Results of the 100th Opinion Survey on the General Public's Views and Behavior (December 2024 Survey)
January 17, 2025
Public Relations Department
Bank of Japan
Survey Outline
- Survey period : From November 7 to December 3, 2024.
- Population of the Survey : Individuals living in Japan who are at least 20 years of age.
- Sample size : 4,000 people (2,099 people [i.e., 52.5 percent of the overall sample size] provided valid responses to questions).
- Sampling method : Stratified two-stage random sampling method.
- Survey methodology : Mail survey method (responses collected by mail or via the internet).
| 97th survey (Mar 2024) |
98th survey (Jun 2024) |
99th survey (Sep 2024) |
100th survey (Dec 2024) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Have improved (A) | 10.7 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 3.9 |
| Have remained the same | 42.0 | 34.0 | 37.5 | 35.9 |
| Have worsened (B) | 46.8 | 57.5 | 55.1 | 59.8 |
| D.I. (A) minus (B) | -36.1 | -49.8 | -48.2 | -55.9 |
| 97th survey (Mar 2024) |
98th survey (Jun 2024) |
99th survey (Sep 2024) |
100th survey (Dec 2024) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will improve (A) | 13.6 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 5.7 |
| Will remain the same | 55.0 | 50.9 | 56.5 | 51.2 |
| Will worsen (B) | 30.8 | 40.3 | 36.2 | 42.6 |
| D.I. (A) minus (B) | -17.2 | -32.4 | -29.6 | -36.9 |
| 97th survey (Mar 2024) |
98th survey (Jun 2024) |
99th survey (Sep 2024) |
100th survey (Dec 2024) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Have become better off (A) | 5.3 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| Difficult to say | 44.3 | 39.8 | 41.3 | 37.6 |
| Have become worse off (B) | 49.5 | 55.7 | 52.7 | 57.1 |
| D.I. (A) minus (B) | -44.2 | -52.1 | -47.4 | -52.4 |
| 97th survey (Mar 2024) |
98th survey (Jun 2024) |
99th survey (Sep 2024) |
100th survey (Dec 2024) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Have gone up significantly | 62.0 | 65.8 | 63.8 | 69.2 |
| Have gone up slightly | 32.4 | 29.2 | 30.9 | 25.9 |
| Have been almost unchanged | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| Have gone down slightly | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Have gone down significantly | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| 97th survey (Mar 2024) |
98th survey (Jun 2024) |
99th survey (Sep 2024) |
100th survey (Dec 2024) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will go up significantly | 24.3 | 33.1 | 25.5 | 31.1 |
| Will go up slightly | 59.0 | 54.4 | 60.1 | 54.6 |
| Will be almost unchanged | 14.0 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 10.8 |
| Will go down slightly | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Will go down significantly | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 97th survey (Mar 2024) |
98th survey (Jun 2024) |
99th survey (Sep 2024) |
100th survey (Dec 2024) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Know about it | - | 32.1 | 28.3 | 27.8 |
| Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it | - | 45.8 | 39.7 | 46.8 |
| Have never heard of it | - | 21.7 | 31.1 | 25.3 |
| 97th survey (Mar 2024) |
98th survey (Jun 2024) |
99th survey (Sep 2024) |
100th survey (Dec 2024) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Know about it | 25.1 | 26.2 | 22.5 | 21.3 |
| Have read or heard of it, but do not know much about it | 30.5 | 34.3 | 29.7 | 34.3 |
| Have never heard of it | 43.1 | 39.3 | 46.9 | 44.0 |
| 97th survey (Mar 2024) |
98th survey (Jun 2024) |
99th survey (Sep 2024) |
100th survey (Dec 2024) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confident | - | 12.8 | 16.0 | 13.1 |
| Somewhat confident | - | 30.3 | 32.7 | 31.7 |
| Difficult to say | - | 46.4 | 39.3 | 45.0 |
| Not particularly confident | - | 6.2 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| Not confident | - | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
Inquiries
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