Media Release: Financial Worries Rise and Match Health Concerns as Cost-of-Living Pressures Mount in 2026
Households around the world are feeling the strain of the rising cost of living, with financial pressure increasingly shaping everyday choices and long-term confidence. Finances and health are now tied as the top global worries, at 48% each, followed by concerns about the future at 35%, according to consumer surveys in 10 countries published in “The Allianz 3am Report 2026.”
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Allianz / IPSOS “What Worries the World” Study, April – June 2026.
Financial worries, which include concerns about “rising cost of living” (71%) and “insufficient income” (51%), increased in seven out of eight countries surveyed year over year, moving up in the ranking of top three worries in Brazil, France, Germany, and the U.K., while remaining stable in Italy. The strongest increases are observed in Australia and Indonesia, where financial concerns have remained the leading worry, as well as in Turkey (from 42% to 49%). In the two countries added to this year's survey, Spain and Switzerland, financial worries also rank among the top two concerns. At the same time, many people lack the financial knowledge needed to save effectively, build wealth and plan for long-term security, a gap Allianz aims to help close with its new financial and risk learning platform, “Allianz School For Life.”
