People in EU countries with less economic growth see fewer financial opportunities for next generation
Here, again, people in France and the UK are notably pessimistic. In both countries, as well as in Spain, about three-quarters of adults or more say children today will be worse off financially than their parents, even though all three countries saw average annual GDP growth rates between 1% and 2% between 2003 and 2018.
People in EU countries opportunities with less economic growth see  | fewer financial opportunities for next generation  | % who say when children today in their country grow uu, they will be worse  | off.inancially than their parents  | 100%  | Correlation : ---0.77  | France  | UK  | Spain  | Netherlands  | Greece Italy  | Sweden  | Germany  | Bulgaria  | Hungary  | Slovakia  | Czech Rep.  | Poland  | Lithuania  | 2  | Average annual % GDP growth (2003-2018)  | Source: Spring 2019 Globa Attitud es Survey, Q4 Average change in GDP data from World  | Bank accessed on Nov. 12 2019  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 