Executives in China most positive about their country’s economy over next six months

Visual form

Stacked Bar / Stacked Column: grouped regional optimism bars for April and May executive surveys.

Layout / body structure

Each region has two adjacent vertical bars, one for April and one for May. Each bar is stacked into moderately better and substantially better responses, and the regions are arranged across two rows for cross-region comparison.

What is being compared

It compares executives’ expectations for their own country’s economy over the next six months across major regions. The April and May bars show how sentiment changed between survey waves.

Measurement system

The measure is percent of respondents by office location who expected economic conditions to be moderately or substantially better. The stacked segments add to the total positive share for each region and month.

Visible structure inside the graphic

Greater China is the tallest regional group and increases from April to May. North America, India, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other regions show positive bars that are lower than Greater China’s, with many moving upward between the two months.

Main takeaway from the visual

The chart shows that executive sentiment was improving, but optimism was not evenly distributed. Respondents in Greater China were much more positive than those in most other regions.

Key standout values or extremes

Greater China rises from 63 percent positive in April to 75 percent in May. North America moves from 45 percent to 48 percent, while several other regions remain well below Greater China.

Controls / sequence, when applicable

This is a static grouped stacked-column chart; there are no in-chart controls to operate.

Companion media, when applicable

There is no separate companion audio or video; the grouped stacked-column chart is the full visual on this page.