In a survey of 21 countries carried out by Statista Consumer Insights, only between 19 and 46 percent of respondents said that they considered environmental protection a major issue for their country. Respondents in Brazil were the most concerned about the environment, with those in Mexico also rating environmental protection as more important than most countries in the survey.
The countries rating the environment as a major issue typically also rated many other issues as highly problematic. In China and India, environmental protection was still rated as the second and fourth most important issue, respectively, by respondents in these countries behind the likes of health/social security or unemployment, education and poverty.
European ratings ranked from 38 percent in Italy deeming environmental protection a major issue to 25 percent saying the same in the Netherlands. Among U.S. respondents, 27 percent thought the issue was major - rank 13 among 19 issues.
