Vietnam ranked third globally in terms of economic optimism in a survey recently conducted by Gallup International, behind Nigeria and Azerbaijan.

Accordingly, Nigeria won the highest index with 58%, followed by Azerbaijan 47% and Vietnam 45%.

The index for Russia was minus 41%. The lowest level the country recorded was minus 43% in 2013.

The survey polled 38,000 people from 41 countries worldwide. Up to 47% of respondents said the year 2021 will see economic difficulties while only 6% hoped that the world economy will recover.

As many as 40% of Russian respondents said this year will be as the same as 2020. Eight percent said it is hard to offer right feedback.

According to analysts, the world economic optimism index for 2021 will be minus 21%.