Survey results 2023

Swiss Public's Engagement with Global Poverty

• Despite global conflicts and economic uncertainties, the Swiss public's concern for global poverty remains strong, with a consistent level of concern around 65% over the past three years.
• Awareness that over half of the global population lives on less than $10 a day raises concern levels to 72%.

Preference for Development Cooperation over Military Spending

• When informed about current spending levels for development cooperation,  58% of the Swiss population supports increasing expenditure for development cooperation, and 30% want to keep current spending levels.
• When informed of the current spending levels for military expenditures, 26% support increasing military expenditure, while 40% want to keep current spending levels.

Prioritization of Development Spending

• The Swiss population shows a strong consensus for prioritizing development spending on education (21%), food security (20%), and health (17%) across gender, age, education levels
• Conversely, there is limited support for promoting the local private sector (1.6%) and supporting good governance and democracy (4%) across all socio-economic groups.
• Support for Infrastructure Investment and Climate Change Adaptation is modest with 5.6% and 5.8% of respondents listing them as important, respectively. In addition, support for those topics depends on political leanings: respondents from the political right are more likely to support infrastructure than those who identify themselves with left positions; climate change adaptation gets more support from left-leaning and less from right-leaning respondents