards the US is particularly stark in the muslim-majority
countries surveyed (Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, and Algeria) as well as many
European countries (Switzerland, Ireland, Ukraine and Germany).
The United States is still seen as having a positive influence on global democracy by most countries
around the world, particularly in Latin America, Asia and several Eastern European countries such
as Poland and Ukraine. The US’s impact on global democracy is seen more critically in Western
European countries, however, where attitudes are mixed or even slightly negative. Over the past four
years, from 2020 to 2024, perceptions of the US's global influence became more positive – peaking
in 2022 or 2023 – and then declined sharply in 2024.

chapter i
State of Democracy
8
Democracy Today
9

10

11
Government Accountability 12

Despite the 18th consecutive year of decline in global freedom according to Freedom House, the vast majority of people worldwide
consistently say that democracy is important to have in their country (85%).
Democracy is important for people around the world

% say that it is important to have democracy in their country
importanT
In your opinion, how important is it for your country to be a democracy?
0 - not at all important; 10 - very important

0% 100 %
[values 7-10 are classified as “important”]
key findings TREND
Democracy is important Global faith in democracy

Across the 53 countries surveyed in the Democracy remains high
Perception Index (DPI) study, an average of 85% of people
say that democracy is important to have in their country, Over the last six years, global faith in democracy has
ranging from 94% in the birthplace of democracy, Greece, to remained consistently high.
63% in Iran. This is a majority opinion in all countries.

% say that it is important to have democracy in their country
Greece
94%
84% 84% 85%
Global 79% 81%
78%
84%
Iran
63%
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
De mocrac y P e rc e pt i o n I nde x 2024 8

Democracy Today
When asked how democratic people think their country currently is, only about half the world (58%) says that their country is
actually democratic. This is true even in democracies labeled as “free” by Freedom House, where only 60% say that their country is
democratic.
People don’t think their countries are very democratic - even in democracies
% say that their country is currently democratic
democratic
Think about your country today. How democratic do you think it is?
0 - not at all democratic; 10 - very democratic

0% 100%
[values 7-10 are classified as “democratic”]
key findings Most democratic

Only about half the world (58%) Israel
says their country is democratic Vietnam

83%
81%
The countries considered most democratic by their citizens
are Israel, Vietnam, and China.
China
Out of all countries labeled as “free” democracies by Freedom 79%
House, Greece is considered the least democratic by its
people (43%). Least democratic
Hungary
31%
methodology
How the DPI categorizes democracies:
Venezuela
In order to compare public opinion results between more democratic countries and less democratic 30%
countries, the DPI uses the 2024 categories from Freedom House to create two groups:
Iran
"Free" - the most democratic countries, labeled as "Free" by Freedom House
25%
"Less Free" - less democratic countries and non-democratic countries, labeled as either "Partially Free"
or "Not Free" by Freedom House

To capture public dissatisfaction with the state of democracy, the DPI measures the difference between how important people say
democracy is and how democratic they think their country is. This difference is called the Perceived Democratic Deficit. The larger
the deficit, the more governments are failing to live up to the democratic expectations of their citizens.
Governments are not living up to the democratic expectations of their citizens

% say that democracy is important vs. % say that their country is democratic
democratic important Deficit
Israel
11

S witzerland
11
No country is fully living up to the

India
12
democratic expectations of its citizens -  

Taiwan
12
Norway
12
in other words, no country has a Perceived

V ietnam
12
Democratic Deficit of 0.
S ingapore
12
However, some countries are much closer

S audi Arabia
12
to fulfilling their citizens’ expectations than

C hina
13
others.
Hong Kong
15
A ustralia
16
Philippines
16
Denmark
17
S mallest Deficit
J apan
19
Israel
R ussia
19
8 3% 11 9 4%
U nited States
20
Ireland
20
S witzerland
S weden
21
78% 11 8 9%
M alaysia
21
S outh Korea
22
India
C anada
23
74% 12 86%
M exico
24
S pain
24
A ustria
25
L argest Deficit
A rgentina
25
U nited Kingdom
26
Hungary
C hile
26
3 1% 0
5 81%
Indonesia
27
Portugal
27
V enezuela
R omania
27
30 % 0
5 81%
Netherlands
28
G reece
K enya
28
4 3 %
51 9 4%
Thailand
30
B elgium
31
C olombia
31
E gypt
32
A lgeria
33
G ermany
33
trend 2023 VS 2024

S outh Africa
36
Italy
37
The Perceived Democratic

Poland
37
Deficit has increased

B razil
37
Pakistan
38
significantly in Ukraine (+20)

F rance
38
and Germany (+9) since 2023
Nigeria
39
Iran
39
Peru
39
M orocco
40
Turkey
44
U kraine
48
Hungary
50
V enezuela
50
G reece 51
0% 2 5% 5 0% 75% 100 %
democratic important
Think about your country today. How democratic do you think it is?
In your opinion, how important is it for your country to be a democracy?
0 - not at all democratic; 10 - very democratic

0 - not at all important; 10 - very important
[values 7-10 are classified as “democratic”]
[values 7-10 are classified as “important”]

Across the 53 countries surveyed, 40% of people say there is “not enough democracy” in their country, while 46% say there is the
“right amount” and only 13% say there is “too much”.
40% of people say there is "not enough democracy" in their country
% say there is not enough", the "right amount" or "too much" democracy in their country
Not enough right amount too much
South Korea
Dissatisfaction with the level of
China
democracy is highest in Latin
Taiwa n
America - and lowest in Asia

Vietnam
Switzerland
The feeling that there is “not enough democracy” is
Philippines
highest in Latin America (55%), then Europe (43%),
Israel
and lowest in Asia (29%).
India
Singapore
Saudi Arabia
Not enough right amount too much
Norway
Global
Japan
Algeri a
Free
Denmark
Less Free
Australi a
Egyp t
Asia
Malaysia
Europe
Russia
Latin America
Hong Kong
Morocco
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Sweden
Ireland
Canada
Netherlands
Portugal
Belgium
Argentin a
Austri a
United Kingdom
Kenya
Romania
France
United States
Chile
German y
Mexico
South Africa
Thailan d
Spain
Italy
Poland
Ukraine
Pakistan
Nigeria
Brazil
Colombia
Tur key
Iran
Indonesia
Hungary
Greece
Peru
Venezuela
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Which of the following statements comes closest to your view?
I think there is not enough democracy in my country
I think there is the right amount of democracy in my country
I think there is too much democracy in my country
D e m o c racy P e rc e pt i o n I n d ex 2 0 2 4 11
Across the 53 countries surveyed, an average of 48% of people say that their government mainly serves the interest of a minority -
even in democracies. This sentiment is most prevalent in the Latin American countries surveyed (61%), the US (57%) and Europe
(54%), and least prevalent in Asian countries (33%), particularly China (9%).
Half of the world says their government only serves a minority

% say their government usually acts in the interest of a "small group of people" (minority)
“My government usually acts in the interest of…”

minority
... a small group of people in my country
… most people in my country
0% 100%
key findings
People in Latin America are most likely to say that their government only serves a minority
% say their government acts in the interest of...
minority majority
The countries where people report the highest levels of
government accountability - in other words, where the fewest
Global
say that their government serves only a minority of people -
include a mix of un-democratic countries in Asia (China 9%,
Free Vietnam 17% and Singapore 22%) as well as some of the
Less Free
most robust European social democracies (Switzerland 26%,
Norway 27% and Denmark 32%)
Asia
Europe
Latin America
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Regional Trends
Over the past four years, the perception that government usually acts in the interest of a “small group of people” (a minority) has
remained highest in Latin America, and lowest in Asia. In Europe, it has steadily increased since 2020.
% say their government usually acts in the interest of a ________
Latin America Europe ASIA

100% 100% 100%
MINORITY
50% 50% 50%
MAJORITY
0% 0% 0%
2020 2022 2024 2020 2022 2024 2020 2022 2024
Country Trends
During the four years of the Biden administration, the sense that government only serves a minority has increased from roughly
52% in 2020 to 57% in 2024. Germany, however, stands out as the country with one of the most significant deteriorations in public
perception of government accountability, with the view that government only serves a minority increasing from 34% in 2020 to
54% in 2024. In contrast, public perceptions of government accountability remain among the world’s highest in China.
United States Germany China

100% 100% 100%
MINORITY
50% 50% 50%
MAJORITY
0% 0% 0%
2020 2022 2024 2020 2022 2024 2020 2022 2024
Government Accountability DURING Conflict

Israel, Ukraine and Russia have all experienced a “rally around the flag” effect, with the share of people who say that their
government acts in the interest of a “majority” increasing sharply after the beginning of the 2023 and 2022 conflicts, respectively.
In Ukraine, however, this sense of government accountability has declined significantly after peaking in 2022.
Israel Ukraine Russia

