Belarus vs Estonia: Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted"

Belarus
40.0%
in 2022
Estonia
33.9%
in 2022
Belarus rank
13th
Estonia rank
15th

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

  • Belarus
  • Estonia
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How they compare

Belarus currently reports 40.0% against 33.9% in Estonia, a difference of 6.1%.

That makes Belarus's figure about 1.2 times Estonia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Estonia ahead.

Globally, Belarus ranks 13th and Estonia ranks 15th 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
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% 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".