ISLAMABAD:A new WIN Worldviews Survey 2026, conducted across 44 countries with fieldwork in Pakistan conducted by Gallup Pakistan, finds that 84% of Pakistanis consider global warming a serious threat to mankind, compared with 80% of people globally. Within Pakistan, 84% of men and 83% of women share this view, showing broadly similar levels of concern among Pakistani men and women.
Globally, 80% of people agree that global warming is a serious threat to mankind, comprising 51% who totally agree and 29% who somewhat agree. Meanwhile, 15% disagree, including 9% who somewhat disagree and 6% who totally disagree, while 4% give a 'Don't Know/No Answer' response. The findings indicate that concern about global warming remains widespread internationally, with four in five people across the countries surveyed viewing it as a serious threat.
A nationally representative sample of adult Pakistanis from across the country was asked the following question: 'To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement? - Global warming is a serious threat for mankind?' In response, 84% agreed that global warming is a serious threat, comprising 50% who totally agree and 34% who somewhat agree. Meanwhile, 10% disagreed, including 6% who somewhat disagree and 4% who totally disagree. A further 6% gave a 'Don't Know/No Answer' response.
The findings indicate that concern about global warming remains widespread in Pakistan, with more than 8 in 10 Pakistanis recognising climate change as a serious threat. Pakistani women are somewhat more likely than men to hold this view.
The findings show only a small gender difference in Pakistan. 84% of Pakistani men consider global warming a serious threat, compared with 83% of Pakistani women. Among men, 52% totally agree and 32% somewhat agree, while among women, 48% totally agree and 35% somewhat agree. The proportion disagreeing is also relatively similar. 10% among Pakistani men and 11% among Pakistani women.
Globally, the pattern is reversed: 83% of women agree that global warming is a serious threat, compared with 79% of men. Thus, while women globally show somewhat greater concern than men, Pakistani men and women express almost identical levels of concern.
Pakistan's 84% places it slightly above the global average and among countries where concern about global warming is relatively high. The international comparison shows particularly high levels of concern in Thailand (95%), Indonesia (94%), Côte d'Ivoire (93%), South Korea (93%), Venezuela (93%) and Vietnam (92%). Pakistan is also above countries such as Brazil, Germany, Serbia, France, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, the United States, Poland and Latvia.
At the lower end of the international comparison, concern falls to 62% in Latvia, 68% in Poland and 70% in Slovenia, showing the considerable variation in perceptions of climate change across countries.
Overall, the survey shows a strong level of concern about global warming among Pakistanis. More than 8 in 10 Pakistanis (84%) consider global warming a serious threat, compared with 80% globally. The difference between Pakistani men and women is small, with 84% of men and 83% of women expressing agreement.
The findings place Pakistan above the global average and indicate that concern about global warming is widely shared across the Pakistani population, with relatively little gender difference in overall perceptions
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