100% 100% 100%
MAJORITY
50% 50% 50%
MINORITY
0% 0% 0%
2020 2022 2024 2020 2022 2024 2020 2022 2024
Democracy P erception Inde x 2024 13

chapter iI
15
Economic Inequality
16
Corruption
17
Global Corporations
18

19
Unfair Elections
20
Big Tech
21
Foreign Election Interference  22
Social Media Influence  23
25

This chapter provides an overviews of what people in democratic countries see as the biggest threats to democracy.
The results show that out of all the threats listed in the DPI, economic inequality is viewed as the most significant threat among
the 44 democracies* surveyed: an average of 68% say that economic inequality threatens democracy in their country.
Economic inequality is viewed as the biggest threat to democracy worldwide

% agree* that ______ is a threat to democracy in their country
Do you agree or disagree  
Economic Inequality 68 with the following statements?
“Democracy in my country is threatened by …”
“… economic inequality”
Corruption 67 “… the influence of Big Tech companies

(Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook)”
“… limitations on free speech”
Global Corporations 60 “… election interference from foreign powers”
“… unfair elections and/or election fraud”
"... corruption"
Free Speech Limits 56 "... the influence of global corporations"
Strongly agree / Somewhat agree / Neither agree

nor disagree / Somewhat disagree / Strongly
Unfair Elections / Election Fraud 53 disagree
Foreign Election Interference 50
*Agree includes “Strongly agree” and

49
threat
Big Tech “Somewhat agree”
*Democracies include countries rated as “Free”

and “Partly Free” by Freedom house. Countries
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% rated as “Not Free” are excluded.
Economic inequality and corruption are seen as the biggest threats to democracy
the top threat selected by country
E conomic Inequality Corruption Global Corporations Free Speech Limits

Economic Inequality
The vast majority of people in almost all democracies (68%) say that economic inequality is a threat to democracy in their country.
Majority of people in all democracies say that economic inequality is a threat to democracy
% agree* that economic inequality is a threat to democracy in their country
Greece
Regional Results
South Africa
The concern with economic inequality is highest
Ukraine
in the three African democracies surveyed (81%),
Nigeria
followed by the Latin American democracies
Portugal
(76%) and then Asia (67%), and Europe (66%).
Brazil
Kenya
Peru
Romania
Colombia
Chile
Hungary
Pakistan
Thailan d
Italy
Philippines
Mexico
Spain
Argentin a
India
Taiwa n
France
Indonesia
Malaysia
United States
Hong Kong
Poland
Belgium
United Kingdom
Sweden
Netherlands
Ireland
Canada
Australi a
South Korea
Japan
Singapore
Norway
Morocco
Israel
Austri a
Switzerland
*Democracies include countries rated as “Free” and “Partly Free” by
Germany
Freedom house. Countries rated as “Not Free” are excluded.
Denmark
0 % 2 5% 50% 75% 100 %

“Democracy in my country is threatened by economic inequality”
Strongly agree / Somewhat agree / Neither agree nor disagree / Somewhat disagree / Strongly disagree
*Agree includes “Strongly agree” and “Somewhat agree”
Corruption
Behind economic inequality, corruption was the most cited threat to democracy. A large majority of people in almost all
democracies (67%) say that corruption is a threat to democracy in their country.
Most people view corruption as a threat to democracy in their country

% agree* that corruption threatens democracy in their country
South Africa
Regional Results
Ukraine
The concern is particularly high in the three
Kenya
African countries surveyed (89%), and in Latin
Nigeria
America (80%), and less so in Asia (66%) and
Greece
Europe (62%).
Peru
Romania
Brazil
Pakistan
Mexico
Portugal
Argentina
Philippines
Hungary
Colombia
United States
Chile
Spain
Italy
Malaysia
India
Poland
Indonesia
Thailand
South Korea
Taiwan
Austria
Canada
United Kingdom
Ireland
Australia
Belgium
Hong Kong
France
Japan
Israel
Morocco
Germany
Netherlands
Norway
Singapore
Sweden

Switzerland
Denmark
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
“Democracy in my country is threatened by corruption"
Agree includes “Strongly agree” and “Somewhat agree”

Global Corporations
After economic inequality and corruption, global corporations are viewed as the third most significant threat to democracy by
people around the world.
Most people view global corporations as a threat to democracy in their country
% agree* that the influence of global corporations threatens democracy in their country
Philippines
Regional Results
Pakistan
In most democracies, a majority of people (60%)
Indi a
say that the influence of global corporations
United State s
threatens democracy in their country.
Greece
South Afric a
The United States stands out as among the
Romania
countries with the highest levels of perceived
Canada
threat from global corporations (70%).
Peru
U kraine
Nigeria
Taiwa n
South Korea
Mexico
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
Australi a
Thailan d
Irelan d
Chile
Poland
Hungary
Belgium
Portugal
Colombia
Brazil
Italy
Morocco
Austri a
Spai n
Malaysia
Kenya
Netherlands
France
Indonesi a
Germany
Norway
Singapor e
Swit zerland
Argentin a
Denmark
Israe l
Japan
Sweden
0 % 2 5% 50% 75% 100 %

“Democracy in my country is threatened by the influence of global corporations"
Concern that free speech limitations are threatening democracy is also widespread across the world’s democracies (56%).
56% of people living in democracies are concerned with limits on free speech
% agree* that limits on free speech threatens democracy in their country
Nigeria
Peru
Regional Results
Pakistan
The view that limits to free speech threatens

Thailand
democracy is particularly high in Asian, African
Brazil
and Latin American democracies sur veyed.
Hungary
India
However it is still a majority opinion in European

Ukraine
democracies (51%). The European countries with

Colombia
the highest perceived threat to free speech are
Philippines
mainly in the Eastern Europe: Hungary, Ukraine
Mexico
Romania and Poland.
Malaysia
Greece
Hong Kong
Morocco
Romania
Poland
United States
South Africa
South Korea
Kenya
Spain
Singapore
United Kingdom
Indonesia
Argentina
Chile
Italy
Canada
Ireland
Taiwan
France
Germany
Australia
Netherlands
Portugal
Norway
Israel
Austria
Sweden
Belgium
Denmark
Switzerland
Japan
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
“Democracy in my country is threatened by limitations on free speech"
Unfair Elections
Across the democracies surveyed, about half of the population (53%) say that unfair elections and / or election fraud threatens
democracy in their country.
Fear of unfair elections is widespread in most democracies outside of Europe
% agree* that unfair elections and/or election fraud threaten democracy in their country
Nigeri a
P n
akista Regional Results
K a
eny This fear of unfair elections is much lower in
P u
er democracies in Europe (45%) than those in Asia
Romani (58%), Latin America (61%), or the US (60%).
Hungar
South Afric a
European countries with the greatest concern
Thailan
P
about unfair elections are in Eastern Europe:
hilippines
Romania (73%), Hungary (72%) and Ukraine
Ukrain (67%).
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e ic
Colombi a
I a
ndi
On the other hand, many Western European
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countries are among those with the lowest
razi
K g
concern: Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland,
Hong on
Germany and the Netherlands.
United States
Greec e
I
ndonesi a
M a
alaysi
P d
olan
Spai n
Taiwa n
M o
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Argentin a
South K a
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J n
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C e
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tal
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C a
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Portuga l
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srae
Singapor e
B m
elgiu
F e
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Austri a
Norwa y
Australi a
Netherlands
German y
Switzerlan d
Swede n
Denmark Freedom house. Countries rated as “Not Free” are excluded.
0% 25% 50% 75% 1 00%
“Democracy in my country is threatened by unfair elections and/or election fraud"
Big Tech
Half of the people living in democracies (49%) say that the influence of Big Tech companies, such as Google, Amazon, Apple, and
Facebook, threatens democracy in their country.
Half of the world's democracies fear the influence of Big Tech companies
% agree* that the power of big tech companies threatens democracy in their country
India
Regional Results
Philippines
Concern about the influence of Big Tech
United State s
companies is higher in Asian democracies (56%)
Pakistan
than in European (46%) or Latin American (45%)
Thailan d
democracies on average.
Hong Kong
Ireland
United Kingdom
Taiwa n
Canad a
South Korea
Australi a
Morocco
The United States
Nigeria
Out of all the democracies labelled as “free” by
Netherlands
Freedom House, the US has the highest share of
Malaysia
people who fear the influence of Big Tech
Franc e
companies (66%).
Indonesia
Colombi a
Singapor e
Poland
Belgiu m
Mexico
Norway
Romania
Chil e
Austri a
Brazi l
Peru
Spai n
Greec e
Portugal
South Afric a
Switzerlan d
Israel
German y
Swede n
Denmark
Italy
Ukrain e
Hungar y
Argentin a
Japan
Kenya
0 % 2 5% 50% 75% 100 %
“Democracy in my country is threatened by the influence of Big Tech companies (Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook)"
Strongly agree / Somewhat agree / Neither agree nor disagree / Somewhat disagree / Strongly e
disagre
Agree
* includes “ Strongly agree” and “ Somewhat agree”
Foreign Election Interference
While among the least cited threats to democracy, “foreign election interference” is still cited as a threat by nearly half of all people
living in democracies.
Half of people living in democracies perceive the threat of foreign election interference
% agree* that their democracy is threatened by election interference from foreign powers
Pakista n
Regional Results
Romania
This concern is evenly balanced across most
Philippine s
regions, but there are some significant
United State s
differences across countries, ranging from
Ukrain e
Pakistan (73%) and the United States (62%)
Greece
down to France (37%) and Japan (23%).
Taiwa n
Nigeria
India
South Africa
Per u
Thailan d
Kenya
Polan d
Canada
Hong Kong
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Malaysia
Hungary
Mexico
Indonesia
Colombia
Spai n
Chile
Denmark
Germany
Ireland
Australia
Brazil
South Korea
Israel
Italy
Austria
Portuga l
Argentina
Norway
Singapor e
Belgium
Swede n
Swit zerland
Morocco
Franc e
Japan
0 % 2 5% 50% 75% 1 00 %
“Democracy in my country is threatened by election interference from foreign powers"
Across the democracies surveyed, more people say that social media platforms have a positive effect on democracy (55%) than
negative (29%).
Americans and Europeans are among the most critical of social media
% say social media platforms have a positive/negative impact on democracy in their country
negative positive
Net
Nigeria
78
Regional Results
Kenya
73
However, there are strong regional
Peru
66
divides, and people in Europe and
Philippines
65
the United States are far more
India
64
critical of social media’s influence
than in Asia or Latin America.
Pakistan
62
Indonesia
59
Mexico
59
Democracies*
Colombia
55
29 55
Hong Kong
53
Latin America
Thailand
51
20 70
Malaysia
50
South Afric a
50
Asia
a
21 66
Argentin 47
Singapor e
44
Europe
Morocco
43
37 43
U kraine
38
Chile
36
US
43 45
Brazil
35
Taiwan
35
Norway
29
South Korea
28
Israel
25
Poland
25
Romania
22
Portugal
20
Spain
16
The United States

