Ipsos: Saudi Arabia maintains world leader in credibility of its economic outlook

Saudi Gazette Report

Riyadh — — Saudi Arabia has maintained the top position in the world’s highest confidence in its economic developments for the past four months.

According to a survey by the Ipsos Global Advisor, Saudi Arabia remained the most positive about the country’s economic outlook with a valuation of 93%, up 91 percentage points from the global average of 68%. The survey was conducted in 27 countries between June 24th and July 8th, 2022.

According to the Ipsos Index, Saudi Arabia continued to outperform many of the major industrialized nations ranked lower in terms of reliability. The kingdom includes 27 countries, with a confidence rate of 93%, with a 61-point advantage over the world average of 32%, with countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, and France entering the second half of the index with Japan and Canada at 50%. It was less than.

The survey found that people from different countries responded differently to major economic crises and problems they faced, including inflation, poverty, unemployment, the economy, crime, violence and political corruption, the Ipsos Index said. However, Saudi emphasized that he was least concerned about most things. Of the indicator.

The findings of Ipsos, the world’s third-largest research institute, show confidence in Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and the enactment and enactment of legislation to support Saudi Arabia’s economic structure, labor markets, investment controls and all these reforms. The survey also found that overwhelming support for a strong war against corruption and its source depletion led to diversification of income sources, development of investment opportunities, and provision of employment opportunities for male and female citizens. Life of residents, visitors to Saudi Arabia.

The Ipsos Index focuses on many important social and political issues in 27 countries around the world. The Kingdom came first with 93% confidence in Saudi Arabia’s economic situation, with its closest competitor India second with 77% and Sweden third with 57%.

Major industrialized countries are in the lower half of the index below 50%. Japan was the worst at only 10%, the UK at 23%, France at 24%, the United States at 28% and Canada at 38%.

Despite the strong wave of inflation affecting every country in the world, Saudi Arabia’s concern about it was the lowest at only 13% in the world, and general global concern about this issue was 38%.

Edelman Trust Barometer with Edelman Data & Intelligence shows that the result of increased confidence in the Kingdom’s economic policy is an extension of previous results achieved in a row over the last two years.

According to the survey, Saudi Arabia remained at the top of the index covering 28 countries around the world in 2021, increasing confidence in the performance of the royal government from 78% in January 2020 to 82% in January 2021. Did. The credit is 4 percent points, confident in its performance and certifying that it is at the forefront of the indexed countries as the highest government in the world.