Canadians, Australians, Finns Excel in National Pride; Romanians, Serbs and Argentines Least Proud of Their Homeland, According to the Planet Project Global Poll November, 16, 2000 - Canadians, Australians and Finns have the most pride in their country, while Romanians, Serbs and Argentines have the least, according to participants in the Planet Project (www.planetproject.com), a global Internet poll underwritten by 3Com. 73% of South Africans responding to the poll are proud to be South Africans. The answers, from respondents from the top 52 countries that responded to the poll, were to the question, "Are you proud of the country of which you are a citizen?" The poll results are from the second day of the Planet Project, expected to be the largest global poll ever undertaken, being conducted through Saturday.
In Western Europe, only Germany, Belgium and Austria score less than 70%. On the other hand, Finland and Ireland scored over 90%. Other European countries that get a low score are Romania, lowest overall with 46%, Serbia (47), Bulgaria (61), Croatia (63), Slovakia (64) and Turkey with 64% saying they are proud of their homeland.
The results ranged widely among East and West, developing and industrialized countries. For instance, Germany ranked seventh from the bottom, with only 56 percent of Germans saying they were proud of their country, and Japan was 14th from the bottom, with 65 percent of those taking the poll saying they were proud of their country. Costa Rica ranked number four, with 93 percent of those who took the poll, saying they were proud of the small Central American country and Finland ranked third. The US ranked sixth, just behind India and just ahead of Ireland. Canada was ranked first, with 77% of respondents claiming to be proud of their country.
"These results are fascinating," said Humphrey Taylor, chairman of the Harris Poll, Harris Interactive, which is doing the data analysis for the Planet Project. "The U.S. is going to be surprised they aren`t No. 1. Canada is going to be thrilled that they are and I think everyone is going to be curious as to why Argentina is so far down the list. Finland`s economy is booming and they are one of the most wired countries on the planet. Anyone who`s been to Costa Rica knows what a gem that is, so that`s not surprising."
In what country do you live? Are you proud of the country of which you are a citizen?
Percentage who said Yes
Canada 94
Australia 93
Finland 93
Costa Rica 93
India 93
United States 92
Ireland 92
Singapore 90
Sweden 89
Netherlands 87
Denmark 87
Malaysia 86
Slovenia 85
Israel 85
Algeria 83
Greece 82
France 81
Columbia 79
United Kingdom 79
Mexico 78
Switzerland 77
Spain 73
South Africa 73
Czech Republic 73
Italy 73
Chile 72
Brazil 72
Hungary 71
Poland 71
Hong Kong 71
New Zealand 71
Korea 68
Austria 67
Philippines 67
Belgium 67
Peru 66
Japan 65
Russia 64
Turkey 64
Slovakia 64
Croatia 63
Venezuela 61
Bulgaria 61
Germany 56
Bermuda 52
Syria 49
Argentina 47
Serbia 47
Romania 46
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