The Note: Median percentage for \"leading economic power\" based on 35 countries surveyed in both 2014 and 2015 is still regarded as the top economic power, even more so than last year, but most people around the world continue to believe that China either will eventually replace or already has replaced the Note: Median percentage for \"leading economic power\" based on 35 countries surveyed in both 2014 and 2015 as the world’s leading superpower.