Perceived level of threat from coronavirus by country 2020

A recent survey from IPSOS found that an increasing share of people worldwide feel the coronavirus (COVID-19) poses a very high or high level of threat to their country. This statistic shows the percentage of respondents worldwide who felt the coronavirus posed a very high or high level of threat to their country as of March 14, 2020, by country.

Percentage of respondents worldwide who felt COVID-19 posed a very high or high level of threat to their country as of March 14, 2020, by country

Characteristic	February 14 to 15	February 28 to 29	March 12 to 14
Australia	31%	35%	46%
Canada	15%	21%	32%
France	20%	49%	65%
Germany	17%	31%	53%
Italy	26%	34%	84%
Japan	60%	65%	63%
Russia	26%	33%	36%
United Kingdom	24%	26%	45%
United States	28%	37%	50%
Vietnam*	-	63%	72%
China**	-	-	71%
India**	-	-	60%

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

March 12 to 15, 2020

Number of respondents

10,000 respondents

Age group

16-74 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: What level of threat do you think the coronavirus poses to each of the following? Your Country

* No data available for February 14/15.
** No data available for February 14/15 or 28/29.

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