Public confidence in the U.S. armed forces 2022

In 2022, 64 percent of survey respondents in the United States said they had either a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the military. This is a decline from the previous year, when 69 percent of respondents had confidence in the U.S. military. However, this is an increase of six points from 1975 levels, when only 58 percent of Americans had confidence in the military.

Public confidence levels in the United States military from 1975 to 2022

Characteristic	Share of respondents with a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence
2022	64%
2021	69%
2020	72%
2019	73%
2018	74%
2017	72%
2016	73%
2015	72%
2014	74%
2013	76%
2012	75%
2011	78%
2010	76%
2009	82%
2008	71%
2007	69%
2006	73%
2005	74%
2004	75%
2003	82%
2002	79%
2001	66%
2000	64%
1999	68%
1998	64%
1997	60%
1996	66%
1995	64%
1994	64%
1993	68%
1991	69%
1990	68%
1989	63%
1988	58%
1987	61%
1986	63%
1985	61%
1984	58%
1983	53%
1981	50%
1979	54%
1977	57%
1975	58%

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

May 1975 to June 2022

Number of respondents

approximately 1,000 in each poll

Age group

18-64 years

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Original question: Now I am going to read you a list of institutions in American society. Please tell me how much confidence you, yourself, have in each one; great deal, quite a lot, some, or very little?

Statistic reflects those who answered either "a great deal" or "quite a lot"

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