For display and readability reasons, the bars might be slightly offset from the official boundaries of the continent. The countries considered for each continent remain the same as in the official World Bank delimitation. North America Latin America& the Caribbean The Middle East& North Africa Peace Environmental protection Equality Human values & virtues Global happiness Safety and security Basic needs for all Fairer economic system Better world 36 % 19 % 24 % 10 % 10 % 31 % 15 % 16 % 10 % 7 % 42 % 11 % 13 % 9 % 7 % When I think about the future, what I wish… for the world North America Peace Human values & virtues Environ-mentalprotection Globalhappiness Basic needs for all 36 % 19 % 24 % 10 % 10 % For participants growing up in North America, their main wishes for the world relate to peace (35%), environmental protection, (24%) and personal values and virtues (18%). In addition to a peaceful world, they also express their hope of putting an end to all violence, so that they can feel safe. Regarding the environment, their priority is to solve the problem of climate change. They have a lot to say about the concept of happiness (10%) and their desire to see everyone’s basic needs met (9%), by working to eradicate world hunger and poverty. The Middle East & North Africa Participants growing up in the Middle East and North Africa appear to be particularly worried about the balance of power in the world, as 42% of them expressed a wish for a peaceful world, the end of all wars, and increased safety and security. To a lesser extent, they would like to see an increased prevalence of certain human values and virtues (12%), such as solidarity and love. Environmental protection meanwhile was mentioned by one out of 10 participants. Peace Environ-mentalprotection Human values & virtues Better wor-ld Safety and security 42 % 11 % 13 % 9 % 7 % Latin America & the Caribbean Nearly a third of participants (30%) from Latin America and the Caribbean expressed their desire to live in a peaceful world. Their second aspiration related to personal values and virtues (15%), and more particularly respect, love, and solidarity. The environmental situation is also one of their priorities (15%) since they expressed a wish to live in a better environment and increase environmental awareness. Peace Environ-mentalprotection Human values & virtues Better world Equality 31 % 15 % 16 % 10 % 7 % Europe & Central Asia For participants from Europe and Central Asia, their main wishes for the future of the world are to do with environmental protection and peace (33% respectively). They would also like to see a world where certain human values and virtues, such as respect, are stronger, a world that would be more egalitarian (11%) and where the economic system would be fairer (8%), thanks to sustainable development. Peace Human values & virtues Environ-mentalprotection Equality Fairereconomic system 34 % 15 % 33 % 11 % 8 % Sub-Saharan Africa Just like most of the other participants, respondents from Sub-Saharan Africa hope first and foremost for world peace when thinking about the future (28%). Environmental protection is only in fourth place (13%), behind the desire to see a strengthening of human values and virtues (17%)and a better world (14%). Peace Better world Human values & virtues Environ-mentalprotection Globalhappiness 28 % 14 % 17 % 14 % 4 % South Asia Environmental protection (21%) is the primary wish for the world expressed by participants from South Asia. Talk of reducing pollution takes second place in this topic. Peace and human values and virtues also feature significantly in their contributions (19% and 15% respectively). Seven percent of them said they would like the world to be a happier place. Environ-mental pro-tection Human values & virtues Peace Better wor-ld Globalhappiness 22 % 16 % 20% 10 % 7 % East Asia & the Pacific The majority of participants in East Asia and the Pacific talked about peace (42%), environmental protection (21%), and strengthening human values and virtues (11%) such as solidarity, kindness and care. They want a better world, one that is more sustainable and fairer in economic terms, and one where everyone is happy. Peace Human values & virtues Environ-mental pro-tection Better world Fairer eco-nomic sys-tem 42 % 11 % 21 % 6 % 5 %