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

Denmark
73.9%
in 2022
Finland
68.4%
in 2022
Denmark rank
1st
Finland rank
3rd

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

  • Denmark
  • Finland
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 73.9% against 68.4% in Finland, a difference of 5.5%.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Finland ahead.

Globally, Denmark ranks 1st and Finland ranks 3rd 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".