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Most Mentioned Enemies of the USA

How did American citizens respond to this Gallup poll question: "What one country ... do you consider to be the United States' greatest enemy today".
The poll takes place in February/March
Numbers do not necessarilty add up to 100% because of other/no opinion
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First submittedApril 16, 2015
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2023
50%
China
32%
Russia
7%
North Korea
2%
Iran
1%
Afghanistan
1%
U.S. itself
 
 
2020
23%
Russia
22%
China
19%
Iran
12%
North Korea
7%
Iraq
1%
Afghanistan
2016
16%
North Korea
15%
Russia
14%
Iran
12%
China
5%
Iraq
4%
Afghanistan
4%
Syria
 
 
2012
32%
Iran
23%
China
10%
North Korea
7%
Afghanistan
5%
Iraq
2%
Russia
2%
Pakistan
1%
Japan
1%
Saudi Arabia
1%
U.S. itself
2008
25%
Iran
22%
Iraq
14%
China
9%
North Korea
3%
U.S. itself
3%
Afghanistan
2%
Pakistan
2%
Russia
1%
Saudi Arabia
1%
Venezuela
2005
22%
Iraq
22%
North Korea
14%
Iran
10%
China
3%
Afghanistan
2%
U.S. itself
2%
France
2%
Saudi Arabia
2%
Syria
2%
Russia
1%
Middle East
2001
38%
Iraq
14%
China
8%
Iran
6%
Russia
4%
Libya
4%
Saudi Arabia
2%
Cuba
2%
Middle East
2%
North Korea
1%
Japan
1%
Palestine
1%
(U.S. itself)
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112 Recent Comments
Archer1212
+35
Level 64
Apr 28, 2020
no Israel? huh. and relax, people. i didn't say Jewish people. i said Israel. significant difference.
BotswanaEmperor
+16
Level 70
Apr 28, 2020
Well, Israel and the US are allies (the reason why the United States is vetoing Palestinian membership in the UN) and I'm not sure how it could suddenly come to an Americans head that Israel is a "bad guy".
bulldog1969
+5
Level 58
Apr 28, 2020
Well Israel's prime minister was stirring up a lot of sentiment against former president Obama, and by extension the Democratic party. Now look who is in the Oval Office. The one person who has destroyed our health care system during the worst pandemic in a century, and turned this country into a laughing stock throughout the world.
Jonney
+4
Level 58
Apr 2, 2025
Round 2...
PigKat
+1
Level 48
May 8, 2025
Well that aged like old milk.
BotswanaEmperor
+11
Level 70
Apr 28, 2020
I guess Israel was counted through the Middle East, but Israel is getting constant help from the US and is not like the Arab states in the Middle East where if your not Muslim, your dead. Israel has the highest quality of life in the Middle East and is a peaceful and prosperous nation, just geographically situated in a bad area.
Mo7
+34
Level 45
Mar 13, 2023
Peaceful? Are you trolling?
schoolLagg
+1
Level 54
May 14, 2024
he said that 3 years ago
juanlg1
+23
Level 73
May 25, 2024
Israel has never been peaceful lol its very existence hinges on the ethnic cleansing of the native population. This was as true 3 years ago and 76 years ago as it is today
MyrmidonPantheon
+1
Level 51
Oct 27, 2024
Peaceful when others dont attack.
Famondre
+5
Level 57
Apr 24, 2025
right I'm sure the 40 thousand innocent civilians killed by Israel attacked them.
Ptcairn
+13
Level 62
May 8, 2024
"peaceful"
TomatosRaafatos
+5
Level 75
Sep 22, 2024
And it's absolutely not true that in the Middle East "if you're not Muslim, you're dead". You've just never been there obviously. Half of the ME countries have sizeable minorities of native Christians and other minority religious communities and the other half is full of foreign expats of all faiths. Yes, some of these were persecuted at some point, but only by tyrant dictators who abused everyone they didn't like due to their own personal brutalist philosophies (e.g. Saddam with the Yazidis), not because the Muslim population incited hatred against them. A lot of our rulers also like to sow discord through their agents to keep us divided as a controlling tactic, which doesn't represent what the vast majority of Muslims feel about their fellow citizens. Israel on the other hand systematically persecutes Palestinians on a daily basis and no one bats an eye.
MyrmidonPantheon
+4
Level 51
Oct 27, 2024
Hmmmmm. Imad was quite peaceful right? Hamas and Hezbollah is persecuting the israelis. And did you forget the Holocaust? Why should the jews always be the ragdolls?
Tregog
+1
Level 35
May 14, 2025
You mean the two groups terrorizing Israelis in...their native land after being displaced and subjugated for years? And the genocide that happened 80 years ago by a group completely unrelated to the Middle East?
kalbahamut
+13
Level 81
Apr 28, 2020
The fact that you feel the need to announce you are not bigoted against Jews before anyone else even responded to you suggests that you might be bigoted against Jews.
3NRD
+7
Level 40
Apr 4, 2023
Seems to me most that want to exterminate all the Jews in Israel also want to exterminate all the Jews.

