Olympics attract muted global interest

Global interest in the spectatorless Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is muted at below 50%, according to a new Ipsos poll of 28 countries


INTEREST IN TOKYO OLYMPICS (%)
Very interested	
Somewhat interested	
Not very interested	
Not at all interested
IN FAVOUR OF CANCELLING TOKYO OLYMPICS (%)

Worldwide 	16 30 25 25 57
India		37 33 20 10 46
South Africa	26 33 21 20 53
China 		16 41 29 14 59
Poland 		24 32 21 23 40
Turkey 		18 38 25 19 29
Malaysia 	19 36 31 14 67
Peru 		17 38 29 16 56
Saudi Arabia 	21 31 26 22 34
Mexico 		20 32 29 19 65
Russia 		19 30 23 28 39
Italy 		12 36 31 21 42
Spain 		17 31 26 26 53
U.S. 		16 32 19 33 48
Netherlands 	14 34 23 29 58
Australia 	18 27 20 35 59
Brazil 		17 28 26 29 68
Colombia 	16 29 26 29 57
Sweden 		20 25 19 36 59
Hungary 	10 32 24 34 60
Argentina 	13 27 25 35 69
UK 		11 26 25 38 66
Chile 		10 26 25 39 66
Canada 		11 22 23 44 68
Germany 	10 23 21 46 63
France 		10 22 27 41 58
Japan 		8 24 30 38 78
South Korea 	5 25 39 31 86
Belgium 	5 23 31 41 59
 

Base: 19,510 adults in 28 countries, May 21-June 4, 2021

       
Source: Ipsos 
© GRAPHIC NEWS