In 2024, 61 percent of survey respondents in the United States said they had either a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the military. This is a slight increase from the previous year, when 640percent of respondents had confidence in the U.S. military. Additionally, this is an increase of six points from 1975 levels, when only 58 percent of Americans had confidence in the military.
Public confidence levels in the United States armed forces from 1975 to 2024
Characteristic
Share of respondents with a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence
2024
61%
2023
60%
2022
64%
2021
69%
2020
72%
2019
73%
2018
74%
2017
72%
2016
73%
2015
72%
2014
74%
2013
76%
2012
75%
2011
78%
2010
76%
2009
82%
2008
71%
2007
69%
2006
73%
2005
74%
2004
75%
2003
82%
2002
79%
2001
66%
2000
64%
1999
68%
1998
64%
1997
60%
1996
66%
1995
64%
1994
64%
1993
68%
1991
69%
1990
68%
1989
63%
1988
58%
1987
61%
1986
63%
1985
61%
1984
58%
1983
53%
1981
50%
1979
54%
1977
57%
1975
58%
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Original question: Now I am going to read you a list of institutions in American society. Please tell me how much confidence you, yourself, have in each one; great deal, quite a lot, some, or very little?
Statistic reflects those who answered either "a great deal" or "quite a lot"
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Gallup. (July 6, 2024). Public confidence levels in the United States armed forces from 1975 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/239149/confidence-in-the-us-armed-forces/
Gallup. "Public confidence levels in the United States armed forces from 1975 to 2024." Chart. July 6, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/239149/confidence-in-the-us-armed-forces/
Gallup. (2024). Public confidence levels in the United States armed forces from 1975 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/239149/confidence-in-the-us-armed-forces/
Gallup. "Public Confidence Levels in The United States Armed Forces from 1975 to 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/239149/confidence-in-the-us-armed-forces/
Gallup, Public confidence levels in the United States armed forces from 1975 to 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/239149/confidence-in-the-us-armed-forces/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Public confidence levels in the United States armed forces from 1975 to 2024 [Graph], Gallup, July 6, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/239149/confidence-in-the-us-armed-forces/