Significant difference? huh

sootyboi
+4
Level 49
Oct 13, 2024
Wanting to abolish the state of Israel is not the same as wanting to exterminate all Israelis.
Julotek
+8
Level 63
Apr 28, 2020
So if I understand, when they were asked which COUNTRY may be an enemy, some answered Middle East ?

Well it shows pretty well how accurate their opinions are...

loganite
+13
Level 91
Apr 28, 2020
Japan?! Did they conduct this survey in a rest home? ;)
barry2506
+2
Level 65
Jan 30, 2024
I bet if you polled Japan a much higher percent would say the USA was their enemy. Their pop is aging with long lifespans.
MyrmidonPantheon
+2
Level 51
Oct 27, 2024
The US made them eat mushrooms. Cloudy mushrooms.
Philippelebel
+4
Level 71
Feb 8, 2024
It's not just WWII. In the 80s and 90s, a lot of Americans were concerned that Japanese businesses would take over everything (now, that concern has shifted to China).
stubart409
+10
Level 68
Apr 28, 2020
Where's Canada? I'm telling you now USA; those drug dealing Snow Mexicans are tunneling in under your border fences and their coming for your daughters! I've warned you...
bn9043
+3
Level 64
Sep 27, 2023
If a Tim Hortons opens near you it's a sign that invasion is close and they've already infiltrated us

And if the NHL ever gets a new expansion team it's over

Sifhraven
+1
Level 73
Aug 31, 2024
Snow mexicans haha, not sure if it is a common term or not but it is new to me and made me smile
J7h9
+1
Level 38
Apr 28, 2020
Missed Cuba, Usa, Venezuela, and Libya. 😑😐
onepotato
+2
Level 40
Apr 28, 2020
I knew the United States hated itself but i didn't know it would be on the list..
Antimatter
+2
Level 46
Apr 28, 2020
Nice updated version! <3 Interesting recent swing back to mid 20th century type answers, seems like Cold War II is realer than ever nowadays. I wonder if without the current virus China would’ve still figured so highly this year though??
EricF
+9
Level 82
Apr 28, 2020
Where’s Petoria?
driehoek25
+7
Level 68
Apr 29, 2020
Where is Wadiya?
gzx5
+3
Level 73
Apr 4, 2023
Lol, that movie was so funny.
Gotterdammerung
+7
Level 49
Apr 29, 2020
One noticeable thing here for me is the rapid rise of Russia in this list. I would bet it has to do with media coverage of Russia's supposed influence in the US election and perhaps Russia's involvement in the Syrian civil war and Ukraine.
kalbahamut
+6
Level 81
May 2, 2020
Or maybe it has to do with Russia's influence in the US election? Which was a real thing that happened. Just a thought.

... could also be Russia actively meddling in elections all over the world notably in Europe, trying to bring down NATO and Western democracy, propping up nationalists and Nazis and populists and nativists and those given to identity politics and other undesirables because these people inspire disunity and strife, invading and occupying sovereign nations to redraw borders through military conquest for the first time in Europe since the end of World War 2, Putin's obvious desire to resurrect the Soviet Union, the shooting down of commercial passenger airlines, the shameless murder of numerous critics of the regime both within Russia's borders and abroad, and their support of Donald Trump who remains the single greatest threat to the present international order and prosperity of the world. Could be that, too.

TheOrca
+1
Level 50
Jun 12, 2022
??? After that list of stuff Putin is doing you still think Trump is a bigger threat to world prosperity? Oops, just now realized this comment was from 2020...
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Sep 21, 2022
Currently with Trump mostly out of power at Mar-a-Lardo and mired in legal troubles, and Putin threatening to annex parts of Ukraine? No. Putin is clearly a bigger threat at present. But that has the potential to change.
mapjunkie95
+7
Level 40
May 26, 2020
I'm very surprised Mexico isn't on the list. Only one I missed was usa itself! lol
stoodmarsh
+1
Level 35
Jun 23, 2020
same here
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Aug 12, 2020
Americans are more afraid of Mexicans than Mexico.
TamuAudwodia
+16
Level 66
Aug 31, 2020
Funny that Americans still see Iraq as a threat, when it was the US who invaded them by lying that they had weapons of mass destruction (which they didn't). Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilian deaths has been the result of it, and George W. Bush who was the one who invaded Iraq has not been penalized of his war crimes.
JohnnyYeet
+8
Level 61
Sep 4, 2020
Are American Presidents EVER penalized for war crimes? This is America. America decides who is penalized.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Sep 26, 2020
Most of the time war criminals are only punished if they lose. America doesn't lose many wars. Not so far, anyway.
filiphoset
+4
Level 62
Sep 29, 2020
Imagine living in 2020 and thinking that Russia is a bigger threat to the US than China or Iran
RobNobody
+7
Level 79
Jul 28, 2024
I dunno, living in 2024 it feels pretty prescient.
In2restingFacts
+2
Level 24
Mar 24, 2025
if you can believe it, it’s even worse here in 2025
Jakesto
+8
Level 78
Sep 29, 2020
I think 2020 is proving that the greatest enemy of the United States is the United States itself
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Nov 10, 2020
Some self-preservation instinct finally kicked in in early November. But, yeah, this is probably still true.
Hampus
+5
Level 56
Feb 18, 2021
Japan and France :D

