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Table 2 Percentage of each country’s population supporting the Development View ‘increase beyond promise’, 2011 and 2015

From: European Union citizens’ views on development assistance for developing countries, during the recent migrant crisis in Europe

Country

Opinion ‘increase beyond promise’, 2011 (%, 95 CI)

Opinion ‘increase beyond promise’, 2015 (%, 95 CI)

Change in ‘increase beyond promise’, 2011–2015 (%)

Austria (AT)

24.5 (21.9–27.3)

20.0 (17.3–22.9)

−18.5

Belgium (BE)

12.2 (10.3–14.4)

12.7 (10.6–15.1)

4.6

Bulgaria (BG)

3.2 (2.2–4.5)

2.6 (1.8–3.9)

−17.1

Cyprus (CY)

7.3 (5.3–9.9)

22.7 (19.0–26.9)

213.4

Czech Republic (CZ)

9.1 (7.5–11.0)

7.3 (5.8–9.2)

−19.7

Denmark (DK)

14.1 (12.0–16.6)

14.2 (12.0–16.7)

0.8

Estonia (EE)

5.4 (4.1–7.1)

5.8 (4.4–7.7)

7.6

Finland (FI)

5.4 (4.1–7.2)

5.6 (4.2–7.4)

2.3

France (FR)

12.4 (10.5–14.7)

19.9 (17.5–22.5)

59.8

Germany (DE)

11.8 (10.1–13.7)

16.5 (14.3–18.9)

40.0

Greece (EL)

12.8 (10.8–15.0)

11.3 (9.4–13.6)

− 11.3

Hungary (HU)

6.2 (4.9–8.0)

11.7 (9.7–14.0)

86.6

Ireland (IE)

5.8 (4.4–7.5)

18.9 (16.5–21.6)

226.4

Italy (IT)

16.8 (14.5–19.2)

16.2 (13.9–18.9)

−3.1

Latvia (LV)

9.7 (8.0–11.7)

8.8 (7.0–10.9)

−9.3

Lithuania (LT)

5.0 (3.9–6.5)

4.8 (3.4–6.7)

−3.9

Luxembourg (LU)

12.9 (10.2–16.3)

13.1 (10.2–16.8)

1.5

Malta (MT)

7.2 (5.1–10.1)

15.6 (12.4–19.4)

117.1

Netherlands (NL)

8.3 (6.2–10.9)

10.7 (8.8–12.9)

29.0

Poland (PL)

14.0 (11.9–16.4)

7.0 (5.5–8.8)

−50.3

Portugal (PT)

8.9 (7.3–10.8)

15.9 (13.7–18.4)

78.8

Romania (RO)

11.3 (9.5–13.4)

29.1 (26.2–32.2)

157.8

Slovakia (SK)

7.8 (6.1–9.9)

6.7 (5.2–8.6)

−13.8

Slovenia (SI)

8.2 (6.6–10.0)

19.3 (16.8–22.0)

135.6

Spain (ES)

13.7 (11.7–16.0)

25.6 (22.7–28.8)

87.0

Sweden (SE)

12.7 (10.5–15.2)

12.9 (10.2–16.0)

1.5

United Kingdom (UK)

8.9 (7.2–10.9)

14.2 (12.1–16.5)

59.1

EU27

12.0 (11.4–12.7)

15.9 (15.2–16.7)

32.6

  1. This table illustrates the percentage of each country’s population of opinion that development aid should be ‘increased beyond promise’ of the EU, 2011 and 2015