What do American people think about globalization?
Sovereignty axis · 🇺🇸 the United States · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
34% of American respondents take the position “Trade deals help ordinary people more than they hurt them.”, against 42% for “Trade deals mostly help the rich and cost ordinary workers.”, with 24% choosing neither. n = 105, margin of error ±9.7, weighted to the United States's adult population.
Where the United States sits on sovereignty
What is measured about the United States on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Trade openness
World Bank national accounts · 2024
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25.0% |
among the lowest in the world
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Foreign direct investment
IMF Balance of Payments · 2025
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1.3% |
somewhat below the middle
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Income per person
World Bank / ICP · 2025
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$76,931 |
among the highest in the world
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Born in another country
UN DESA migrant stock · 2024
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15.2% |
somewhat above the middle
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on globalization
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Trade deals mostly help the rich and cost ordinary workers.
B · Trade deals help ordinary people more than they hurt them.
World, unweighted: 55% A ·
19% neither ·
26% B · n = 3926
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34% B 🇺🇸 n=105 |
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A · Each country should set its own tax on firms, and compete for their money.
B · Big firms should pay the same lowest tax rate all over the world.
World, unweighted: 43% A ·
22% neither ·
35% B · n = 3923
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34% B 🇺🇸 n=113 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- The united states public opinion on globalization
- Globalization poll the united states
- What do american people think about globalization
- What percentage of american people support globalization
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.