For some reason I guessed them both, but not USA ITSELF.

QuizMaster126
+3
Level 47
May 25, 2021
The "United States itself" answer was one I did not see coming.

What a plot twist.

SpartanLlama
+2
Level 74
May 30, 2021
Ok "US itself" wowww

I was actually thinking of typing it as a joke but I didn't smh, only other I missed was Libya I guessed Algeria and Egypt but not Libya

SpartanLlama
+6
Level 74
May 30, 2021
I feel like whoever said Japan is stuck in the 1940s
Snoflakes
+5
Level 71
Aug 20, 2021
France? What?
Fiodor
+3
Level 59
May 23, 2024
France was against the Iraqi war. Americans didn't like that. And French people (including me) were very proud of that!
thegeneral823
+8
Level 26
Dec 12, 2021
japan and france are some of the USA biggets allys and closest
LuigiDood227
+2
Level 70
Jan 18, 2022
I laughed when I realized USA was one of the options
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 63
Feb 13, 2022
The caveats say 'necessarilty' instead of 'necessarily'.
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 63
Oct 17, 2023
The caveats still say 'necessarilty' instead of 'necessarily'.
Fianchetto
+2
Level 77
Oct 23, 2023
It's okay, I'm with you Dollyfroggy.
Laasya
+3
Level 21
May 11, 2022
I can't believe I missed North Korea out of all countries
Geopro
+2
Level 59
Mar 15, 2023
Same. But even worse, I guessed South Korea instead!
CDMX
+2
Level 57
May 11, 2022
Interesting answers but not really at the same time.
autoparts2
+3
Level 51
May 12, 2022
Other than maybe Russia, the US is probably its own worst enemy.
3nchiladas
+6
Level 70
May 15, 2022
yo who the heck is saying Japan or France
kalbahamut
+7
Level 81
Sep 21, 2022
Japan: old people who lived through Pearl Harbor and/or the 80s when Japan was an economic threat. France: Republicans c.2002 eating Freedom Fries.
dyshaj2
+1
Level 54
Sep 13, 2022
look all the activists voting the us itself *this is satire”
FreeStater
+3
Level 78
Apr 4, 2023
It's true, though.
Taserz
+1
Level 55
Jan 12, 2023
interesting that there isnt germany but 1% japan, but only in 2002 and 2012 not in between, i wonder wtf theyre thinking
DukeOfLorraine
+3
Level 65
Apr 4, 2023
Japan was a nastier ennemy than Germany during WW2 (attacked Pearl Harbor, treated American POWs much worse, used kamikazes and was the last to surrender), and wasn't changed as much as Germany after the war. Hirohito remained the emperor until his death in the 80s, and if you don't know their current naval flag, you'll be surprised.

This may be why. But a score of 1% here is nearly statistical noise.

Nimbus87
+1
Level 59
Jan 24, 2023
Really surprised that the US made the list every single time... aside from the past eleven years despite all the internal turmoil.
AlexThirkell
+2
Level 74
Mar 12, 2023
You get most of them by copying the ones already filled in for 2023.
TheForsakenFurby
+3
Level 76
Mar 12, 2023
Why is 2023 already all filled in?
DukeOfLorraine
+1
Level 65
Apr 4, 2023
The poll is in february or march.

That's also why Afghanistan wasn't even on the radar in 2001 despite something happening in september.

