COVID-19: preparedness of employers vs countries 2020

According to a survey in March 2020, 53 percent of respondents from Canada believed their country was well prepared for the COVID-19 outbreak, whereas only 45 percent of respondents believed their employer was well prepared. The opposite was the case in Japan, where 50 percent of respondents stated their employer was well prepared, but only 27 percent said the same of their country. Of all the countries surveyed, only two - Canada and Germany - had more respondents stating their country was more well prepared than their employer.

Share of adults worldwide who agree their country and employer are well-prepared for the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020, by country

Characteristic	My employer	My country
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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

March 6 to 10, 2020

Number of respondents

10,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Please indicate your level of agreement with the statements below using a nine-point scale where one means strongly disagree and nine means strongly agree: my employer/my country is well-prepared for the viral outbreak".
Top four responses of nine-point scale are counted as agree by the source.
1,000 respondents per country

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