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Lowy Institute Poll 2026 Report

Charles Lyons-Jones undefined
2026 Report

Global powers and world leaders

Trust in the United States

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Trust in the United States

How much do you trust the United States to act responsibly in the world?

  1. 90%
  2. 60%
  3. 30%
  4. 0%
  5. 30%
  6. 60%
  7. 90%
2006
19
20
41
19
2008
13
19
45
24
2009
7
11
44
38
2011
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12
43
40
2017
15
25
41
20
2018
15
29
40
15
2019
14
33
38
14
2020
15
34
39
12
2021
8
31
48
13
2022
9
26
49
16
2023
10
29
45
16
2024
16
28
45
11
2025
32
32
27
9
2026
38
30
23
8
  • Not at all
  • Not very much
  • Somewhat
  • A great deal

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Trust in China

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Trust in China

How much do you trust China to act responsibly in the world?

  1. 100%
  2. 50%
  3. 0%
  4. 50%
  5. 100%
2006
11
27
53
7
2008
21
30
40
7
2009
16
24
52
7
2011
13
28
47
12
2017
14
30
46
8
2018
12
36
45
7
2019
25
43
28
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2020
38
39
19
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2021
47
37
14
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2022
48
39
10
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2023
44
40
13
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2024
43
40
15
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2025
38
41
17
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2026
29
43
24
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  • Not at all
  • Not very much
  • Somewhat
  • A great deal

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Trust in global powers

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Trust in global powers

How much do you trust the following countries to act responsibly in the world?

  1. 100%
  2. 50%
  3. 0%
  4. 50%
  5. 100%
Japan
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9
53
36
Germany
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13
57
26
United Kingdom
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15
52
29
Indonesia
7
35
52
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India
13
37
46
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United States
38
30
23
8
China
29
43
24
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Russia
59
30
9
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  • Not at all
  • Not very much
  • Somewhat
  • A great deal

Confidence in world leaders

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Confidence in world leaders

Here is a list of political leaders. For each, please indicate how much confidence you have in the leader to do the right thing regarding world affairs — a lot of confidence, some confidence, not too much confidence, or no confidence at all.

  1. 100%
  2. 75%
  3. 50%
  4. 25%
  5. 0%
  6. 25%
  7. 50%
  8. 75%
  9. 100%
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
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11
39
27
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
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11
46
19
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
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12
43
19
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
14
16
39
23
French President Emmanuel Macron
8
18
44
15
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
21
24
37
16
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
14
21
39
11
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
14
30
28
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto
9
28
27
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US President Donald Trump
60
18
13
8
Chinese President Xi Jinping
36
33
17
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US Vice President JD Vance
49
21
14
6
Russian President Vladimir Putin
74
14
6
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
78
14
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  • No confidence at all
  • Not too much confidence
  • Some confidence
  • A lot of confidence

Feelings thermometer

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Feelings towards other nations

Please rate your feelings towards some countries and territories, with one hundred meaning a very warm, favourable feeling, zero meaning a very cold, unfavourable feeling, and fifty meaning not particularly warm or cold. You can use any number from zero to one hundred: the higher the number the more favourable your feelings are towards that country or territory. If you have no opinion or have never heard of that country or territory, please say so.

  1. 90°
  2. 80°
  3. 70°
  4. 60°
  5. 50°
  6. 40°
  7. 30°
  8. 20°
  1. 86° New Zealand
  2. 79° Canada
  3. 77° Japan
  4. 72° United Kingdom
  5. 70° Fiji
  6. 66° France
  7. 64° Taiwan
  8. 60° Ukraine
  9. 58° Papua New Guinea, Philippines
  10. 55° Indonesia
  11. 51° Mexico
  12. 49° India
  13. 46° Egypt, United States
  14. 41° China
  15. 39° Myanmar
  16. 37° Saudi Arabia
  17. 23° Russia
  18. 22° Iran
  19. 16° North Korea

In 2006, this question asked respondents about their feelings towards ‘countries and peoples’. From 2007 to 2018, this question asked respondents about their feelings towards ‘countries’. Until 2015, this question asked respondents about ‘Great Britain’, and from 2015 to 2019, respondents were asked about ‘United Kingdom (Great Britain)’. Until 2019, this question asked respondents about ‘Myanmar/Burma’. Until 2023, this question asked respondents about ‘East Timor’.

Relations in the Indo‑Pacific

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