Eurobarometer is a series of surveys cross-national and cross-temporal comparative social research conducted on behalf of the European Commission and designed to monitor social and political attitudes. Since the early seventies nationally representative samples in all European Union member countries are interviewed at least twice a year. Separate supplementary surveys on special issues, such as attitudes towards European Union enlargement, have been conducted in nearly every wave.

Afrobarometer measures social and political attitudes in Africa. In common with the other barometers, it examines issues of trust in institutions and society, evaluation of the country's political and economic performance, participation and spiritual beliefs. It has a particular focus on how people feel about their living conditions.

Latinobarómetro is an annual public opinion survey of approximately 20.000 interviews in 18 countries in Latin America. The survey started in 1988 in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile and focused on the social underpinnings of these new democracies. As with the other barometers, LatinobarÓmetro surveys opinions, attitudes, behaviors, and values of the people of the region on such issues as the economy, politics, culture, social policies and the distribution of wealth.