2012 - optimism for the new year worldwide

This statistic shows the results of a survey regarding the personal optimism for the year 2012. The share of respondents in the United States who believe that 2012 will be a better year than 2011 was 74 percent.

Do you think that 2012 will be better than 2011? (by country)

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Release date

January 2012

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

December 6 to 19, 2011

Number of respondents

21,245 respondents

Age group

16-64 years

Supplementary notes

For this study, an international sample of adults, aged 16 to 64 in the U.S. and Canada and aged 18 to 64 in all other countries, was taken. The unweighted base of respondents was 21,245 people. About 1,000 people were asked per countzry, except for Argentina, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia, south Africa, south Korea, Sweden, Russia and Turkey where about 500 people were surveyed.

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Percentage of people who agreed with "very" or "somewhat".

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