{"id":287152,"date":"2026-02-17T10:56:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=287152"},"modified":"2026-03-06T22:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:41:51","slug":"where-and-why-people-arent-proud-of-their-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2026\/02\/17\/where-and-why-people-arent-proud-of-their-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Where, and why, people aren\u2019t proud of their country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
About this research<\/summary>\n

This Pew Research Center report looks at what makes people feel proud of their country. We asked an open-ended question allowing people in 25 countries to share, in their own words, what makes them proud.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did we do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important topics. This project adds context to the Center\u2019s long-standing work on national identity and national pride, in the U.S.<\/a> and around the world<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Pew Research Center<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did we do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We surveyed 33,486 people across 25 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more on how we conducted the survey in each country, read Appendix A<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responses to the open-ended question were recorded verbatim and professionally translated to English. Researchers then developed a codebook and coded each response. We are reporting the percentage of respondents in each country who mentioned each topic. Because people are often less likely to answer open-ended questions and because we coded 28 different topics, the percentages are sometimes fairly low. For more on the coding process or the codebook itself, read Appendix B<\/a> or Appendix C<\/a>, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the survey question<\/a> used for this report, with findings by topic. For a full, ordered list of topics by country, refer to the detailed tables in Appendix E<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open-ended responses highlighted in the text of this report were chosen to represent the key themes researchers identified. They have been edited for clarity and, in some cases, shortened for brevity. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

In a survey of more than 30,000 adults across 25 countries in 2025, we asked respondents to explain, in their own words, \u201cWhat makes you feel proud of your country?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, plenty of people say they are not<\/em> proud of their country. And many of them share specific reasons why. These range from \u201cdishonest politicians\u201d to \u201crising taxes\u201d to the sense that \u201cpeople are very unfriendly and rude.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the sections below, we\u2019ll explore who is most likely to say they are not proud, and why. For more on what does<\/em> make people feel proud in each country, read \u201cWhat Makes People Proud of Their Country?<\/a>\u201d or specific analyses about pride in culture<\/a>, politics and the economy<\/a>, or people<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where are people most likely to not feel proud of their country?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Spain, Hungary and the United States, at least two-in-ten say they are not proud of their country when asked about national pride. And in 11 nations, this is among the most common responses given. For instance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n