COVID-19 pandemic - Impact on personal finances 2020

On May 31, some 24 percent of respondents in the United States stated that the pandemic has a most severe impact on their personal finances. This number represents the share of top 3 mentions on a scale of 1 (no impact at all) to 10 (severely impacted).

Share of persons whose personal finances are most severely impacted by the COVID-19 / coronavirus pandemic in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany 2020 (as of May 31)

Characteristic	Germany	United Kingdom	United States
5/31	24%	20%	24%
5/30	16%	24%	27%
5/29	11%	25%	18%
5/28	16%	14%	23%
5/27	15%	31%	27%
5/26	19%	23%	32%
5/25	15%	16%	23%
5/24	13%	27%	28%
5/23	16%	21%	27%
5/22	21%	18%	30%
5/21	17%	22%	28%
5/20	17%	23%	19%
5/19	19%	24%	35%
5/18	20%	19%	28%
5/17	19%	18%	28%
5/16	25%	26%	28%
5/15	16%	15%	25%
5/14	23%	25%	24%
5/13	20%	24%	26%
5/12	15%	23%	21%
5/11	20%	20%	24%
5/10	16%	23%	24%
5/09	19%	26%	21%
5/08	16%	22%	20%
5/07	20%	24%	29%
5/06	23%	22%	27%
5/05	17%	20%	28%
5/04	15%	17%	17%
5/03	14%	22%	22%
5/02	19%	29%	36%
5/01	24%	27%	32%
4/30	21%	23%	28%
4/29	20%	19%	25%
4/28	15%	12%	24%
4/27	19%	18%	29%
4/26	19%	23%	28%
4/25	18%	19%	25%
4/24	15%	21%	25%
4/23	13%	26%	25%
4/22	17%	29%	25%
4/21	16%	25%	38%
4/20	19%	28%	26%
4/19	24%	15%	27%
4/18	10%	22%	24%
4/17	30%	21%	32%
4/16	21%	20%	30%
4/15	15%	28%	22%
4/14	21%	18%	38%
4/13	13%	23%	26%
4/12	23%	30%	27%
4/11	23%	21%	28%
4/10	20%	23%	29%
4/09	14%	18%	23%
4/08	21%	21%	25%
4/07	17%	32%	28%
4/06	14%	23%	30%
4/05	21%	20%	30%
4/04	22%	23%	29%
4/03	23%	21%	27%
4/02	15%	20%	36%
4/01	18%	24%	30%
3/31	25%	24%	30%
3/30	17%	25%	24%
3/29	17%	15%	25%
3/28	20%	29%	30%
3/27	18%	25%	34%
3/26	21%	26%	24%
3/25	17%	24%	41%
3/24	24%	21%	34%
3/23	19%	29%	31%

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Release date

June 2020

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Region

Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Survey time period

March 23 to May 31, 2020

Number of respondents

21,397 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

In the survey the question was phrased as follows: "How severely or not has the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic impacted your personal finances? Please use a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is no impact at all and 10 is severely impacted."
This statistic shows the share of top 3 mentions (8, 9 and 10 on the scale).

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