Confidence in Putin worldwide by country 2024

In 2024, 92 percent of respondents in Poland had no confidence at all in the Russian President Vladimir Putin to do the right thing on the international arena. On the other hand, 60 percent of the respondents in Bangladesh had confidence in the Russian President. The survey results underline the divide between the West and the rest of the world, as confidence in Putin is significantly higher in countries outside the West. Nevertheless, confidence reached over 50 percent in only three of the countries included in the survey.

Share of respondents worldwide who had confidence in Vladimir Putin doing the right thing in world affairs in 2024, by country

Characteristic	No confidence at all	Not too much confidence at all	A lot/some confidence
United States**	67%	21%	8%
Canada	69%	16%	13%
Poland	92%	6%	1%
Sweden	88%	6%	4%
Spain	75%	15%	7%
Netherlands	80%	9%	10%
Italy	63%	23%	12%
France	73%	11%	14%
United Kingdom	72%	12%	14%
Germany	71%	11%	17%
Hungary	46%	31%	21%
Greece	42%	22%	34%
Japan	72%	20%	6%
Australia	77%	13%	8%
South Korea	59%	30%	7%
Singapore	28%	32%	37%
Thailand	13%	36%	45%
Philippines	21%	17%	56%
Malaysia	13%	25%	61%
Sri Lanka	16%	14%	38%
India	14%	7%	39%
Bangladesh	12%	5%	50%
Israel	69%	16%	11%
Turkey	43%	23%	29%
Tunisia	28%	17%	45%
Kenya	30%	19%	47%
Nigeria	24%	24%	40%
Ghana	30%	16%	33%
South Africa	29%	10%	30%
Chile	61%	16%	12%
Brazil	62%	15%	10%
Colombia	45%	28%	18%
Mexico	43%	26%	24%
Argentina	46%	22%	22%
Peru	34%	24%	32%
Global median***	73%	-	21%

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Release date

July 2024

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January 5 to May 21, 2024

Number of respondents

40,566*

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews

Supplementary notes

The methodology for each country is given here.

*3,600 of these in the U.S.
**Survey in the U.S. conducted between April 1 and 7, 2024.

People who did not answer are not included in the results.

***No confidence and not too much confidence added together.

The question was framed as follows: 'How much confidence do you have in the Russian President Putin to do the right thing regarding world affairs?'

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