Greece
10
Americans are roughly evenly

Italy
9
divided on the issue, with 45%
Swit zerland
5
saying social media has a
Ireland
4
positive impact and 42% saying
United State s
3
that social media has a negative
Hungar y
3
impact.
United Kingdom
-3
Denmark
-6
Japan
-7
Canada
-7
Belgium
-9
Australi a
-9
Sweden
-11
Germany
-13
France
-15
*Democracies include countries rated as “ Free” and
“Partly Free” by Freedom House. Countries rated as
Netherlands
-17
“Not Free” are excluded.
Austria -18
1 00 % 50% 0 % 50% 1 00 %
Overall, do you think that social media platforms (i.e. Facebook, Twitter) have a positive or negative impact on democracy in your country?
Very positive / Somewhat positive / Somewhat negative / Very negative / No impact / Don’t know
*Positive includes “Very positive” and “Somewhat positive”.
TREND 2020-2024
Since 2020, attitudes towards social media have taken a steep negative decline in most democratic countries, particularly in
Europe and the United States.
Overall, do you think that social

media platforms (i.e. Facebook,
Opinion of social media's impact on democracy becomes more negative
Twitter) have a positive or negative
impact on democracy in your
since 2020
country?
Net opinion of social media platforms’ impact on democracy in 2020-2023 (% positive - % negative)
Very positive / Somewhat positive /

Somewhat negative / Very negative / 75%
No impact / Don’t know
*Democracies include countries rated

63
as “Free” and “Partly Free” by
Freedom House. Countries rated as
56
54
52 52
50 latin
48
45 America
49 ASIA
46
33
16
14
11
8
5
EUROPE
0 US
0%
3
-6
-15
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Across the world, people’s top priorities for their government are: reduce poverty, fight corruption, and promote economic growth.
These policies are among the top three priorities picked in almost every region of the world, and have not changed globally since
2022.
People around the world want their governments to focus on poverty reduction
% select _____ as one of the top three areas that they want their government to focus more on
Reduce poverty 36 9
3
Which of the following areas do you want
your government to focus on more?
Fight corruption 33 36
Select up to three
Promote economic growth 32 35

Improve education
Fight climate change
Improve health care 30 33 Promote gender equality
Promote economic growth
Improve education 2 4 30 Reduce poverty
Invest in security and defense
Improve health care
Reduce income inequality 17 23

Fight corruption
Reduce immigration
Invest in security and defense 15 8

1
Reduce income inequality
Other / none of the above
Reduce immigration 12 16
Fight climate change 11 1 4
9
Promote Gender Equality 2
Priority
0% 25% 50%
Top priorities are poverty, corruption and economic growth

the top priority selected by country
r educe p ove rty i mp rove healt h ca r e REDUCE IMMI G RATION f i gh t CORRU PTION IMp rove educatio n p ro m ot e eco n o m i c g row t h Invest i n secu rity and defense

Europeans put immigration ahead of climate In Germany, reducing immigration becomes
change top priority
Since 2022, more and more Europeans say that their In Germany, the desire to prioritize “reducing immigration” has
government should prioritize “reducing immigration”, and fewer risen significantly and is now higher than all other policies. At
say that their government should “fight climate change”. Now in the same time, the desire to prioritize “fighting climate change”
2024, for the first time, reducing immigration is a greater has dropped significantly.
priority for most Europeans than fighting climate change.
Eu rope G ermany
5%
0 5% 0
Reduce I mmigration
Reduce P overty
Reduce P overty
P romote E conomic
P romote E conomic
G rowth G rowth
25% Reduce I mmigration 2 5% Fight Climate Change
Fight Climate Change
I nvest in Defense
I nvest in Defense
0 % 0 %
2022 202 3 2024 2022 202 3 2024
not all government priorities presented in the graph
European countries see rapid rise in desire to Europeans de-prioritize fighting climate
reduce immigration
change
At the same time, these same Western European countries see

Many Western European countries see a sharp rise in the share
a decline in the share of people who say “fighting climate

of people who say “reducing immigration” should be a top
change” should be a top government priority.

government priority.
% select REDUCE IMMIGRATION as one of the top three areas that they want their government to focus more on % select FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE as one of the top three areas that they want their government to focus more on
R ed u ce Immi g ration F i gh t Cl imate Ch an g e
5%
0 5%0
G ermany
Netherlands
France
UK
France
25%
Europe
Norway 2 5% G ermany
UK
Norway
Netherlands
E urope
0 % 0 %
2022 202 3 2024 2022 202 3 2024

chapter iII
Global Politics

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40

42

45
48
49
World Challenges
51
Prioritizing Climate Change 53

Most people around the world have a positive perception of the European Union (+34), the United Nations (+30), and the
United States (+22), and a negative perception of Russia (-14). Attitudes towards China are more divided (+5).
What is your overall perception of

the European Union / the United
Most people have positive views of the EU, the UN, the US and now China
Nations / the United States / China
net perception: % say they have a positive perception - % say they have a negative perception
/ Russia?
Very positive / Somewhat positive / 50%

Neither positive nor negative /
Somewhat negative / Very negative /
Don’t know
*"Positive" includes "very positive" 35 34

and "somewhat positive".
32 EU
34 UN
30 30
27
US
22 22
5
CHINA
0
0%
-4
-14
Russia
-19
-32
-50%
2022 2023 2024
Since an extreme low point in 2022, attitudes towards Russia have shifted in a positive direction.
However, they remain overwhelmingly negative two years later.
The past two years have also seen a steady shift towards more positive views of China. Whereas in
2022, more people across the 53 countries surveyed said that they had a negative view of China
than a positive view (-4), by 2024 perceptions have reversed: more people now say they have a
positive view of China than a negative view (+5).
Both the United States and the UN remain popular around the globe, but have both seen a slight
decline in positive perception between 2023 and 2024.

