Sub-Saharan Africa

A median of 65% across 11 emerging economies say it is the government’s responsibility to ensure equal access to reliable internet service.

Smartphone users in emerging economies – especially those who use social media – tend to be more exposed to people with different backgrounds and more connected with friends they don’t see in person.

The Center's tenth report on religious restrictions around the world focuses on trends in restrictions from 2007 to 2017.

Over the decade from 2007 to 2017, government restrictions on religion - laws, policies and actions by state officials that restrict religious beliefs and practices - increased markedly around the world.

Four of the 10 most populous countries will no longer be among the top 10 in 2100 – and all four will be supplanted by rapidly growing African nations.

Across many G20 countries, people are strongly in favor of increased gender equality and see global climate change as a major threat.

For the first time in modern history, the world’s population is expected to virtually stop growing by the end of this century.

Across 27 nations surveyed by Pew Research Center in 2018, people were more dissatisfied than satisfied with the way democracy is working in their country. This held especially true in a dozen countries where negative views of democracy outpaced positive by more than 10 percentage points.

As of the end of 2017, 57% of 167 countries with populations of at least 500,000 were democracies of some kind, and only 13% were autocracies.

Many social media users in 11 emerging countries report being regularly exposed to misinformation when using the platforms.