Majority Continues to Sideline Civil Rights?

As part of a survey by Statista’s Consumer Insights, respondents in 51 countries were asked to select which out of a list of 18 issues are the most pressing in their country right now. The following chart looks specifically at the issue of civil rights, showing both the percentage of people in respective countries who consider it one of their nation’s most important issues, as well as the rank of the issue out of the 18. Multiple options were possible.

Of the 51 polled countries, Serbs were most likely to say that civil rights in their country were a significant problem. Despite 49 percent of respondents picking the option though, it only placed in rank 9 out of 18. This is due to a high share of Serbs considering several issues as problematic. At the other end of the spectrum comes Norway, where only 11 percent of respondents selected the option.

Poland is the country that saw civil rights rank highest of the 51 countries, placing in 5th position. As with most countries on this list, leading concerns included rising prices and the cost of living as well as the economic situation in general. Other high ranking issues cited repeatedly across the survey are poverty, crime, health and social security, as well as housing.

In the United States and Brazil, around one in four people said civil rights were among the most important issues in their respective countries and in both the topic ranked (perhaps surprisingly) among the least picked issues out of the 18 - although in the UK and France it came even lower. This does not mean that civil rights are not regarded as important in these countries currently, but could rather reflect the respective populations' perception of the imminence of a multitude of other issues. However, it is difficult from this data alone to know why respondents did or did not pick options.