Canada has the highest balance of positive and negative attitudes of Ukrainians not only among the represented countries of America and Australia, but also among all the states covered by the study: in August 2026, it was 73.8 percentage points. Australia received a balance of 61.6 percent, the United States — 38.4 percent, Brazil — 19.4 percent. This is evidenced by the results of the third wave of the study "Attitudes of Ukrainians to the countries of the world", conducted by Active Group together with Experts Club, reports the information and analytical center Experts Club.
76.3% of surveyed Ukrainians have a positive attitude towards Canada, only 2.5% have a negative attitude, neutral — 19.2%, another 2% could not decide. As a result, the balance of positive and negative evaluations is 73.8 percentage points. — the highest value among the 50 largest trade partners of Ukraine included in the study.
The second result in this regional group has Australia: 63.8% of respondents expressed a positive attitude towards it, neutral - 32.1%, negative - only 2.2%, another 2% were undecided. The balance of positive and negative evaluations is 61.6 percentage points, which also indicates a mostly positive perception of the country by the Ukrainian audience.
55% of respondents have a positive attitude towards the USA, 16.6% are negative, 25.6% are neutral, and another 2.7% could not answer. The balance is 38.4 percentage points. At the same time, its dynamics significantly improved compared to the previous wave: in March 2026, the indicator was 19.4 percentage points, while in August 2025 it was 32.3 percentage points. So, in five months, the balance of attitude towards the USA increased by 19 percentage points.
Brazil is perceived much more neutrally. 28% of Ukrainians expressed a positive attitude, while 59.7% chose a neutral answer, 8.6% - a negative answer, and another 3.7% were undecided. The balance of positive and negative evaluations is 19.4 percentage points. against 21 v.p. in March 2026 and 12 in August 2025.
Thus, the data show significant differences within the group: Canada and Australia are characterized by a high level of formed positive attitudes, in the USA positive assessments also prevail and have significantly increased compared to March, while a neutral position dominates in relation to Brazil. In general, Canada leads the entire rating of the studied states with a plus balance of 73.8 percentage points.
The founder of the Experts Club information and analytical center, deputy director of Interfax-Ukraine IA, Candidate of Economic Sciences Maksym Urakin emphasized the need for systematic communication between foreign countries and Ukrainian society.
The study was conducted in August 2026 by the method of self-completion of online questionnaires in the SunFlowerSociology panel among 800 citizens of Ukraine over the age of 18. According to the organizers, the sample is representative in terms of age, gender and region, the maximum theoretical statistical error for indicators at the 50% level is ±3.5 percentage points. This is the third wave of the survey after the surveys of August 2025 and March 2026.
