Survey: Right-wing extremist attitudes in Germany

In 2023, a survey conducted revealed various right-wing extremist tendencies within German society. The statement “If jobs become scarce, foreigners should be sent back to their countries” had the highest level of agreement, with around 25 percent of respondents agreeing with the statement that foreign people should have to leave the country if there were a shortage of jobs. Among respondents from East Germany, 35 percent agreed with this statement.

Attitudes towards right-wing extremist views in East and West Germany in 2023

Characteristic	Germany	West Germany	East Germany
If jobs become scarce, foreigners should be sent back to their countries	25%	22%	35%
Other nations may have achieved important things, but they are not on a par with German achievements	24%	23%	28%
There are valuable and unvaluable lives	20%	20%	22%
We should have a leader who rules Germany with a strong hand for the good of all	16%	14%	22%
National Socialism had some good sides	12%	11%	15%
Even today, the influence of Jewish people is still too big	11%	11%	13%

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

September 18 to 23, 2023

Number of respondents

1,302*

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

People eligible to vote

Supplementary notes

* 786 telephone interviews and 540 online interviews

The results are the share of answers, “completely agreed or mostly agree”.

The question was phrased by the source as follows: “Please indicate whether you entirely agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree or entirely disagree with the following statements.”

Missing values at 100 percent: rather disagree / completely disagree/ don't know/ no answer

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