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4 In 10 Indians Distressed About Unemployment: Ipsos World Global Survey

The Ipsos What Worries the World survey tracks public opinion on the most important social and political issues across 29 countries, today, drawing on over 10 years of data to place the latest scores in context.

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The September 2022 wave of the Ipsos What Worries the World global survey shows that at least 4 in 10 urban Indians (40%) polled are most concerned about Unemployment, and this issue has remained their top worry for a year now. And in September, it has further surged by 3% (from the August figure of 37%). The other top worries bothering urban Indians included: Financial and Political Corruption (28%), Poverty and Social Inequality (25%), Crime and Violence (25%), Climate Change (18%) and Inflation (18%). The global citizens polled, on the contrary were distressed about Inflation the most, with at least 4 in 10 rating it as their top worry (40%); the other worries included, Poverty and Social Inequality (31%), Financial and Political Corruption (26%), Unemployment (26%) and Crime and Violence (26%). 

The Ipsos What Worries the World survey tracks public opinion on the most important social and political issues across 29 countries,  today, drawing on over 10 years of data to place the latest scores in context.


Amit Adarkar, CEO, Ipsos India, elaborating on the findings said, "The prolonged and stretched impact of the pandemic wiped out many jobs, rendering a large number of the workforce jobless. With the reopening, while the jobs are being added, they are nowhere close to the expectations. Job creation needs to be the prime focus to address the quantum demand. Further, all issues dominating the minds of urban Indians and perturbing them, unless mitigated, will only aggravate. Inflation too has landed among the top five list. And with War in Ukraine impacting global economies, India is not decoupled from the impact."

Unemployment top worry for 4 in 10 Urban Indians in September; stays top issue for 12 months in a row: Ipsos What Worries the World  Global Survey 


New Delhi/ Mumbai, September 29, 2022: The September 2022 wave of the Ipsos What Worries the World global survey shows that at least 4 in 10 urban Indians (40%)  polled are most concerned about Unemployment, and this issue has remained their top worry for a year now. And in September, it has further surged by 3% (from the August figure of 37%). The other top worries bothering urban Indians included: Financial and Political Corruption (28%), Poverty and Social Inequality (25%), Crime and Violence (25%), Climate Change (18%) and Inflation (18%). The global citizens polled, on the contrary were distressed about Inflation the most, with at least 4 in 10 rating it as their top worry (40%); the other worries included, Poverty and Social Inequality (31%), Financial and Political Corruption (26%), Unemployment (26%) and Crime and Violence (26%).  


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The Ipsos What Worries the World survey tracks public opinion on the most important social and political issues across 29 countries,  today, drawing on over 10 years of data to place the latest scores in context.

Amit Adarkar, CEO, Ipsos India, elaborating on the findings said, "The prolonged and stretched impact of the pandemic wiped out many jobs, rendering a large number of the workforce jobless. With the reopening, while the jobs are being added, they are nowhere close to the expectations. Job creation needs to be the prime focus to address the quantum demand. Further, all issues dominating the minds of urban Indians and perturbing them, unless mitigated, will only aggravate. Inflation too has landed among the top five list. And with War in Ukraine impacting global economies, India is not decoupled from the impact."


India stays bouyant ; most global markets downbeat

Despite the niggling worries, Indians’ optimism stays ship shape, with at least 73% of those polled believing, the country is moving in the right direction. Preceded by Indonesia (81%) and Saudi Arabia (95%), which continues to hold onto its pole position in optimism. The markets most downbeat were Argentina (90%), Peru (90%) and South Africa (82%), with most of their citizens pessimistic and saying their country is on wrong track. 

Majority of the markets polled were seen to be downbeat about the future.  



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