According to a survey conducted by Ipsos on the outlook for 2020, approximately 45 percent of Japanese agreed that the current year will be better than 2019. Among respondents from all the countries surveyed, Japanese people were the most pessimistic about their outlook for 2020.
Share of Japanese who agreed that the current year will be better than the previous year from 2018 to 2020
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Original question: "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".
Data prior to 2020 come from previous reporting.
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Ipsos. (January 6, 2020). Share of Japanese who agreed that the current year will be better than the previous year from 2018 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046154/japan-opinion-current-year-better-than-previous-year/
Ipsos. "Share of Japanese who agreed that the current year will be better than the previous year from 2018 to 2020." Chart. January 6, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046154/japan-opinion-current-year-better-than-previous-year/
Ipsos. (2020). Share of Japanese who agreed that the current year will be better than the previous year from 2018 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046154/japan-opinion-current-year-better-than-previous-year/
Ipsos. "Share of Japanese Who Agreed That The Current Year Will Be Better than The Previous Year from 2018 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046154/japan-opinion-current-year-better-than-previous-year/
Ipsos, Share of Japanese who agreed that the current year will be better than the previous year from 2018 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046154/japan-opinion-current-year-better-than-previous-year/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Share of Japanese who agreed that the current year will be better than the previous year from 2018 to 2020 [Graph], Ipsos, January 6, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046154/japan-opinion-current-year-better-than-previous-year/
