Table 1 Percentage of each EU country’s population supporting the Development View ‘very important’, 2011 and 2015
Country | Opinion ‘very important’, 2011 (%, 95 CI) | Opinion ‘very important’, 2015 (%, 95 CI) | Change in ‘very important’, 2011–2015 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Austria (AT) | 34.7 (31.7–37.7) | 38.2 (34.9–41.6) | 10.1 |
Belgium (BE) | 36.2 (33.2–39.3) | 39.7 (36.6–43.0) | 9.8 |
Bulgaria (BG) | 23.3 (20.7–26.1) | 25.2 (22.6–28.0) | 8.0 |
Cyprus (CY) | 74.0 (70.0–77.6) | 66.7 (62.1–71.1) | −9.8 |
Czech Republic (CZ) | 24.1 (21.6–26.8) | 25.2 (22.5–28.1) | 4.5 |
Denmark (DK) | 51.4 (48.1–54.8) | 46.5 (43.1–50.0) | −9.5 |
Estonia (EE) | 19.7 (17.3–22.5) | 17.3 (14.9–20.0) | −12.4 |
Finland (FI) | 38.7 (35.4–42.1) | 41.2 (37.8–44.6) | 6.3 |
France (FR) | 35.3 (32.4–38.4) | 35.9 (32.9–38.9) | 1.5 |
Germany (DE) | 53.1 (50.2–56.0) | 52.7 (49.6–55.7) | −0.8 |
Greece (EL) | 30.8 (27.9–33.8) | 40.3 (37.0–43.6) | 30.8 |
Hungary (HU) | 19.9 (17.4–22.6) | 21.4 (18.9–24.3) | 7.9 |
Ireland (IE) | 40.8 (37.7–43.9) | 58.2 (55.0–61.4) | 42.9 |
Italy (IT) | 24.8 (22.2–27.6) | 29.5 (26.5–32.8) | 19.0 |
Latvia (LV) | 22.7 (20.2–25.5) | 15.7 (13.4–18.3) | − 30.8 |
Lithuania (LT) | 28.9 (26.2–31.8) | 16.8 (14.1–19.9) | −41.8 |
Luxembourg (LU) | 59.4 (54.8–63.8) | 54.5 (49.4–59.5) | −8.2 |
Malta (MT) | 46.3 (41.5–51.3) | 62.0 (57.1–66.7) | 33.8 |
Netherlands (NL) | 34.2 (30.6–38.0) | 45.9 (42.6–49.3) | 34.2 |
Poland (PL) | 31.7 (28.8–34.8) | 23.8 (21.2–26.7) | −24.7 |
Portugal (PT) | 25.8 (23.2–28.5) | 27.3 (24.6–30.2) | 5.9 |
Romania (RO) | 28.3 (25.6–31.2) | 45.9 (42.7–49.2) | 62.3 |
Slovakia (SK) | 29.1 (26.1–32.3) | 21.4 (18.9–24.2) | −26.3 |
Slovenia (SI) | 20.9 (18.4–23.5) | 33.4 (30.3–36.6) | 60.1 |
Spain (ES) | 36.4 (33.4–39.5) | 46.4 (42.9–49.9) | 27.5 |
Sweden (SE) | 69.0 (65.7–72.2) | 70.4 (66.2–74.3) | 2.0 |
United Kingdom (UK) | 34.9 (32.0–37.9) | 44.2 (41.1–47.4) | 26.6 |
EU27 | 35.9 (35.0–36.8) | 39.7 (38.7–40.7) | 10.5 |