TREND 2022 to 2024

US popularity has taken a hit globally in 2024, particularly in MENA countries but also in Europe. At the same time, attitudes
towards China and Russia have become more positive all around the world outside of Europe and the US. While the United States
remains more positively viewed globally, Russia and China are now seen as positively as the United States in most MENA and
Asian countries surveyed.
US popularity takes a hit in 2024, while perceptions of Russia and China improve outside of
Europe
net perception of ____________
UNited States China Russia

50%
Latin America
MENA
ASIA
25% Global Latin America
MENA
MENA ASIA
Europe ASIA
Global
0% 0% 0%
Latin America
Europe Global
-25%
Europe
-50%
-75%
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
What is your overall perception of the European Union / the United Nations / the United States / China / Russia?
Very positive / Somewhat positive / Neither positive nor negative / Somewhat negative / Very negative / Don’t know
*"Positive" includes "very positive" and "somewhat positive".
net perception: % say they have a positive perception - % say they have a negative perception

Perception of the European Union
The European Union is viewed positively around the world (+34), with more people saying they have a positive perception of the
EU than a negative perception in almost all countries: 52 out of the 53 countries surveyed. The one exception is Russia.
The EU is viewed positively by countries all around the world - except Russia
net perception of the EU: % positive - % negative
net negative net positive
N igeria
Ukrainians
Kenya
have the most positive
Vietnam
opinion of the EU in Europe

Ukraine
India
Portugal
Philippines
Pakistan
Colombia
Hong Kong
Venezuela
Peru
Mexico
Brazil
Norway
Thailand
Morocco
South Korea
Ireland
Denmark
Chile
Regional Results
Romania
W ithin the EU, Greece and Austria have
Spain
the most divided opinions.
Argentina
Poland
Only one county has a net negative
Taiwan
opinion of the EU: Russia.
100
South Africa
Egypt
Singapore
Israel
Global 34
Canada
Sweden
United States
Free 30
Algeria
Less Free 37
United Kingdom
Iran
Latin America 45
Hungar y
Europe 30
Switzerland
Saudi Arabia
Asia 36
Italy
Australia
USA 28
Belgium
China 3
Germany
Russia -26
Netherlands
Turkey
Austria
Malaysia
Greece
France
Indonesia
Japan
China
Russia
-1 00 % -5 0% 0% 5 0% 1 00 %
What is your overall perception of the European Union?

T R E N D 2 0 2 3 vs 2 0 2 4
2024
Russia 2023
Diff
Perception of Russia
Oceania
the European
Australia
-9
Union North America
Canada
-1
Attitudes towards the EU have

United States
become more negative in a
Middle East & North Africa

handful of countries since 2023,
Morocco
5
particularly in many muslim-

Egypt
-12
majority countries (Egypt, Iran,

Israel
-1
Turkey, Malaysia and Algeria

3
Iran
-13
Indonesia), but also Poland and

Saudi Arabia
-3
Ukraine.
Turkey
-12
Latin America

Very positive / Somewhat positive / Neither positive nor

Colombia
-3
negative / Somewhat negative / Very negative / Don’t
Venezuela
3
know
Peru
-2
*"Positive" includes "very positive" and "somewhat

Mexico
3
positive".
Brazil
2
Chile
-1
Argentina
1
Europe
Ukraine
-16
Portugal
-6
Norway
7
Ireland
-8
Romania
-2
Denmark
5
Spain
-6
Poland
-15
Sweden
-4
United Kingdom
1
Switzerland
-3
Hungary
5
Italy
1
Germany
-7
Belgium
-1
Netherlands
3
Austria
8
Greece
2
France
-7
Asia

Vietnam
3
India
-1
Pakistan
0
Philippines
2
Hong Kong
10
Thailand
4
South Korea
9
Taiwan
4
Singapore
-1
Malaysia
-14
Indonesia
-16
Japan
-6
China
Africa
Nigeria
2
Kenya
2
South Africa 1
-100% net negative 0% net pos itive 100%

Perception of the United Nations
Similarly to the European Union, the United Nations is viewed positively around the world (+30), with more people saying they
have a positive perception of the UN than a negative perception in almost all countries: 49 out of the 53 countries surveyed.
The UN is viewed positively by almost all countries around the world
net perception of the UN: % positive - % negative
Kenya
Nigeria
Vietnam
Philippines
India
Portugal
Hong Kong
Pakistan
Poland
Colombia
Thailand
South Africa
Denmark
Venezuela
South Korea
Regional Results
Mexico
Peru
Four countries have net negative opinions
Brazil
of the UN: Israel, Greece, Japan, and
Romania
Russia.
Norway

Singapore
Morocco
Global 30
United States
Sweden
Free 25
China
Less Free 35
United Kingdom
Egypt
Ireland
Latin America 37
Hungary
Asia 37
Spain
Europe 25
Chile
Argentina
USA 29
Malaysia
China 28
Netherlands
Italy
Russia -21
Taiwan
Indonesia
Canada
Saudi Arabia
Switzerland
France
T R E N D 2 0 2 3 vs 2 0 2 4
Belgium
The UN’s popularity took a significant

Germany
negative turn in many muslim-majority

Ukraine
countries from 2023 to 2024.
Australia
Algeria
2024 2023 Diff
Austria
Morocco
-15
Iran
Egypt
-16
Turkey
Malaysia
-18
Israel
Greece
Indonesia
-22
Russia
Turkey
-20
Japan
0% 50%
-100% -50% 0% 50% 100%
What is your overall perception of the United Nations?
Perception of the United States
The United States is viewed positively around world (+22), with more people saying they have a positive perception
of the US than a negative perception in most countries: 40 out of the 53 countries surveyed.
The United States is viewed positively in most countries around the world
net perception of the US: % positive - % negative
net negative net pos itive
Kenya
Nigeria
Vietnam
India
Philippines
Ukraine
Colombia
Poland
Israel
Peru
Venezuela
South Korea
Brazil
Hong Kong
Thailand
Regional Results
United States
Chile
Europeans are more divided about their
Pakistan
opinion of the US than people in the rest of
Argentina
the world.
Morocco
Romania
pos itive
Mexico
net negative net
Taiwan
Global 22
South Africa
Iran
Free
Portugal
17
Egypt
Less Free 27
Singapore
France
Latin America 43
Norway
Asia 26
Italy
Europe 10
Saudi Arabia
Algeria
Spain
USA 39
Denmark
China -34
Hungar y
Russia -34
Japan
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Sweden
Canada
TREN D 2023 vs 2024
Belgium
The US’s popularity took a significant

Australia
negative turn in many muslim-majority

Greece
countries from 2023 to 2024.
Germany
Ireland
2024 2023 Diff
Switzerland
Morocco
-20
Malaysia
Egypt
-19
Turkey
Algeria
-13
Austria
Indonesia
Malaysia
-24
Russia
Turkey
-22
China Indonesia
-27
0% 50%
-1 00 % -5 0 % 0% 50% 1 00 %
What is your overall perception of the United States?
TREND 2023 vs 2024
Russia 2023 2024
Diff
Perception Russia
of the United Oceania

Australia
-1
States North America

United States
-3
Positive attitudes towards the Canada
-3
United States have decreased in

most countries around the
Israel
1
world since the spring of 2023.
Morocco
-20
Iran
-9
This negative turn is particularly Egypt

-19
Saudi Arabia
-5
significant in muslim-majority
Algeria
-13
countries such as Morocco, Turkey
-22
Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia and

Malaysia, and also several
Latin

America
Colombia
0
Western European countries -

Peru
2
Germany, Ireland and Venezuela

-3
Switzerland - where attitudes of Brazil

-7
Chile
5
the US are now net negative.
Argentina
8
Mexico
-9

Very positive / Somewhat positive / Neither positive nor Europe

know
Ukraine
-16
Poland
-8

Romania
-4
positive".
Portugal
-7
France
-2
Norway
-3
Italy
-3
Spain
0
Denmark
-10
United Kingdom
-7
Hungary
6
Netherlands
-11
Sweden
-8
Belgium
-8
Germany
-16
Greece
-3
Ireland
-17
Switzerland
-20
Austria
-5
Asia

Vietnam
4
India
-3
Philippines
1
South Korea
11
Hong Kong
0
Thailand
1
Pakistan
-3
Taiwan
-2
Singapore
-5
Japan
-11
Malaysia
-24
Indonesia
-27
China
15
Africa
Kenya
2
Nigeria
-7
South Africa -3
-100% net negative 0% net positive 100%

