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Favorability of Syria

Next, I'd like your overall opinion of some foreign countries. What is your overall opinion of Syria? Is it very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable or very unfavorable?

Latest wave fielded February 1 to 10, 2019. Primary source: Gallup trend table: Favorability of Syria.

Trend

Favorability of Syria: trendLine chart of 12 survey waves from 1991 Aug 8-11 to 2019 Feb 1-10. Exact values are in the table below.0%10%20%30%40%50%19952000200520102015Year of fieldworkPercentVery favorable, August 8 to 11, 1991: 2%Very favorable, January 25 to 26, 2000: 2%Very favorable, February 7 to 10, 2005: 2%Very favorable, February 1 to 4, 2007: 2%Very favorable, February 2 to 5, 2012: 3%Very favorable, February 7 to 10, 2013: 3%Very favorable, February 6 to 9, 2014: 3%Very favorable, September 8 to 11, 2015: 2%Very favorable, February 3 to 7, 2016: 3%Very favorable, February 1 to 5, 2017: 3%Very favorable, February 1 to 10, 2018: 3%Very favorable, February 1 to 10, 2019: 3%Mostly favorable, August 8 to 11, 1991: 22%Mostly favorable, January 25 to 26, 2000: 18%Mostly favorable, February 7 to 10, 2005: 23%Mostly favorable, February 1 to 4, 2007: 19%Mostly favorable, February 2 to 5, 2012: 14%Mostly favorable, February 7 to 10, 2013: 11%Mostly favorable, February 6 to 9, 2014: 10%Mostly favorable, September 8 to 11, 2015: 12%Mostly favorable, February 3 to 7, 2016: 9%Mostly favorable, February 1 to 5, 2017: 14%Mostly favorable, February 1 to 10, 2018: 12%Mostly favorable, February 1 to 10, 2019: 11%Mostly unfavorable, August 8 to 11, 1991: 37%Mostly unfavorable, January 25 to 26, 2000: 32%Mostly unfavorable, February 7 to 10, 2005: 41%Mostly unfavorable, February 1 to 4, 2007: 44%Mostly unfavorable, February 2 to 5, 2012: 44%Mostly unfavorable, February 7 to 10, 2013: 43%Mostly unfavorable, February 6 to 9, 2014: 41%Mostly unfavorable, September 8 to 11, 2015: 43%Mostly unfavorable, February 3 to 7, 2016: 38%Mostly unfavorable, February 1 to 5, 2017: 39%Mostly unfavorable, February 1 to 10, 2018: 42%Mostly unfavorable, February 1 to 10, 2019: 47%Very unfavorable, August 8 to 11, 1991: 15%Very unfavorable, January 25 to 26, 2000: 12%Very unfavorable, February 7 to 10, 2005: 19%Very unfavorable, February 1 to 4, 2007: 22%Very unfavorable, February 2 to 5, 2012: 28%Very unfavorable, February 7 to 10, 2013: 32%Very unfavorable, February 6 to 9, 2014: 37%Very unfavorable, September 8 to 11, 2015: 31%Very unfavorable, February 3 to 7, 2016: 42%Very unfavorable, February 1 to 5, 2017: 39%Very unfavorable, February 1 to 10, 2018: 38%Very unfavorable, February 1 to 10, 2019: 35%No opinion, August 8 to 11, 1991: 25%No opinion, January 25 to 26, 2000: 36%No opinion, February 7 to 10, 2005: 15%No opinion, February 1 to 4, 2007: 13%No opinion, February 2 to 5, 2012: 11%No opinion, February 7 to 10, 2013: 10%No opinion, February 6 to 9, 2014: 9%No opinion, September 8 to 11, 2015: 11%No opinion, February 3 to 7, 2016: 8%No opinion, February 1 to 5, 2017: 4%No opinion, February 1 to 10, 2018: 5%No opinion, February 1 to 10, 2019: 4%
  • Very favorable
  • Mostly favorable
  • Mostly unfavorable
  • Very unfavorable
  • No opinion
Source: Gallup; see Sources below. Percentages of respondents.

Toplines

Favorability of Syria: toplines by survey wave, percent (newest first)
Field datesVery favorableMostly favorableMostly unfavorableVery unfavorableNo opinionSample (n)Margin of error
February 1 to 10, 201931147354----
February 1 to 10, 201831242385----
February 1 to 5, 201731439394----
February 3 to 7, 20163938428----
September 8 to 11, 2015212433111----
February 6 to 9, 201431041379----
February 7 to 10, 2013311433210----
February 2 to 5, 2012314442811----
February 1 to 4, 2007219442213----
February 7 to 10, 2005223411915----
January 25 to 26, 2000218321236----
August 8 to 11, 1991222371525----

Pollster footnotes: ^ Asked of a half sample; * Less than 0.5%

Sources

  1. Gallup trend table: Favorability of Syria, accessed October 13, 2026.
  2. Gallup World Affairs survey, survey methods, accessed October 13, 2026.

Cite

Gallup, "Favorability of Syria," in Middle East Forum, U.S. Opinion on the Middle East, https://polls.meforum.org/q/gallup-fav-syria/.