According to a survey conducted by Ipsos on predictions for global issues, 92 percent of Indian respondents were optimistic that the year 2020 would be better for them. While an equal share of respondents were optimistic about the year in 2017 and 2019, lesser number of people thought so in 2018.
Optimism for the current year to the previous year in India from 2017 to 2020
survey sample was more urban and educated, and with higher income than the national average.
Method of interview
Online panel
Supplementary notes
The question asked was as follows: "Please indicate if you agree very much, agree somewhat, disagree somewhat or disagree very much with the following statements:
I am optimistic that 2020 will be a better year for me than it was in 2019."
Figures included respondents who answered "very much agree" and "somewhat agree".
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Ipsos. (January 6, 2020). Optimism for the current year to the previous year in India from 2017 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042624/india-optimism-current-year/
Ipsos. "Optimism for the current year to the previous year in India from 2017 to 2020." Chart. January 6, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042624/india-optimism-current-year/
Ipsos. (2020). Optimism for the current year to the previous year in India from 2017 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042624/india-optimism-current-year/
Ipsos. "Optimism for The Current Year to The Previous Year in India from 2017 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042624/india-optimism-current-year/
Ipsos, Optimism for the current year to the previous year in India from 2017 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042624/india-optimism-current-year/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Optimism for the current year to the previous year in India from 2017 to 2020 [Graph], Ipsos, January 6, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042624/india-optimism-current-year/
