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What countries do Americans think are gaining and losing influence in today’s world?

Pew Research Center · Richard Wike, Jonathan Schulman, Laura Clancy, Jordan Lippert and Sofia Hernandez Ramones · last updated

On balance, Americans believe the global influence of China and Israel are getting stronger while U.S. influence is weakening.

Americans believe the global influence of several nations is shifting, including the influence of the United States itself, according to a March survey of 3,507 U.S. adults.

To better understand how Americans view the global power landscape, we asked if each of 12 countries’ influence in the world has been getting stronger, getting weaker or staying about the same in recent years.

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