36 countries rated 2022 and shared their outlook for the future, shocking Hungarian results

Hungarians have a gloomier outlook now than they did during the pandemic, while the rest of the world rated 2022 as better than the previous one, according to an Ipsos survey involving 36 countries. Locals fear a global recession.

Ipsos conducted an online poll in 36 countries across five continents, asking people to rate 2022 and share their general outlook for the new year, index.hu reported.

Apparently, Saudi Arabia was the most optimistic country, with only 44 percent of its citizens expressing pessimistic sentiments regarding the current year. Interestingly, most people felt less negative about the happenings of 2022. Despite that, Hungarians were among the most hopeless with 66 percent. Turks rated their circumstances as the worst while Israelis were the most content with the direction in which they are headed.

87 percent of Hungarians polled reckoned that 2022 only brought bad things for their country, while this rate was only 73 percent on the global average. 8 percent more Hungarians rated the current year as more misfortunate than in last year’s survey. The average pessimism among residents in other countries fell by 4 percent compared to last year.

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Disappointing outlook for the future

The survey also looked at the general public’s outlook for 2023, with 79 percent of respondents expecting inflation and price rises to exceed the current rate. The majority of people shared doubts that wage rises would ever match inflation. 68 percent expected higher unemployment, half of those surveyed were concerned about a possible stock market crash, while some did not even rule out the likelihood that their country would soon need help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).