The graph shows other countries' perception of China as leading economic power between May and August of 2018. During the survey, 53 percent of the respondents in Germany had viewed China as the worlds' leading economic power.
China as world's leading economic power as perceived by other countries between May and August 2018
1,500 respondents from the U.S. and 26,112 respondents from other 25 countries
Method of interview
Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)
Supplementary notes
Survey question Q29:
Today, which ONE of the following do you think is the world's leading economic power?
Answer choices: the United States; China; Japan; the countries of the EU; other; none/there is no leading economic power; don't know.
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Pew Research Center. (October 1, 2018). China as world's leading economic power as perceived by other countries between May and August 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 09, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/238509/china-as-the-leading-economic-power-in-the-opinions-of-other-countries/
Pew Research Center. "China as world's leading economic power as perceived by other countries between May and August 2018." Chart. October 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 09, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/238509/china-as-the-leading-economic-power-in-the-opinions-of-other-countries/
Pew Research Center. (2018). China as world's leading economic power as perceived by other countries between May and August 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 09, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/238509/china-as-the-leading-economic-power-in-the-opinions-of-other-countries/
Pew Research Center. "China as World's Leading Economic Power as Perceived by Other Countries between May and August 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/238509/china-as-the-leading-economic-power-in-the-opinions-of-other-countries/
Pew Research Center, China as world's leading economic power as perceived by other countries between May and August 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/238509/china-as-the-leading-economic-power-in-the-opinions-of-other-countries/ (last visited April 09, 2020)
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