Share of people who believe they will be better off in five years by country 2022

According to a November 2022 survey, just over one-third of the population in the United States believed they and their families would be better off in five years. Comparatively, 80 percent of Kenyans were optimistic about where they would be in five years' time.

Share of people who believe they will be better off in five years in 2022, by country

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

November 1 to 28, 2022

Number of respondents

31,171 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

1,082 to 1,150 respondents per country.
*The source defines the informed public as those between the ages of 25 and 64, college educated, in the top 25 percent of household income per age group in each country, and who report significant media consumption and engagement in public policy and business news. The source calculates the informed public as being 16 percent of the total global population. Mass population is defined as the population not a part of the informed public, and calculates the mass population as being 84 percent of the total global population.

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