Perception of China
Views towards China divide the world: western democracies, particularly the United States, European countries, Australia, Japan
and South Korea have negative views of China, while the rest of the world has more positive views.
The world is divided in its views toward China
net perception of China: % positive - % negative
Chin a
P k n
a ista
N a
igeri
Algeria
Egyp
Russi
Keny
M orocco
Hong Kon g
Saudi Arabi a
P u
er
M x o
e ic
South Afric a
Vene z a
uel
Colombi a
Singapor e
Regional Results
T hailan d
Attitudes towards China are much more
M alaysi a
negative in democratic countries labeled as
Vietna m
“free” by Freedom House, than in less
Chile
I a
democratic countries labeled as “less free”.
ndonesi
Argentin a
I a
ndi
B z l
ra i net negative net positive
Romani a
Greec e
Global 0
5
I l
srae
T k y
ur e Free -18
Hungar y
T n
Less Free 34
aiwa
U k e
rain
Spai n
Europe -22
P d
olan
Asia 15
N orwa y
Latin America 24
P hilippine s
I y
tal
-25
I n
US
ra
P l
Russia 64
ortuga
Irelan d
China 86
United State s
Swit z erlan d
D enmar k
N etherland s
United Kingdo m
B elgiu m
Franc e
Austri a
South Kore a
Australi a
German y
Canad a
Swede n
Japan
-1 %
00 - %
50 0 % 50 % 1 %
00
What is your overall perception of China?
Perception of China
People around the world are divided about their views towards China. Perceptions of China are much more negative in Europe and
the United States than in the rest of the world, where attitudes are more positive. Attitudes towards China reveal a stark divide
between the Global North and the Global South.
The world is divided in its view towards China

net perception of China: % positive - % negative

positive
Very positive / Somewhat positive / Neither positive nor negative /
Somewhat negative / Very negative / Don’t know -100% 100%

TREND 2023 vs 2024
Russia 2023 2024
Diff
Perception Russia
of China Oceania
Australia
Perceptions of China have North America

taken a positive turn from 2023 United States
1
to 2024 around the world, Canada
particularly in the Middle East, Middle East & North Africa

Africa, Latin America and Asia. 
14
Algeria
Egypt
23
The most positive changes are Morocco

15
Saudi Arabia
13
in Egypt (+23), Hong Kong

Israel
14
(+23), South Africa (+19), Turkey

-11
Kenya (+18) and Taiwan (+18), Iran
11
while the most negative

Latin

America
changes are in Switzerland 16
Peru
(-16), Ukraine (-15) and the Mexico

9
Philippines (-15).
Colombia
6
Venezuela
12
Chile
6
Argentina
5

12
Brazil
Very positive / Somewhat positive / Neither positive nor

know
Europe
*"Positive" includes "very positive" and "somewhat Romania
-1
positive". Greece
11
Hungary
9
Ukraine
-15
Spain
19
Poland
3
Norway
3
Italy
1
Portugal
7
Ireland
3
Switzerland
-16
Denmark
-1
Netherlands
-2
United Kingdom
4
Belgium
-3
France
-6
Austria
4
Germany
1
Sweden
-7
Asia

China
4
Pakistan
8
Hong Kong
23
Singapore
-4
Thailand
2
Malaysia
9
Vietnam
9
Indonesia
8
India
14
Taiwan
18
Philippines
-15
South Korea
-5
Japan
-8
Africa
Nigeria
12
Kenya
18
South Africa 19

Perception of Russia
Most countries have negative views of Russia. The only countries with a positive perception of Russia are in Asia or the Middle
East, led by Vietnam, India, Algeria and China. Collectively, however, the countries with a positive view of Russia represent a
majority of the world’s population.
Russia is viewed negatively in most countries

net perception of Russia: % positive - % negative
Russi a
Vietnam
India
Algeria
China
Pakistan
Egypt
Nigeria
Hong Kong
Morocco
Saudi Arabi a
Indonesia
Malaysia
Peru
Mexico
Regional Results
Philippine s
Kenya
People in western democracies, particularly
Turkey
in Europe and America, have the most
Thailan d
negative perceptions of Russia.
South Afric a
Vene zuela
Singapore
Taiwan
Colombia
Global -14
Greece
Argentina
Free -43
Chile
Less Free 20
Israel
Hungary
Europe
South Korea
-53
Iran
Latin America -8
United State s
Asia 15
Romani a
Norway
USA -33
Brazil
48
China
Switzerland
Russia
Australia
78
Italy
Ireland
Canada
Spain
Germany
Belgium
Austria
United Kingdom
Netherlands
France
Denmark
Sweden
Portugal
Poland
Japan
Ukraine
-1 00 % -5 0 % 0 % 50% 1 00 %
What is your overall perception of Russia?
T R E N D 2 0 2 3 vs 2 0 2 4
2024
Russia 2023
Diff
Perception Russia
Oceania
of Russia
Australia
Most countries in 2024 still have

North America
a negative view of Russia. Yet

United States
3
these attitudes towards Russia Canada
are increasingly dividing the

Global North from the Global

Algeria
11
South.
Egypt
21
Morocco
19
Saudi Arabia
14
While most countries outside of

Turkey
-8
Europe and North America have

Israel
20
seen a significant increase in Iran
11
positive attitudes towards

Latin America

Russia since 2023, European

Peru
20
attitudes have become Mexico

13
increasingly negative.
Venezuela
16
Colombia
5
Argentina
8
Very positive / Somewhat positive / Neither positive Chile

6
nor negative / Somewhat negative / Very negative /

Brazil
1
Don’t know

Europe
positive".
Greece
6
Hungary
0
Romania
-1
Norway
7
Switzerland
-24
Italy
-9
Ireland
4
Spain
14
Belgium
-3
Germany
-1
Austria
-8
Netherlands
-5
United Kingdom
2
France
-19
Denmark
-6
Sweden
-13
Portugal
-1
Poland
-3
Ukraine
-9
Asia

Vietnam
19
India
3
China
4
Pakistan
6
Hong Kong
18
Indonesia
8
Malaysia
8
Philippines
1
Thailand
4
Singapore
-3
Taiwan
14
South Korea
-6
Japan
-7
Africa
Nigeria
31
Kenya
32
South Africa 24

Across the 53 countries surveyed, an average of 49% of people say that the United States has a positive impact on democracy
around the world, while 36% say it’s negative.
World is split about the US’s impact on democracy worldwide
net opinion* of the US's influence on democracy worldwide
Overall, do you think the United States has a positive or negative impact on democracy around the world?
Very positive / Somewhat positive / Somewhat negative / Very negative / No impact / Don’t know
-100% 100%
*Net opinion is calculated as % positive - % negative.
key findings
T here are stron g g re ional
net negative net positive Net
v f
Global 36 49 13
di ides in perceptions o the US

Free 6
39 45
O n one hand, many developing countries, particularly Less Free 32 53 20
in Latin America and Eastern Europe, have very
32
positive assessments of the US’s impact.
Latin America 28 60
O
Asia 30 54 24
n the other hand, Russia, China, and Greece have

Europe 42 40 -2
the most negative perceptions.
And lastly, in most W estern European countries, as US 33 54 21
well as in Canada and Australia, opinion is very China 56 28 -28
70 12
evenly divided. Russia -58
-100% -50% 0% 50% 100%
Democracy Perception Index 2 24 0 4 0

TREND 2020-2024
Over the past four years, from 2020 to 2024, perceptions of the US's global influence became more positive around the world -
peaking in 2022 or 2023 - and then declined sharply in 2024.
Overall, do you think the United

States has a positive or negative
Perception of US influence on global democracy rises and falls from
2020 to 2024
impact on democracy around the
world?
Net opinion of the US’s impact on democracy in 2020-2024 (% positive - % negative)

Very positive / Somewhat positive /
Somewhat negative / Very negative /
No impact / Don’t know
50%
*Democracies include countries rated

as “Free” by Freedom house.
Countries rated as “Partly Free” and
25%
US
GLOBAL
net positive
Democracies*
0%
europe
net negative
-25%
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

When asked if they think their countries should cut economic ties with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, western democracies
are more in favor of cutting ties than keeping ties. The rest of the world however leans towards keeping ties.
Mainly western democracies want to cut economic ties with Russia

net support for keeping economic ties with Russia: % keep ties - % cut ties
Do you think your country should cut economic ties with Russia because of the war in Ukraine?
cut TIES k eep ties
Yes / No / Don’t know [Question excluded in Russian questionnaire]
“Cut ties” = “Yes”, “Keep ties = “No”.
-1 00% 100%
key findings
cut ties Keep ties
Support for cutting ties with Global 1
Russia divides the West from Free -13
the rest Less Free 19
Europe -21
Western democracies, particularly Europe and the US,
Latin America 11
have far more people willing to cut ties with Russia than Asia 16
keep ties with Russia. In contrast, the rest of the world MENA 21
would rather keep ties.
US -21
China 48
-75% 0% 75%
D e mocracy P e rc e pt i o n I nde x 2 0 24 42
When asked if they think their countries should cut economic ties with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, people in a slight
majority of countries surveyed (29 out of 52) are more in favor of keeping ties with Russia.
Desire to keep economic ties with Russia increases in the Global South
net support for keeping economic ties with Russia: % keep ties - % cut ties
CUT TIES Keep ties

