Global Consumer Confidence Dashboard

Key Takeaways

• Looking at the monthly consumer sentiment changes among 43 countries, the largest increase was recorded in Israel with 11% followed by Egypt with 8%. Canada had the largest drop in sentiment with 6%.

• In monthly terms, the Americas had more drops than increases in consumer sentiment last month. Chile was the only country that saw its consumer sentiment increase over January. The lowest drop in sentiment was in Mexico. Unlike Canada where consumer sentiment has dropped precipitously since President Trump took office, the slide in Mexico's consumer sentiment has been more gradual, although both countries now face 25% tariffs.

• Among the 16 countries tracked in Europe, half of them registered drops while the other half saw slight increases in consumer sentiment.  Austria saw the biggest decline but was closely followed by Norway and Switzerland.

• In the Middle East and North Africa region, Israel and Egypt both had sizeable increases in their consumer sentiment levels.  While in Israel, the increase took place at the beginning of the month, in Egypt, the rise was mainly focused in the latter half of the month.

• In Asia, 6 economies had lower consumer sentiment in February, while in the remaining half of the countries surveyed, consumer sentiment dropped. In month over month terms, consumer sentiment has been dropping in China since November 2024 and registered the biggest drop yet In February.