Despite ongoing conflicts and threats from AI, global optimism is seeing an uptick for 2025.
Statista’s Anna Fleck reports that, according to the latest data from Ipsos, a global average of 71 percent of respondents say they feel optimistic that their 2025 will be better than 2024. This is one percentage up from last year and 16 percentage points up from 2023, which was the lowest score on record since Ipsos started running the survey.
Of course, a global average hides the differences between countries.
For instance, when looking at an international breakdown, Indonesia has a high share of people feeling positive about their coming year.
Out of the 33 countries polled, it comes out on top, with 90 percent of respondents feeling more optimistic about 2025. This is down one percentage point from last year when 91 percent of respondents said they felt optimistic looking ahead. […]
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