In most countries surveyed, doing majorities think the economy surveyed, is doing poorly % who say the current economic situation in their country is
Public attitudes about the economy have turned bleak in much of the world as the coronavirus outbreak continues to affect daily life, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted this summer in 14 nations in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. Assessments of national economies have seen swift downturns in many countries, and few see improvements anytime soon amid what the International Monetary Fund calls a “crisis like no other.”
Overall, a median of only 31% of adults across the surveyed nations assess their country’s current economic situation as good, while 68% say conditions are bad.
In Europe, attitudes are mixed. Generally, Northern Europeans surveyed have more positive assessments, with a majority of Danes, Swedes and Dutch rating their country’s economic condition positively. Germans are split (51% good, 47% bad). In the rest of the European countries surveyed – Belgium, the UK, France, Spain and Italy – large majorities rate economic conditions negatively.
In most countries surveyed, doing majorities  | think the economy surveyed, is doing poorly  | % who say the current economic situation in their  | country is  | Bad  | Good  | U.S  | 69%  | 30%  | Canada  | 61  | 38  | Italy  | 90  | 11  | Spain  | 84  | 15  | France  | 81  | 18  | UK  | 79  | 21  | Be Igium  | 67  | 32  | Germany  | 47  | 51  | Netherlands  | 39  | 61  | Sweden  | 32  | 68  | Denmark  | 26  | 74  | MEDIAN  | 67  | 32  | Ja pan  | 85  | 13  | South Korea  | 83  | 16  | Australia  | 63  | 36  | 14-COUNTRY  | 68  | 31  | MEDIAN  | Note: Those who did not answer are not shown.  | Source: Summer 2020 Global Attitudes Survey. Q6.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 