China vs Denmark: Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted"

China
63.5%
in 2022
Denmark
73.9%
in 2022
China rank
4th
Denmark rank
1st

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

  • China
  • Denmark
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 73.9% against 63.5% in China, a difference of 10.4%.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.2 times China's.

Globally, China ranks 4th and Denmark ranks 1st 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".