Survey on Norwegians' attitudes to aid
Langsikt has designed a survey on Norwegians' attitudes to aid, which was conducted by Ipsos on a representative sample of 1,069 Norwegians in the two weeks before the election in September 2025. Press the Download button to read the full report in which Ipsos summarizes the results.
Main moments
Some interesting findings:
- The majority of Norwegians (60%) want to either keep or increase the current level of aid.
- Clean water and hunger and health and quality of life are the topics of highest priority among the population (across political affiliation)
- “More immediate material considerations such as hunger, water, poverty, and health are ranked as more important than normative goods such as democracy, education, and equality.”
- Most (54%) believe that Norwegian aid should be spent entirely or mainly on what benefits people in developing countries.
- Over 50% choose either “We have an opportunity to help people in need and poverty” or “It is our duty to contribute” as the main reason they support Norwegian aid.
Press the Download button to read the full report in which Ipsos is summarizing the results.
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