Suriname, UN Suriname
Key Finding
6
WHEN IT COMES TO THE FUTURE, YOUNGER PEOPLE AND RESPONDENTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TEND TO BE MORE OPTIMISTIC
THE YOUNG ARE GENERALLY MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN OLDER GENERATIONS, AND MEN ARE GENERALLY MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN WOMEN
UN75 one-minute survey: Q6. Overall, do you think that people in 2045 will be better off, worse off, the same as you are today? Base: 798,224 respondents, excludes responses collected through mobile phone applications.
RESPONDENTS IN COUNTRIES WITH A LOWER HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX RANKING ARE GENERALLY MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE THAN THOSE IN COUNTRIES WITH HIGHER HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX RANKINGS
UN75 one-minute survey: Q6. Overall, do you think that people in 2045 will be better off, worse off, the same as you are today? Base: All respondents (810,558). Cross analysed with Human Development Index ranking averages for each region. The x-axis measures the average HDI value of each region (scale ranges from .38 to .95). The y-axis measures average perception of the world in 2045 on a 3-point scale (ranging from Worse (-1) to Better (+1), Stay the same (0). Countries without a value for HDI have imputed values based upon the country’s regional average.
New York, UN Photo
Key Finding #7
87% of people believe global cooperation is vital to address global challenges.
Uzbekistan, UNDP Uzbekistan
Key Finding
1
The immediate demand for post-COVID-19 recovery is improved access to basic services.
Cameroon, UN Cameroon
Key Finding
2
The second priority for COVID-19 recovery is international solidarity and increased support to those hard hit.
Kyrgyz Republic, UN Kyrgyz Republic
Key Finding
3
Respondents are hopeful about health improving, as well as education and women’s rights.
Cameroon, UN Cameroon
Key Finding
4
Looking to the future: the overwhelming concern is the climate crisis and our natural environment.
Vietnam, UN Vietnam
Key Finding
5
Other major priorities for the future: human rights, settling conflicts, tackling poverty and reducing corruption.
Suriname, UN Suriname
Key Finding
6
The young and those in developing countries are more optimistic about the future.
New York, UN Photo
Key Finding
7
87% of people believe global cooperation is vital to address global challenges.
Bolivia, UN Bolivia
Key Finding
8
6/10 respondents believe the UN has made the world a better place, though many see it as remote from their lives.
Switzerland, World Economic Forum
Key Finding
9
Dialogue participants called for the UN to be more inclusive of the diversity of actors in the 21st century.
United Arab Emirates, Natalia Mroz
Key Finding
10
Dialogue participants also called for the UN to innovate, with stronger leadership and consistently exercising its moral authority.
