Perceived and actual number of the hottest years in the last 18 years in Japan 2018
Ipsos, Japanese respondents underestimated the number of the hottest years in the past 18 years. On average, the respondents thought that eight years in the last 18 years were the hottest ever in the world, when the actual number of years was 17.
This statistic presents the results of a survey in Japan on the perceived number of years with the highest temperatures worldwide since 1961 in the last 18 years as of October 2018. According to data published by