Unitedsquadron
+2
Level 70
Mar 12, 2023
2023 shouldn't be filled in imo
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Mar 12, 2023
This is now fixed
Tuesday8
+3
Level 77
Mar 12, 2023
How interesting that Afghanistan never got over 7% (considering how ignorant many Americans are and the length of the war in Afghanistan.)
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Mar 12, 2023
If you look at the years, it makes sense. Keep in mind that the 2001 poll was done BEFORE September 11. And by 2005, the U.S. had already established a new regime which could hardly be considered an enemy. So maybe Americans aren't so ignorant after all?
loganite
+2
Level 91
Mar 13, 2023
The real question is HOW DID BELGIUM NOT MAKE THE LIST!?!?! ;)
FreeStater
+1
Level 78
Apr 4, 2023
No wonder they love waffles with syrup... it's their wheels and their oil.
MCdoesgeography
+2
Level 71
Mar 13, 2023
Kind of expected Somalia, Lebanon or Yemen at some point
Koopa
+4
Level 82
Mar 20, 2023
China is the only one with double-digit percentages in all seven polls.
Wincent
+1
Level 52
Jun 1, 2023
Americans hate China the most. Just that simple.
Viztiz
+1
Level 57
Sep 30, 2023
propaganda works
Qikiq
+1
Level 88
Mar 21, 2023
Tried every South American country, except Venezuela, of course.
caitlinmy
+1
Level 51
Mar 29, 2023
Whats the beef with Japan?
Devadatta
+9
Level 72
Apr 4, 2023
Wagyu, perhaps?
KrishPatel
+1
Level 69
Apr 4, 2023
After randomly typing in France, I knew this was gonna be a clown quiz.
Radish314159
+1
Level 44
Apr 4, 2023
Why France though?
DukeOfLorraine
+6
Level 65
Apr 4, 2023
Chirac refused to send France to Iraq. That's why some voted, though it indeed makes no sense (AFAIK we have no plan to reconquer Louisiana)
Fianchetto
+3
Level 77
Apr 4, 2023
Necessarily is spelled wrong in the caveats.
Devadatta
+1
Level 72
Apr 4, 2023
France? I guess French Guyana might be trying to annex Puerto Rico or US Virgin Islands.
Fiodor
+1
Level 59
May 23, 2024
Because of the war in Iraq (France was against it).
xtremeyoylecake
+2
Level 48
Apr 4, 2023
France???
PatoPotato
+4
Level 55
Apr 5, 2023
Pretty sure France opposed the US intervention in the Middle East, hence they were disliked.
pierop
+1
Level 44
Apr 4, 2023
me
bacoachi
+3
Level 74
Apr 4, 2023
Japan? What, did they poll a bunch of nursing homes housing WWII veterans?
shnanogans
+2
Level 49
Apr 11, 2023
Maybe people were thinking a threat as in competition when it comes to technology? That's my only thought as to why
ElMoose24
+2
Level 67
Dec 17, 2023
Precisely, was a big concern back the early to mid 90's
shnanogans
+1
Level 49
Apr 11, 2023
Who said France in 2005? LOL
akipopopopooon
+2
Level 76
Sep 14, 2023
france mildly opposed sending troops to iraq so of course american media was like "this is terrible" which led to the freedom fries debacle
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 93
Sep 9, 2023
Ye Gods!

2% of Americans equates to over six and a half million people, who started eating “freedom fries” cos Cheney and Rumsfeld told them to. Not to mention more than three million people who think Japan is still your enemy. Jokes mate, it would be too funny if it didn’t explain current American politics so well…

Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Sep 27, 2023
Lizardman's Constant
MK411
+2
Level 69
Sep 10, 2023
Why is there Japan and France? Why Saudi Arabia that the US buys cheap oil from?
lauchauflatschen
+1
Level 38
Mar 27, 2025
bin laden was saudi arabian, just an idea though
keve1212
+3
Level 63
Oct 4, 2023
What about Liechtenstein? Those guys are always up to something, man.
GeographyNerd000
+1
Level 48
Oct 23, 2023
Pakistan.

They have been a U.S. ally for years. Not sure why people would have a grudge against them. Possibly growing support for India makes people dislike Pakistan. Again, not too sure on why some people don't like Pakistan.

ElMoose24
+5
Level 67
Dec 17, 2023
Bin Laden was hiding out there
sirsemaphore
+1
Level 39
Dec 14, 2023
Apparently "drugs" didn't work
Hawke
+4
Level 85
Mar 30, 2024
Lmk when drugs becomes a country.
lousemouse333
+1
Level 23
Jul 4, 2024
It would be cool to see this going back to the founding of the country. Obviously no polls, but based on collections of news reports or something.

It really does show it's the governments, not the people, that are the biggest threat. Or in other cases America's government putting out propaganda (Iraq, Russia, France).

SwissKreationen
+1
Level 30
Aug 12, 2024
B-but we like France and Japan...
Neodymium
+1
Level 63
Nov 24, 2024
nitpicky maybe but how come one of the grey boxes saying "U.S itself" is in parenthesis and the rest arent? parenthesis should be removed there to match all the other grey box answers
BingBong2018
+1
Level 40
May 11, 2025
France? 😭🙏
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