World More Satisfied With Environmental Efforts

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1. World More Satisfied With Environmental Efforts

Line Chart: World growing more satisfied with efforts to preserve environment.

The Data: In 2025, a median of 57% of adults across 140 countries said they are satisfied with efforts to preserve the environment in their country, up from 49% in 2022.

The Trend: Satisfaction has risen even as many global environmental indicators have worsened. A Gallup analysis finds that these views are tied less to objective environmental performance outcomes than to factors such as people's confidence in their national government.

Line Chart: U.S. lags OECD average for satisfaction with efforts to preserve environment.

The Data: Last year, 42% of Americans said they are satisfied with efforts to preserve the environment, well below the 56% median across OECD countries.

The Trend: Since its recent high point of 60% in 2014, the U.S. has seen one of the biggest declines globally in satisfaction with preservation efforts. It has not reached 50% since.

Line Chart: Americans' ratings of U.S. environmental quality.

The Data: A record-low 35% of Americans rate the environment's quality positively, marking an eight-percentage-point decline from last year.

Partisan Differences: The overall decline in positive environmental ratings is driven mostly by independents, whose rating has fallen 10 points since last year, to 34%. Republicans' rating remains high, at 63%, while Democrats' current 16% rating is the lowest on record for the group by one point.

Line Chart: Concern about global warming near its high point.

The Data: Forty-four percent of Americans worry a great deal about global warming or climate change, among the highest readings in Gallup's trend since 1989.

The Trend: Sixty-one percent of Americans say the effects of global warming have already begun, up from 48% in 1997, and 64% attribute rising temperatures to pollution from human activities.

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5. More Americans Say Global Warming Is Underestimated

Line Chart: Record-high numbers in U.S. say seriousness of global warming is underestimated.

The Data: Forty-four percent of U.S. adults think the seriousness of global warming is underestimated in the news, up from 38% last year and the highest Gallup has measured since 1997.

The Trend: At the same time, the share saying climate effects are exaggerated has fallen to 32%, down from 41% a year ago. Independents are driving part of the shift, with a record-high 46% saying the risks are underestimated.

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