China
Kenya
Indonesia
Egypt
Algeria
Vietnam
Morocco
Greece
Mexico
Malaysia
Turkey
Hungary
South Africa
Hong Kong
Peru
Nigeria
Greece and Hungary are the
Philippines
only countries in Europe where
Saudi Arabia
more people prefer to keep ties
Colombia
South Korea
with Russia
Chile
Singapore
Greece
Thailand
33%
Taiwan
Hungary
Argentina
Brazil
25%
Venezuela
India
Israel
Romania
Pakistan
Austria
Italy
Germany
France
Switzerland
Belgium
Iran
United States
Japan
Australia
Canada
Ireland
Netherlands
Spain
Portugal
Norway
United Kingdom
Denmark
Sweden
Poland
Ukraine
-75% -50% -25% 0% 2 5% 50% 75%
Do you think your country should cut economic ties with Russia because of the war in Ukraine?
Yes / No / Don’t know [Question excluded in Russian questionnaire]

TREND 2023 vs 2024 Oceania

Economic
2023 2024 Diff
Australia
Ties with North America

Russia
United States
6
Canada
Support for cutting economic Egypt

30
ties with Russia over its Algeria

10
invasion of Ukraine remains Morocco

16
Turkey
high in Europe and the United Saudi Arabia
-1
States even after several Israel

-14
rounds of sanctions. Yet this Iran
13
support is weaker now than it
Latin

America
was one year ago, in the spring Mexico

3
of 2023.
Peru
2
Colombia
4
Chile
Almost all countries in Latin Argentina
America, Asia and the MENA Brazil

-1
region prefer keeping ties with Venezuela

9
Russia, while almost all
Europe
countries in Europe and North Greece

4
America still prefer cutting ties.

Hungary
-10
Romania
8
Austria
-5
Do you think your country should cut economic

ties with Russia because of the war in Ukraine?
Italy
2
Germany
10
Yes / No / Don’t know [Question excluded in Russian

questionnaire] 
France
-6
Switzerland
-4
“Cut ties” = “Yes”, “Keep ties = “No”. Belgium

0
Ireland
0
Netherlands
-2
Spain
7
Portugal
-8
Norway
-2
United Kingdom
7
Denmark
5
Sweden
-3
Poland
16
Ukraine
0
Asia

China
-7
Indonesia
3
Vietnam
-5
Malaysia
10
Hong Kong
18
Philippines
0
South Korea
2
Singapore
-5
Thailand
4
Taiwan
14
India
-6
Pakistan
-8
Japan
-2
Africa
Kenya
20
South Africa
21
Nigeria 4
-100% cut ties 0% Keep ties 100%

E conomic ies with China T
In 26 out of the 50 countries surveyed, more people say they would be in favour of their country cutting economic ties with China -
if it invaded Taiwan - than keeping ties. These countries include many of China’s top trading partners such as the United States,
Japan, and Germany.
I f China invades aiwan the western wor d wou d want to cut economic ties
T , l l
net support for keeping economic ties with China if it invaded Taiwan: % keep ties - % cut ties
C UT ties K eep ties

If China started a military invasion of Taiwan, do you think your country should cut economic ties with China?
es o
Y / N / D on t know
’ uestion e c uded in China Taiwan and ong ong
[Q x l , , H K ]
-1 00% 100%
Cut ties
“ ” = “Y es eep ties
”, “K o
= “N ”.
key findings
cut ties keep ties
Support for cutting ties with Global 1
China divides the West from Free -11
the rest
Less Free 15
People in western democracies are generally in favor of Europe -13

Latin America 7
cutting ties with China in the event of an invasion. Most 5
Asia
other countries, however, have mixed attitudes or clearly 15
MENA
prefer keeping ties.
US -21
Russia 53
-75% 0% 75%
D e m o c rac y e P rc e pt o i n nde
I x 2 0 24 4 5
If China invades Taiwan, half of the world would want to cut economic ties
net support for keeping economic ties with China if it invaded Taiwan: % keep ties - % cut ties
CUT TIES K eep ties

Russia
Kenya
Indonesia
Egypt
Hungary
Morocco
Algeria
Greece
Mexico
South Africa
Malaysia
Nigeria
Singapore
Turkey
Chile
Hungary, Greece, and Romania
Thailand
are the only countries in Europe

Romania
where more people would rather
Pakistan
Israel
keep ties with China.

Peru
Vietnam
KEEP TIES
Saudi Arabia
Colombia
Hungary
Brazil
26%
Argentina
Venezuela
Greece
Germany
24%
Philippines
Romania
Austria
12%
South Korea
Italy
Switzerland
M any of China's largest  
Belgium
trading partners are among  

France
Iran
the countries where more

Poland
people would rather cut ties

Netherlands
than keep ties.
Ireland
United States
CUT TIES
India
Ukraine
Japan
Australia
-31%
Nor way
Portugal
Australia
Spain
-23%
Canada
United States
Japan
-21%
United Kingdom
Denmark
Germany
Sweden -3%
-75% -5 0% - 2 5% 0% 2 5% 5 0% 75%
If China started a military invasion of Taiwan, do you think your country should cut economic ties with China?
Yes / No / Don’t know [Question excluded in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong]

T R E N D 2 0 2 3 vs 2 0 2 4
Russia 202 3 2024
Diff
Economic Russia
-1
Oceania
Ties with
Australia
China North America
United States
5
Since 2023, attitudes have

Canada
shifted in the direction of

keeping economic ties with
Egypt
2 5
China (in the hypothetical case

Algeria
3
it were to invade Taiwan), Morocco

15
particularly in the Middle East Turkey

2
Israel
2
(Egypt, Morocco), Africa (Kenya,

Saudi Arabia
8
South Africa) and muslim

Iran
majority countries in Asia
Latin

America
(Indonesia, Malaysia).
Mexico
2
Chile
9
In contrast to the rest of the Peru

1
world, most people in Europe Colombia

-2
Brazil
4
and North America would still

Argentina
1
rather cut ties with China if it

Venezuela
10
invaded Taiwan.
Europe
If China started a military invasion of Taiwan, Hungary

-2
do you think your country should cut economic

Greece
ties with China?
Yes / No / Don’t know [Question excluded in China, Romania

8
Taiwan, and Hong Kong]
Germany
5

Austria
-3
Italy
6
Switzerland
-4
Belgium
-4
France
0
Poland
8
Netherlands
2
Ireland
0
Ukraine
1
Portugal
-3
Norway
-9
Spain
3
United Kingdom
1
Denmark
2
Sweden
-1
Asia

Indonesia
12
Malaysia
5
Singapore
-5
Thailand
3
Pakistan
-9
Vietnam
-11
Philippines
-3
South Korea
-9
India
4
Japan
Africa
Kenya
20
South Africa
15
Nigeria 2
-100% cut ties 0% Keep ties 100%

D EE P D I VE
Public attitudes in Russia and China are broadly aligned when it comes to important geopolitical questions. Populations in both
countries have positive views of each other’s country, and share similar negative attitudes towards the United States.
k e y f i n d i n gs
Both the Russians and Chinese hold very favorable views of
each other’s countries
% say they have a positive/negative perception of China/Russia
Negative POSITIVE
Russia 4 68
China 7 56
They both overwhelmingly support keeping economic ties
with each other
% say they want to keep/cut economic ties with China if it invaded Taiwan/Russia because of the war in Ukraine
cut ties keep ties
Russia 7 60
China 15 63
They both hold the world’s most negative perceptions of the
United States
% say they have a positive/negative perception of the United States
Negative POSITIVE
Russia 50 16
China 55 21
They are among the countries with the most negative
perceptions of the European Union
% say they have a positive/negative perception of the European Union
Negative POSITIVE
Russia 41 16
China 25 29
When it comes to the United Nations, however, they have
different opinions
% say they have a positive/negative perception of the United Nations
Negative POSITIVE
Russia 35 14
China 15 44
Across the 52 countries*, around one third (34%) of the respondents say that the US, EU, and NATO have done too little to assist
Ukraine during the Russian invasion, while the remaining half say that they have done the right amount (46%) and 19% say
they’ve done too much.
Half of the world says that the US, EU, and NATO have done the right amount to help Ukraine
% say the US, EU, and NATO have done too little, too much, or the right amount to assist Ukraine
oo little
T right amount too much
Ukrain e
Chile
Peru
Colombia
Argentin a
Brazil
Australi a
Mexico
Venezuela
South Afric a
Spai n
Swede n
Turke y
United Kingdom
Irelan d
Regional Results
Canada
Portugal
The countries that are the most likely to say that
Singapor e
the US, the EU, and NATO have done too little to
Greec e
assist Ukraine during the Russian Invasion are
Denmark
mainly in countries in Latin America (52%).
Norwa y
Germany, Austria, Hungary and Greece are the

Israe l
European countries where the largest share of

Poland
people say that the US, EU and NATO have done

Swit zerland
“too much” to help Ukraine.

