The stacked bar chart below shows survey data by country: “Today, which one of the following do you think is the world’s leading economic power?”. Survey conducted by Pew Research Center.

Australia, Canada, and large parts of Europe consider China to be the economic leader while the rest of the world general points to the USA. The percentage point difference between US and China is shown in data column to the right of the chart. Respondents in Japan and South Korea strongly considered the US as the leading economic power while Australian respondents most favored China.

Stacked bar chart showing country-specific survey data on the world’s top economic power

This chart was built using PowerPoint 2016 for Mac and the Aploris add-in.