Middle East & North Africa

People see diversity and gender equality increasing in their countries but say family ties have weakened. Views on the importance of religion vary widely.

Majorities in many countries say global climate change is a major threat to their nation. Global concerns about climate change have risen since 2013.

Worldwide, an estimated $625 billion (USD) was sent by migrants to individuals in their home countries in 2017, a 7% increase from 2016, when the amount was $586 billion, according to economists at the World Bank. This increase follows two consecutive years of decline.

The global Muslim population is more concentrated in Islam’s main population centers than the global Christian population is for Christianity.

A growing share of people globally see U.S. power and influence as a major threat to their country. Views are linked with attitudes toward Trump and the U.S. as a whole.

More countries see climate change as a top international threat, but many people also name ISIS and cyberattacks as their top security concern.

Nearly 14% of the U.S. population is foreign-born. That's the highest share of foreign-born people in the country since 1910, but it's far from the highest in the world.

Overall, 43% of Americans say withdrawing American troops from Syria would be the right decision, while 45% say it would not.

As the number of international migrants reaches new highs, people around the world show little appetite for more migration – both into and out of their countries.

In 2016, seven nations – Turkey, Brunei, Ethiopia, France, Hungary, Niger and Tunisia – directly used emergency laws to restrict religion, according to Pew Research Center’s latest annual religious restrictions study. While a number of different religious groups were targeted, these laws imposed restrictions on Muslims more than any other group.