Q. In your opinion, how important is it that Australia gives foreign aid to the following countries and regions?
Total very/somewhat | Very important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important | Don’t know | Jun 2015 (very/somewhat) | ||
Papua New Guinea | 59% | 17% | 42% | 16% | 12% | 13% | 65% | |
Pacific island countries | 59% | 16% | 43% | 17% | 11% | 13% | 66% | |
African countries | 46% | 11% | 35% | 22% | 19% | 12% | 50% | |
South east Asia countries | 45% | 10% | 35% | 24% | 17% | 13% | 50% | |
Indonesia | 38% | 9% | 29% | 24% | 24% | 13% | 39% | |
Middle east countries | 31% | 8% | 23% | 26% | 30% | 13% | 26% |
59% thought that aid to Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Island Countries is very or somewhat important.
The proportion who think that aid to each region is very or somewhat important has dropped since June 2015 for each region except for the Middle East, which has gone up 5% to 31%. However, this region was still considered the least important to give foreign aid to.