This statistic displays an evaluation of the overall quality of the environment in the United States between 2009 and 2019, based on the opinion of U.S. adults. In 2009, only around five percent of the surveyed adults in the U.S. described the quality of the environment in their country as "excellent". This figure increased in 2019 to some 11 percent of the respondents.
* Original question stated as follows: "how would you rate the overall quality of the environment in this country today -- as excellent, good, only fair, or poor?"
Figures may not add up due to rounding.
Survey dates are done in March but vary for each year, the latest survey was performed between March 1 to 10, 2019.
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Gallup. (April 22, 2019). Opinion on overall quality of the environment in the United States from 2009 to 2019* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016098/overall-quality-environment-evaluation-us/
Gallup. "Opinion on overall quality of the environment in the United States from 2009 to 2019*." Chart. April 22, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016098/overall-quality-environment-evaluation-us/
Gallup. (2019). Opinion on overall quality of the environment in the United States from 2009 to 2019*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016098/overall-quality-environment-evaluation-us/
Gallup. "Opinion on Overall Quality of The Environment in The United States from 2009 to 2019*." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016098/overall-quality-environment-evaluation-us/
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Opinion on overall quality of the environment in the United States from 2009 to 2019* [Graph], Gallup, April 22, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016098/overall-quality-environment-evaluation-us/