Malaysia
Kenya
Pakistan
oo little
T right amount too much
Iran
Ital y
Global
Netherland s
Nigeri a
Free
Free
Japan
Less
South Korea
United State s
Asia
France
Europe
Belgium
Latin America
Romani a
China
Taiwa n
US
Indonesi a
Saudi Arabi a
0 % 2 5% 50% 75% 1 00 %
German y
Morocco
Indi a
Philippines
Austri a
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Egyp t
Algeri a
Hungar y
Thailan d
China
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Do you think the US, EU, and NATO have done too little, too much, or the right amount to assist Ukraine during the Russian invasion?
Too much / The right amount / Too little
* [Question excluded in Russian questionnaire]
TREND 2022 to 2024
While the vast majority of people still say that the US, EU and NATO have done either “too little” or the “right amount” to help
Ukraine since the beginning of the war in 2022, public opinion is slowly becoming more divided. This is particularly pronounced in
Germany, where now a plurality (40%) say that the US, EU and NATO have done “too much” to help Ukraine.
Since 2022, fewer people say that the US, EU and NATO have done "too little" to help
Ukraine, while a small but growing share say they've done "too much".
% say the US, EU and NATO have done too little, too much or the right amount to assist Ukraine
Global Europe United States Germany
T oo Much 11 11 11
14
19 21
2 7
40
Right A mount 43 45 42
46 44 54
44
35
oo Little
T
46 43 4 7
34 35 32
29 26
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
Do you think the US, EU, and NATO have done too little, too much, or the right amount to assist Ukraine during the Russian invasion?
Too much / The right amount / Too little [Question excluded in Russian questionnaire]

World Challenges
According to people around the globe, the world’s top challenges are “war and violent conflict”, followed by “poverty and hunger”
and “climate change”. The number of countries that say “war and violent conflict” is the top global challenge has risen from 25
countries in 2023 to 39 countries in 2024, out of 53 countries in total.
War and poverty are seen as the world's top two challenges
% select _____ as one of the world's top three biggest challenges right now
In your opinion, which of the following do

War and violent conflict 51 you think are the world’s top three biggest
challenges right now?
Poverty and hunger 41

Select up to three
Climate change 33
Climate change
War and violent conflict
Economic instability 30 Poverty and hunger
Economic inequality
Terrorism 25 Racism and discrimination against minorities
Global pandemics (COVID)
Economic inequality 24 21 Terrorism
Economic instability
Racism and discrimination 17 Authoritarian governments
Migration
None of the above

Migration 17 18
Authoritarian governments 14
Global pandemics (Covid) 14
None of the above 2
CHALLENGE
0% 25% 50% 75%
Majority of people say that war is the world’s top challenge

the top challenge selected by country
War and violent conflict Terrorism Poverty and hunger E conomic instability E conomic inequality C limate change

World Challenges
Europeans grow more concerned about Migration is increasingly seen as top issue by
terrorism Europeans
Since 2023, more and more Europeans say that terrorism is one Europeans also increasingly view “migration” as one of the
of the world’s top three challenges. Out of all 53 countries world’s top three challenges, particularly in Germany, Ireland
surveyed, this concern is among the highest in France (43%). and France, which are now among the countries with the
highest concern about migration across the globe.
Terrorism Migration
50% 50%
France
Sweden Germany
Belgium Ireland
europe France
25% Global 25% UK
Spain
Europe
Global
0% 0%
2022 2023 2024 2022 2023 2024
In your opinion, which of the following do you think are the world’s top three biggest challenges right now?
Select up to three
Climate change
Poverty and hunger
Economic inequality
Racism and discrimination against minorities
Global pandemics (COVID)
Terrorism
Authoritarian governments
Migration
None of the above

Prioritizing Climate Change
While climate change is viewed as one of the world’s top three biggest challenges by 33% of the world’s population, only 14% say
that it should be a top priority for their government. People in western democracies, particularly in Europe, are the most likely to
both perceive climate change as a major global challenge and as a top priority for their government.
Many people think climate change is one of the world's top challenges. But far fewer say it
should be a top priority for their government.
% say climate change is one of the world's top three biggest challenges vs. % say fighting climate change should be one of their government's top three priorities
government world D iff
priority challenge
S outh K ore a
3 1
Regional Results
D enmar k
1 6
K eny a
3 7
Global 14% 18 33%
V ietna m
2 3
F ranc e
1 7
I 2 1
taly
F ree 1 8 % 18 3 6 %
Philippine s
2 9
S wit z erlan d
1 2
Less Free 1 0 % 19 29 %
S wede n
1 8
Austri a
1 7
S ingapor e
1 8
Europe 1 9 % 6
1 3 6 %
B elgiu m
1 2
Asia 14% 21 35%
S pai n
2 5
Germany
1 4
Latin America 7 % 25 3 2 %
T aiwa n
2 4
U nited K ingdo m
1 5
Australi a
1 2
US A 1 9 % 5 2 4%
C a
1 3
anad
C hina 13% 17 3 0 %
T d
hailan
2 5
B z l
ra i
2 5
R ussia 4% 0
1 14%
M x e ico
2 5
C a
olombi
2 6
C e
hil
3 0
I
reland
1 6
H ungary
2 5
J apa n
2 4
Per u
2 7
N orway
1 0
Polan d
1 5
M orocco
2 3
N etherland s
1 1
S outh Afric a
2 4
C hin a
1 7
Greec e
1 9
I
ndi a
1 6
Argentin a
2 6
I n
ra
2 0
Pakista n
1 9
Portuga l
1 8
H ong K g
on
8
I
ndonesi a
2 1
I
srae l
8
Egyp t
1 3
U nited S tate s
5
R omani a
1 6
M alaysi a
1 7
In your opinion, which of the following do you think are
T urkey
1 2
the world’s top three biggest challenges right now?
S audi Arabi a
9
Climate change / War and violent conflict / Poverty and
V ene z a
uel
1 8
hunger etc
N igeri a
1 5
U krain e
1 3
Which of the following areas do you want your
Algeri a
1 1
government to focus on more?
Fight climate change / Improve education / Promote
R ussia
1 0 gender equality etc
0 % 25 % 50 % 7 %
5
Methodology
Overview
This report presents an overview of a study conducted by Latana and the Alliance of Democracies in the spring of 2024, between
February 20th and April 15th. The sample of n=62,953 online-connected respondents was drawn across 53 countries, with an
average sample size of around 1,200 respondents per country. Nationally representative results were calculated based on the
official distribution of age, gender, and education for each country’s population, sourced from the most recent and available data
from Barro Lee & UNStat, and census.gov. The average margin of error across all countries sampled is (+/-) 2.9 percentage points.
How the DPI Categorizes Democracies
In order to compare public opinion results between more democratic countries and less democratic countries, the DPI uses the
2024 categories from Freedom House to create two groups:
"Free" - the most democratic countries, labeled as "Free" by Freedom House.
"Less Free" - countries labeled as "Partly Free" or "Not Free" by Freedom House.
Free Speech
In some countries surveyed, the government plays an active role in shaping public opinion and/or has policies in place that restrict
freedom of speech around certain topics. This can have a strong influence on the survey results.
Summary Tables
Here are the full summary tables of the results used in this report: (DPI 2024 - Topline Results)
Data Collection
Latana’s surveys are conducted online through internet-connected devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and computers. Latana
follows an open recruitment approach that leverages the reach of over 40,000 third-party apps and mobile websites. To ensure
coverage across different demographic groups and geographical regions, Latana targets a highly diverse set of apps and websites
– from news to shopping, to sports and games. As a result, Latana generates up to 21 million answers every month from
respondents living in as many as 100 different countries.
Data Privacy and Anonymity
Once a user opts in to complete a survey, Latana informs the respondent about the nature of the questionnaire and explains that
all answers – including the generic demographics that are part of the targeting and quality assurance process – are recorded
anonymously. To ensure respondent privacy and high-quality response data, Latana does not collect any personally identifiable
information (PII) on users. In contrast to surveys conducted face-to-face or by telephone, the anonymity offered by Latana’s
methodology may help reduce response bias, interviewer bias, and respondent self-censorship.
For more information, please contact:
Fred DeVeaux
Senior Researcher at Latana
frederick.deveaux@latana.com

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About The Alliance of Democracies
The Alliance of Democracies

