Global: confidence in governments to handle COVID-19

According to a survey from 2021, 78 percent of Australians were very or somewhat confident regarding their national government handling the coronavirus (COVID-19) effectively. That was an increase of eight percentage points compared to the previous year. On the other hand, the other surveyed countries showed decreased trust in their national governments. Only 24 percent of the Japanese respondents were confident that the government would deal with the virus effectively, compared to 63 percent in February 2020.

Confidence in national government to effectively deal with the coronavirus worldwide in 2021, by country (compared to 2020)

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

Worldwide, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, United States

Survey time period

February 7-10, 2020 and January 28-31, 2021

Number of respondents

ca. 1,000 per country

Age group

16-74 years

Special properties

very/somewhat confident

Method of interview

Online omnibus survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Based on what you have seen, read or heard, how confident are you the following are prepared and can effectively deal with the coronavirus: Your national government?"

For each of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S., the samples of each survey wave have a size of 1,000 and can be taken as representative of the country’s general adult population aged 16-74 or, for the US and Canada, aged 18-74.

For Russia, the samples of all survey waves conducted between February and July 2020 size have a size of approximately 1,000 while those of waves conducted since August 2020 have a size of approximately 500. The samples in Russia are more urban, more educated and/or more affluent than the general population and should be viewed as reflecting the views of the more “connected” segment of the population.

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