Out of more than 20,000 adults surveyed in 28 countries, a majority opposed the use of lethal autonomous weapon systems - artificial intelligence-powered armaments that can select and attack a target without human involvement. Only in France and India do a minority of adults disapprove of lethal robots on the battlefield.
Source: Anna Fleck, “Should Killer Robots Be Banned?” Statista, Oct. 26, 2022, https://tinyurl.com/24v6v6yu
Data for the graphic are as follows:
| Country | Percentage Who Oppose |
| Sweden | 76.1% |
| Turkey | 73.2% |
| Hungary | 70.4% |
| Germany | 67.8% |
| Mexico | 66.3% |
| Spain | 65.8% |
| South Korea | 64.8% |
| Japan | 59.4% |
| Great Britain | 56.3% |
| United States | 55.4% |
| China | 52.5% |
| France | 47.3% |
| India | 35.7% |