Australia vs Germany: Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted"

Australia
48.5%
in 2022
Germany
41.6%
in 2022
Australia rank
8th
Germany rank
11th

Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted" over time

  • Australia
  • Germany
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 48.5% against 41.6% in Germany, a difference of 6.9%.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Germany's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Globally, Australia ranks 8th and Germany ranks 11th of 39 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted"
Unit
%
Source
Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
39 places, 225 data points, 1984–2022
Last refreshed

% of respondents replying "Most people can be trusted" when asked "Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you need to be very careful in dealing with people?" Possible answers include "Most people can be trusted", "Do not know" and "Need to be very careful".