Charted: Which Countries Are Excited or Nervous About AI?

Feelings About AI: Which Countries Are Most Excited or Nervous?

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Globally, there’s mixed feelings towards AI-powered products and services: 54% of people are excited, and 52% of people are nervous. However, feelings about AI differ substantially between countries.

This graphic by creator Julie R. Peasley looks at how these viewpoints vary among people in 31 different countries using data from Ipsos.

Feelings About AI by Country

Overall, people in Asia and South America are most excited about products and services using AI. However, it’s important to note that the samples in many of these countries were more urban, more educated, and/or more affluent than the general population.

People in Thailand lead in levels of excitement. Interestingly, they are most likely to say they think AI will make their job better in the near future, but are also most likely to say that AI will replace their current job.

Country	Percent Very/Somewhat Excited	Percent Very/Somewhat Nervous
Thailand	80	57
South Korea	76	44
Indonesia	75	48
Mexico	74	48
Türkiye	74	54
Malaysia	74	55
Peru	72	47
India	66	58
Brazil	66	51
Singapore	65	53
Colombia	62	45
Romania	62	50
South Africa	59	53
Chile	51	54
Japan	51	23
Spain	50	51
Italy	50	50
Poland	50	38
Argentina	46	46
Hungary	45	46
Germany	43	46
New Zealand	43	63
Great Britain	42	65
Netherlands	42	50
Australia	40	69
Ireland	38	62
Canada	37	63
France	36	52
U.S.	36	63
Belgium	35	50
Sweden	32	53

Base: 22,816 adults under the age of 75 across 31 countries, interviewed May 26 – June 9, 2023. The survey was online only in all countries except India. The samples in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, and Türkiye are more urban, more educated, and/or more affluent than the general population.

In Sweden, people are the least excited. They are tied with Belgium and Ireland as being the least likely to say that AI-powered products and services have profoundly changed their daily life in the past 3-5 years. On top of this, they are least likely to believe AI will change how they do their job or replace their current job.

When it comes to Australia’s feelings about AI, the country has the highest nervousness. People there have low agreement with the statement that products and services using AI have more benefits than drawbacks. They also have some of the lowest levels of trust when it comes to AI bias and privacy concerns.

What Might Impact AI Sentiment?

People’s self-assessed knowledge of which types of products and services use artificial intelligence is connected to their feelings about AI.

For instance, countries where people rated their knowledge to be the lowest tended to have low levels of excitement and higher levels of nervousness. Conversely, when people rated their knowledge more highly, these countries tended to have higher excitement.

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