Survey Overview and Implementation Scale
The Pew Research Center, a US think tank, released results on September 15, 2025, from a large-scale survey on political systems across 25 countries. Conducted from January 8 to April 26, 2025, the survey included 26,504 adults from 24 countries outside the US and 3,605 adults from the US.
High Support for Political Reform Necessity
Countries with 60%+ Reform Need: 17 of 25 countries showed over 60% support for radical or major political reform
- Nigeria: 91% (highest)
- Brazil: 87%
- South Korea: 86%
- Greece: 83%
- Kenya: 80%
- US, Argentina: 77% (tied)
- Japan: 64%
Skeptical Views on Reform Implementation
Many countries showed pessimistic views about political reform feasibility. 11 countries had 40%+ respondents expressing lack of confidence in political reform implementation:
- Greece: 68% (highest distrust rate)
- France: 57%
- Spain: 55%
- Italy: 54%
- South Korea: 51%
- US: 49%
- Japan: 48% Countries Optimistic About Reform: Kenya, India (59%), Indonesia (48%), Nigeria, Hungary (47%)
Negative Evaluation of Political Leaders
Median evaluation of elected officials across 25 countries was extremely low:
- Dishonest: 47%
- Does not understand ordinary citizens needs: 46%
- Does not focus on important issues: 41%
- Unethical: 40%
Youth Political Distrust
In 11 countries, younger demographics (18-34 years) showed significantly more tendency than older groups (50+ years) to view political leaders as dishonest:
- France: Youth exceeds by 25 percentage points
- Australia: 20-point difference
- Japan: 11-point difference (tied with UK for smallest gap)