Opinion on immigration changing countries globally August 2016

This statistic shows the opinion of respondents from select countries on whether immigration is changing their country in unwanted ways. As of August 2016, 74 percent of respondents from Turkey thought immigration was changing their country in ways they did not like.

Opinion on whether immigration is causing unwanted changes in select countries globally as of August 2016

Characteristic	Share of respondents*
Turkey	74%
Italy	63%
Russia	60%
Hungary	56%
Belgium	55%
France	54%
United States	52%
India	52%
South Africa	49%
Australia	49%
Great Britain	47%
Canada	44%
Germany	44%
Poland	43%
Argentina	43%
Sweden	41%
Spain	41%
Saudi Arabia	38%
Mexico	30%
South Korea	30%
Japan	24%
Brazil	23%

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Release date

September 2016

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

June 24 to July 8, 2016

Number of respondents

16,040 respondents

Age group

16 to 64 years

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Immigration is causing my country to change in ways that I don’t like"

* Share of respondents who answered 'strongly agree' or 'tend to agree' in response to the above statement.

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