Around the World with One Question: What's Your Greatest Fear?

From May 25 to June 16, a one-question online poll was placed on high-traffic websites in 16 countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, Spain, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States). A total of 150 respondents in each country participated in the poll.

Respondents were polled on the following question:

What's your greatest fear?

Losing my looks

Going broke

Speaking in public

Being alone

Check out the results from each country:

AUSTRALIA

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	16%	13%
Going broke	25%	40%
Speaking in public	28%	21%
Being alone	31%	26%

BRAZIL

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	11%	15%
Going broke	18%	38%
Speaking in public	16%	11%
Being alone	55%	36%

CANADA

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	10%	17%
Going broke	33%	47%
Speaking in public	27%	10%
Being alone	30%	25%

CHINA

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	29%	18%
Going broke	13%	23%
Speaking in public	6%	6%
Being alone	52%	53%

FRANCE

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	7%	12%
Going broke	34%	29%
Speaking in public	41%	40%
Being alone	18%	19%

GERMANY

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	18%	26%
Going broke	27%	36%
Speaking in public	18%	12%
Being alone	37%	25%

INDIA

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	16%	19%
Going broke	32%	17%
Speaking in public	20%	28%
Being alone	32%	36%

MALAYSIA

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	18%	7%
Going broke	29%	29%
Speaking in public	24%	29%
Being alone	30%	36%

MEXICO

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	8%	12%
Going broke	23%	26%
Speaking in public	20%	12%
Being alone	49%	51%

NETHERLANDS

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	12%	24%
Going broke	39%	32%
Speaking in public	14%	8%
Being alone	35%	36%

PHILIPPINES

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	13%	9%
Going broke	37%	33%
Speaking in public	18%	15%
Being alone	33%	43%

RUSSIA

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	14%	7%
Going broke	11%	27%
Speaking in public	14%	15%
Being alone	61%	51%

SPAIN

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	17%	29%
Going broke	29%	27%
Speaking in public	11%	18%
Being alone	43%	26%

SOUTH AFRICA

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	9%	7%
Going broke	41%	50%
Speaking in public	24%	13%
Being alone	26%	31%

UNITED KINGDOM

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	11%	16%
Going broke	38%	49%
Speaking in public	21%	13%
Being alone	31%	22%

UNITED STATES

	Female	Male
Losing my looks	8%	5%
Going broke	32%	52%
Speaking in public	27%	22%
Being alone	33%	22%

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