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Mr. Morden
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« on: February 20, 2017, 02:59:01 PM »

You can find the data for each individual country here:

http://www.wingia.com/en/services/end_of_year_survey_2013/country_results/7/37/

China:
USA 49%
Japan 30%
North Korea 6%

France:
Syria 14%
Iran 13%
North Korea 5%

Germany:
USA 17%
Iran 16%
Syria 14%

Japan:
China 38%
North Korea 22%
USA 7%

Russia:
USA 54%
China 6%
Iraq 5%
Syria 5%

UK:
Iran 15%
USA 15%
North Korea 12%

USA:
Iran 20%
Afghanistan 14%
North Korea 13%
USA 13%

Some fun crosstabs too.  E.g., in all of the Western countries I looked at, men were more likely than women to view Iran and North Korea as a threat to world peace, whereas women were more likely than men to name Afghanistan and Iraq.

In China, it was the least educated people who tended to view the US more as a threat, whereas in Western countries it’s the more educated people who are more likely to name the US.  Also, the age gap on the US is such that in both China and Russia, people over 65 are most likely to view the US as a threat, whereas it’s more young people who say that in Western countries.

In fact, in the US itself, in the 18-24 subsample, the results are:
USA 22%
Afghanistan 15%
North Korea 13%

So a plurality of young people in the US say that the US is the biggest threat to world peace.
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Mr. Morden
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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2017, 06:38:55 AM »

Lol at all the countries freeloading on the US military who think the US is the largest threat to world peace. Especially countries like Germany (which spend only 1.2% of GDP on defense compared to 3.3% of GDP in the US) really should be more grateful.

Like I said upthread, the %age in Western European countries saying the US is the biggest threat isn't that much bigger than the %age in the US itself saying the US is the biggest threat.  In this poll, 17% of people in Germany said the US, which isn't *that* much higher than the 13% in the US who said the same.  So I guess the US is being ungrateful to itself?  Tongue
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Mr. Morden
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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2017, 03:19:30 PM »

It's interesting Japan thinks it's China and not North Korea; also that Pakistan thinks it's the US and not India when India think it's Pakistan.

Here are the top 3 in each:

India:
Pakistan 25%
USA 19%
India 12%

Japan:
China 38%
North Korea 22%
USA 7%

Pakistan:
USA 44%
India 15%
Israel 13%
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