In 2024, 61 percent of survey respondents in the United States said they had either a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the military. This is a slight increase from the previous year, when 640percent of respondents had confidence in the U.S. military. Additionally, this is an increase of six points from 1975 levels, when only 58 percent of Americans had confidence in the military.
Public confidence levels in the United States armed forces from 1975 to 2024
Characteristic
Share of respondents with a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence
2024
61%
2023
60%
2022
64%
2021
69%
2020
72%
2019
73%
2018
74%
2017
72%
2016
73%
2015
72%
2014
74%
2013
76%
2012
75%
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Original question: Now I am going to read you a list of institutions in American society. Please tell me how much confidence you, yourself, have in each one; great deal, quite a lot, some, or very little?
Statistic reflects those who answered either "a great deal" or "quite a lot"
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Gallup. (July 6, 2024). Public confidence levels in the United States armed forces from 1975 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/239149/confidence-in-the-us-armed-forces/
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Gallup. (2024). Public confidence levels in the United States armed forces from 1975 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/239149/confidence-in-the-us-armed-forces/
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