India has emerged among the top 3 most optimistic markets in the June 2024 report of the Ipsos What Worries the World global survey. While Singapore (79 per cent) and Indonesia (70 per cent) are the top 2 most optimistic markets, India (69 per cent) follows at number 3. On the contrary, most global citizens are pessimistic about the future.
As per the survey, only 38 per cent of global citizens claimed to be believing that their country is headed in the right direction. The countries with lowest optimism were, Peru (8 per cent), South Africa (20 per cent), South Korea (21 per cent) and Türkiye (21 per cent).
Commenting on the survey, Amit Adarkar, Ipsos India CEO said, “As a market, India has been quite stable. The govt has been taking steps to offset the impact of global macro conditions on the citizens, to a large extent. Whether it is fuel prices or inflation; growing economy, now the 5th largest and fuelled by domestic consumption; or India being a dominant voice of Global South; being a part of several global forums, whether BRICS, or QUAD, special invitee to the G7 Summit; with strides in technology and a mighty military power, is resonating well with the citizens and they feel re-assured of the future.”
Meanwhile, inflation has emerged as the issue that worries people in the world, including India, the most. The survey shows that urban Indians were most worried about inflation (38 per cent) in June 2024, 3 per cent less than the previous month, followed by unemployment (35 per cent), education (26 per cent), financial and political corruption (23 per cent), and crime and violence (22 per cent).
“While inflation and unemployment continue to be our biggest worries, the good news is that we see some improvement in worry levels. More for unemployment and to some extent for inflation. The Union Budget and monsoons could further improve cost of essential commodities, food items and create more jobs with new allocations to provide impetus to sectors,” Adarkar said.
Global citizens were most worried about inflation (33 per cent), crime and violence (30 per cent), poverty and social inequality (29 per cent), unemployment (27 per cent), and financial and political corruption (25 per cent), the survey said.
The 29-country Global Advisor survey was conducted between May 24, 2024 and June 7, 2024 via the Ipsos Online Panel system among 25,520 adults aged 18-74 in Canada, Israel, Malaysia, South Africa, Türkiye and the United States, 20-74 in Indonesia and Thailand, 21-74 in Singapore, and 16-74 in all other nations.
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