Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Assessments of national economies have seen swift downturns in many countries, and few see improvements anytime soon.

El Salvador experienced a 40% drop in remittances in April 2020 compared with April 2019, the largest decline among the six nations analyzed.

As the pandemic continues, a growing share of Americans say they are regularly wearing a face covering in stores and other businesses.

The pandemic has had a divisive effect on a sense of national unity in many of the countries surveyed: A median of 46% feel more national unity now than before the coronavirus outbreak, while 48% think divisions have grown.

Most U.S. adults say that they expect to go back to attending religious services in person as often as they did before the outbreak.

Most Republicans say the primary reason for the rise in confirmed coronavirus cases is that more people are being tested.

Response to the pandemic has pushed the federal budget higher than it's been in decades, but Americans are slightly less concerned about the deficit than in recent years.

Republicans and Democrats' opinions differ on many aspects of the outbreak, including views about religious practices during the pandemic.

Black and Hispanic worshippers are less likely than their white counterparts to say they have gone to a house of worship recently.

Few regular worshippers say their congregations are operating normally, and most support the precautions being taken.