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

Chile

12.9%

in 2022

Nigeria

13.0%

in 2022

Chile rank

35th

Nigeria rank

34th

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

Chile
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 13.0% against 12.9% in Chile, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Chile ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 35th and Nigeria ranks 34th 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: 06 August 2026

% 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".