Irally Cariaso
- The Philippines has landed in the company of Brazil, and South Africa as the “most ignorant” countries due to inaccurate perceptions on key issues
- At the top of the list as “most accurate” is Sweden, followed by Norway and Denmark.
- The Philippines was in the middle in 2016, placing 16th in the scale.
The 2017 Perils of Perception survey by Ipsos showed that Filipinos ranked the third most inaccurate among the 38 countries surveyed in their perceptions on key global issues and features of their country.
Over 500 respondents between the ages of 16 to 64 were interviewed in the Philippines about murder, teenage pregnancy rates, terrorism, and vaccination among other topics.
Despite giving inaccurate statistics on these topics, the Filipino respondents were among the most confident about their answers, landing on the third spot from being on the 16th last 2016.
Meanwhile, Norway, Germany and Sweden, were among the most accurate despite being the least confident in their answers.
