How do people in emerging countries feel about their economies?
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Chinese citizens have the most confidence in their economy, Nigerians are the most optimistic for the future, and Ukrainians are the most downbeat.
Those are some of the findings from a Pew Research Center study that asked respondents in emerging markets to rate their economy as good or bad.
The study found that overall citizens in emerging and developing markets were more likely to say their economy was good than those in advanced economies.
Business Insider put together a rundown of the research to help make sense of some of the numbers. Here are emerging and developing countries, ordered from highest to lowest percentage of respondents who think their economy is doing well.
Check out the CIA World Factbook — from which each country’s economic background was extracted — here and the full Pew Center Study here.
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