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The map above shows the percentage of residents in various European countries who are willing to fight and go to war for their country.

Full results below:

From high to low, these are the percentages by country:

74% – Finland

73% – Turkey

62% – Ukraine

59% – Russia

58% – Kosovo

55% – Bosnia and Herzegovina

55% – Sweden

54% – Greece

47% – Poland

46% – Serbia

41% – Latvia

39% – Switzerland

38% – Ireland

38% – Macedonia

38% – Romania

37% – Denmark

29% – France

28% – Portugal

27% – United Kingdom

26% – Iceland

25% – Bulgaria

23% – Czech Republic

21% – Austria

21% – Spain

20% – Italy

19% – Belgium

18% – Germany

15% – The Netherlands

The results are from a 2015 WIN/Gallup International global survey. The sample size and methodology was as follows:

A total of 62,398 persons were interviewed globally. In each country a representative sample of around 1000 men and women was interviewed either face to face (30 countries; n=32258), via telephone (12 countries; n=9784) or online (22 countries; n=20356). Details are attached. The field work was conducted during September 2014 – December 2014. The margin of error for the survey is between 2.14 and 4.45 +3-5% at 95% confidence level.

Europe is the continent with the fewest people willing to fight a war for their country. Globally, an average of 61% of respondents in 64 countries said they would. Morocco (94%), Fiji (94%), Pakistan (89%), Vietnam (89%) and Bangladesh (86%) had the highest percentage willing to fight.

The country with the fewest people willing to go to war was Japan, with just 11% of respondents saying they would fight.

Since World War Two, Europe has been relatively peaceful with major exceptions of the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s and various political suppressions during the Cold War. However, the 19th century was also a relatively peaceful time for Europe that ended with the start of World War I.

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