Unemployment Rises as "Most Talked-About" Problem: Global Poll

Economic problems are the top mentioned “most important problem” in six countries (UK, US, China, Ecuador, Indonesia, and Japan), while a further five rate unemployment as the most important problem (Egypt, Ghana, India, Nigeria, and Spain). The environment (Chile, France, and Turkey) and terrorism (Germany, Pakistan, and Russia) are the top mention in three countries each.

Looking only at the 19 countries polled each year since 2009, the numbers mentioning the environment in general (8% this year, 11% in 2010) or climate change specifically (4% this year, 7% in 2010) have both fallen since last year, while concern about hunger / food problems (7% this year, 3% in 2010) has gone up.