Brazil vs Chile: Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted"

Brazil
6.5%
in 2022
Chile
12.9%
in 2022
Brazil rank
38th
Chile rank
35th

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

  • Brazil
  • Chile
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 12.9% against 6.5% in Brazil, a difference of 6.4%.

That makes Chile's figure about 2.0 times Brazil's.

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

Globally, Brazil ranks 38th and Chile ranks 35th 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".