The graph shows the perception of China and the United States as leading economic powers from 2009 to 2019. In 2019, 33 percent of respondents worldwide saw China as the leading economic power, one percentage point less than in 2018.
Perception of China and the United States as the leading economic power from 2009 to 2019
Figures have been accumulated from several successive publications.
The source does not provide data for 2016.
Survey question Q33:
Today, which ONE of the following do you think is the world's leading economic power?
Answer choices: the United States; China; Japan; the countries of the EU; other; none/there is no leading economic power; don't know.
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Pew Research Center. (December 5, 2019). Perception of China and the United States as the leading economic power from 2009 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/238548/perception-of-china-and-the-united-states-as-the-leading-economic-power/
Pew Research Center. "Perception of China and the United States as the leading economic power from 2009 to 2019." Chart. December 5, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/238548/perception-of-china-and-the-united-states-as-the-leading-economic-power/
Pew Research Center. (2019). Perception of China and the United States as the leading economic power from 2009 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/238548/perception-of-china-and-the-united-states-as-the-leading-economic-power/
Pew Research Center. "Perception of China and The United States as The Leading Economic Power from 2009 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/238548/perception-of-china-and-the-united-states-as-the-leading-economic-power/
Pew Research Center, Perception of China and the United States as the leading economic power from 2009 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/238548/perception-of-china-and-the-united-states-as-the-leading-economic-power/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Perception of China and the United States as the leading economic power from 2009 to 2019 [Graph], Pew Research Center, December 5, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/238548/perception-of-china-and-the-united-states-as-the-leading-economic-power/
