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In a world characterised by rapid change and evolving challenges, understanding how people perceive, experience, and respond to risk has never been more crucial.
Launched in 2019, the World Risk Poll is the first global study that systematically explores how people perceive and experience risk in their daily lives. Conducted every two years, in partnership with Gallup, it gathers responses from over 145,000 individuals across more than 140 countries, offering a truly global perspective.
Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s commitment to open and accessible data ensures that insights from the World Risk Poll can have real impact to improve people’s safety. For policymakers, the data provides a roadmap to addressing vulnerabilities and allocating resources effectively. For researchers, the Poll offers a robust dataset to advance our understanding of human behaviour in the face of risks and uncertainty.
In 2025, data collection will take place for the fourth edition of the Poll, with the results to be published in 2026. To give you a taste of what to expect, we have today published the full question set being asked to people around the world as part of the 2025 World Risk Poll, as part of a handy reference document that includes all questions asked in every edition of the Poll to date. We hope the 2025 Poll will continue to provide meaningful data and actionable insights.
What’s new in 2025?
In the 2025 edition of the World Risk Poll, we are drilling deeper into several existing core topics on risk and resilience, with questions designed to enable greater impact in these areas:
How to get involved
This edition of the World Risk Poll will be collected during the latter half of 2025, and we expect to release the first findings and associated data in 2026.
We invite policymakers, researchers and other stakeholders to contact us to discuss how they may be able to make use of the 2025 poll data, and how the Foundation can support you to do so – whether by providing technical support, early access to the data, or through one of our ‘Turning the World Risk Poll Into Action’ funding calls.
We are also keen to hear from those who would like to partner with us to help secure the longer-term sustainability of the World Risk Poll by co-funding modules focused on global challenges. You can contact the team at [email protected].