Canada vs Iceland: Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted"
Canada
46.7%
in 2022
Iceland
62.3%
in 2022
Canada rank
9th
Iceland rank
6th
Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted" over time
- Canada
- Iceland
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 62.3% against 46.7% in Canada, a difference of 15.6%.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.3 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Canada ahead.
Globally, Canada ranks 9th and Iceland ranks 6th of 39 countries.
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About this data
% 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".