Foundation
Alliance of Democracies' vision is to become the

world’s leading “megaphone” for the cause of
democracy.
The Alliance of Democracies Foundation
The Alliance of Democracies Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 2017 by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former
NATO Secretary General and former Prime Minister of Denmark. Our team is based in Brussels, Berlin and Copenhagen and brings
expertise from international diplomacy and human rights to election integrity and strategic communications.
Through our innovative programming and our flagship event, The Copenhagen Democracy Summit, we aim to become the world’s
leading “megaphone” for the cause of democracy.
The Copenhagen Democracy Summit 
The Copenhagen Democracy Summit is an annual two day gathering which serves as a nexus for political figures, business
leaders, tech entrepreneurs and freedom fighters. This assembly delves into the intricate dynamics between technology,
democracy, and the unwavering advocates dedicated to preserving these fundamental principles. The summit isn't just a
gathering; it's a bold assertion to collectively #DefendDemocracy
Alliance of Democracies Copenhagen Democracy Summit
Contact Us
General Inquiries: info@allianceofdemocracies.org
Press Inquiries: media@allianceofdemocracies.org
With a special sponsorship

www.allianceofdemocracies.org
    
from the University of Denver

Questionnaire
Q1
Q7
In your opinion, how important is it for your country to Think about your country today. Do you agree or
be a democracy?
disagree with the following statement: “Political leaders
Slider: 0 - not at all important; 10 - very important
in my country are elected in free and fair elections”?
Strongly agree
Q2
Somewhat agree
Think about your country today.

Neither agree nor disagree
How democratic do you think it is?

Somewhat disagree
Slider: 0 - not at all democratic; 10 - very democratic
Strongly disagree
Q3
Q8
Which of the following statements comes closest to your How important is it for you that everyone in your country
view?
is equal before the law and has the same basic rights?
I think there is not enough democracy in my country

Very important
I think there is the right amount of democracy in my country

Somewhat important
I think there is too much democracy in my country
Somewhat unimportant
Very unimportant
Q4
Don’t know
How important is it for you that everyone in your country

can freely express their opinion on political and social Q9
topics?
Think about your country today. Do you agree or
Very important
disagree with the following statement: “Everyone in my
Somewhat important
country is equal before the law and has the same basic
rights”
Very unimportant
Strongly agree
Don’t know
Somewhat agree
Q5
Somewhat disagree
Think about your country today. Do you agree or Strongly disagree
disagree with the following statement: “Everyone in my

country can freely express their opinion on political and Q10
social topics”?
# Which of the following statements comes closest to
Strongly agree
your view?
Somewhat agree
“My government usually acts in the interest of…”

… most people in my country
Somewhat disagree
... a small group of people in my country
Strongly disagree
Q11
Q6
Which of the following areas do you want your
How important is it for you that political leaders in your government to focus on more?
country are elected in free and fair elections?

Select up to three
Very important
Improve education
Somewhat important
Fight climate change
Promote gender equality
Very unimportant
Promote economic growth
Don’t know
Reduce poverty
Invest in security and defense
Improve health care
Fight corruption
Reduce immigration
Reduce income inequality
Other / none of the above

Questionnaire
# Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Q18
# “Democracy in my country is threatened by …”
“... the influence of global corporations”
Strongly agree
Q12
Somewhat agree
“… economic inequality”
Strongly agree
Somewhat disagree
Somewhat agree
Strongly disagree
Somewhat disagree
Q19
Strongly disagree
Overall, do you think that social media platforms (i.e.
Facebook, Twitter) have a positive or negative impact

Q13
on democracy in your country?
“… the influence of Big Tech companies (Google,

Very positive
Amazon, Apple, Facebook)”

Somewhat positive
Strongly agree
Somewhat negative
Somewhat agree
Very negative

No impact
Somewhat disagree
Don’t know
Strongly disagree
[In the Chinese questionnaire “Facebook, Twitter” are replaced with “Qzone, WeChat”]
[In the Chinese questionnaire company names are replaced with “Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Meituan”]
Q20
Q14
In general, do you think there should be more or less
“… limitations on free speech”

regulation on content that people share on social media
Strongly agree
platforms?
Somewhat agree
More regulation

Neither more nor less
Somewhat disagree
Less regulation
Strongly disagree
Don’t know
Q15
Q21
“… election interference from foreign powers”

How well do you think your country is responding to the
Strongly agree
coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis?
Somewhat agree
Very well

Somewhat well
Somewhat disagree
Somewhat poorly
Strongly disagree
Very poorly
Don’t know
Q16
“… unfair elections and/or election fraud”

Q22
Strongly agree
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
Somewhat agree
“My government has done too much to limit people’s
freedoms during the coronavirus crisis”
Somewhat disagree
Strongly agree
Strongly disagree
Somewhat agree
Q17
Somewhat disagree
“... corruption”
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
Somewhat disagree
Strongly disagree

Questionnaire
Q23
Q28

Overall, do you think the United States has a positive or
Very positive
negative impact on democracy around the world?
Somewhat positive
Very positive
Neither positive nor negative

Somewhat positive
Somewhat negative
Somewhat negative
Very negative
Very negative
Don’t know
No impact
Don’t know
Q24

Q29
Very positive
In your opinion, which of the following do you think are
Somewhat positive
the world’s top three biggest challenges right now?

Select up to three
Somewhat negative
Climate change
Very negative
Don’t know
Poverty and hunger
Economic inequality
Q25
Racism and discrimination against minorities

Global pandemics (Covid)
Very positive
Terrorism
Somewhat positive

Authoritarian governments
Somewhat negative
Migration
Very negative
None of the above
Don’t know
Q30
Q26
Do you think the US, EU, and NATO have done too little,
too much or the right amount to assist Ukraine during
Very positive
the Russian invasion?
Somewhat positive
Too much

The right amount
Somewhat negative
Too little
Very negative
[Question excluded in Russian questionnaire]
Don’t know
Q31
Q27
Do you think your country should cut economic ties with
What is your overall perception of the United Nations?
Russia because of the war in Ukraine?
Very positive
Yes
Somewhat positive
No

Don’t know
Somewhat negative
[Question excluded in Russian questionnaire]
Very negative
Don’t know
Q32
If China started a military invasion of Taiwan, do you

think your country should cut economic ties with China?
Yes
No
Don’t know
[Question excluded in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong]

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Alliance of Democracies

State of Threats to Global

The Democracy Perception Index (DPI) is the world’s largest 62,953

annual study on how people perceive democracy, conducted respondents

by Latana in collaboration with the Alliance of Democracies.

The 2024 edition offers an unprecedented comparison of countries

global attitudes towards democracy during a time of rising

respondents from 53 countries conducted between February

of the global population

The DPI was published ahead of the 2024 Copenhagen

Dr. Nico Jaspers

Democracy Perception Index 2024

CHAPTER I State of Democracy

Perceived Democratic Deficit

Desire for More Democracy

Free Speech Limitations

Foreign Election Interference

Social Media Influence

CHAPTER III Global Politics

Perception of Global Powers

Economic Ties with Russia

Economic Ties with China

Prioritizing Climate Change

About the Alliance of Democracies

Democracy Perception Index 2024

discussion on the global state of democracy.

Defending democracy means advancing freedom around the

world, but it also means listening to voters’ concerns at home.

We are witnessing an axis of autocracies forming from China to

Russia to Iran. We must act now to make freedom more attractive

than dictatorship and unite through an alliance of democracies to

push back against the emboldened autocrats.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Chair of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation,

former NATO Chief, and Danish Prime Minister

War and violent conflict is seen as the world's biggest challenge,

that people's belief in the idea of democracy is at an all-time high,

but if democratic countries are unable to help solve the world's

challenges, then it will be only a matter of time until support for

democracy will suffer.

Dr. Nico Jaspers, CEO at Latana

D e m o c racy P e rc e pt i o n I n d ex 2 0 2 4 Copenhagen Democracy Summit

Democracy Perception Index 2024 5

Democracy Perception Index 2024 6

Perceived Democratic Deficit

Desire for More Democracy

Democracy Perception Index 2024 7

Democracy is important for people around the world

0 - not at all important; 10 - very important

key findings TREND

Democracy is important Global faith in democracy

63% in Iran. This is a majority opinion in all countries.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

De mocrac y P e rc e pt i o n I nde x 2024 8

0 - not at all democratic; 10 - very democratic

key findings Most democratic

says their country is democratic Vietnam

or "Not Free" by Freedom House

Democracy Perception Index 2024 9

Governments are not living up to the democratic expectations of their citizens

democratic important Deficit

Perceived Democratic Deficit

No country is fully living up to the

democratic expectations of its citizens -

in other words, no country has a Perceived

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Chair of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation,  

democratic expectations of its citizens -  

Foreign Election Interference  22

Social Media Influence  23

Do you agree or disagree  