1、 FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 17,2026 What Makes People Proud of Their Country?From diversity in Indonesia to food in France:People in 25 countries share what makes them proud,in their own words BY Laura Silver,Laura Clancy,Maria Smerkovich,Sneha Gubbala,William Miner,Julia Armeli,Andrew Prozorovsky,John Ca
2、rlo Mandapat and Janakee Chavda FOR MEDIA OR OTHER INQUIRIES:Laura Silver,Associate Director,Global Attitudes Research Gar Meng Leong,Communications Manager 202.419.4372 www.pewresearch.org RECOMMENDED CITATION Pew Research Center,February 2026,“What Makes People Proud of Their Country?”2 PEW RESEAR
3、CH CENTER www.pewresearch.org About Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan,nonadvocacy fact tank that informs the public about the issues,attitudes and trends shaping the world.It does not take policy positions.The Center conducts public opinion polling,demographic research,computa
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5、gration.Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts,its primary funder.Pew Research Center 2026 3 PEW RESEARCH CENTER www.pewresearch.org About this research This Pew Research Center report looks at what makes people feel proud of their country.We asked an open-ended question al
6、lowing people in 25 countries to share,in their own words,what makes them proud.Why did we do this?Pew Research Center does research to help the public,media and decision-makers understand important topics.This project adds context to the Centers long-standing work on national identity and national