This statistic presents the results of a survey in China on perceived number of years with the highest temperatures worldwide since 1961 in the last 18 years as of October 2018. According to data published by Ipsos, Chinese respondents underestimated the number of the hottest years in the past 18 years. On average, the respondents thought that seven years in the last 18 years were the hottest ever in the world, when the actual number of years was 17.
Perceived and actual number of years with the highest temperatures since 1961 in the last 18 years in China as of October 2018
samples represent a more urban and educated population with higher incomes
Method of interview
Online panel
Supplementary notes
Survey question:
The World Meteorological Organization collects annual global temperatures, to see whether they are rising or falling across the world. How many of the last 18 years have been the hottest for the world as a whole since they began collecting data in 1961?
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Ipsos. (December 5, 2018). Perceived and actual number of years with the highest temperatures since 1961 in the last 18 years in China as of October 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/953004/china-perceived-and-actual-number-of-the-hottest-ever-years-in-the-last-eighteen-years/
Ipsos. "Perceived and actual number of years with the highest temperatures since 1961 in the last 18 years in China as of October 2018." Chart. December 5, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/953004/china-perceived-and-actual-number-of-the-hottest-ever-years-in-the-last-eighteen-years/
Ipsos. (2018). Perceived and actual number of years with the highest temperatures since 1961 in the last 18 years in China as of October 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/953004/china-perceived-and-actual-number-of-the-hottest-ever-years-in-the-last-eighteen-years/
Ipsos. "Perceived and Actual Number of Years with The Highest Temperatures since 1961 in The Last 18 Years in China as of October 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/953004/china-perceived-and-actual-number-of-the-hottest-ever-years-in-the-last-eighteen-years/
Ipsos, Perceived and actual number of years with the highest temperatures since 1961 in the last 18 years in China as of October 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/953004/china-perceived-and-actual-number-of-the-hottest-ever-years-in-the-last-eighteen-years/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Perceived and actual number of years with the highest temperatures since 1961 in the last 18 years in China as of October 2018 [Graph], Ipsos, December 5, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/953004/china-perceived-and-actual-number-of-the-hottest-ever-years-in-the-last-eighteen-years/
