Estonia vs Lithuania: Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted"

Estonia
33.9%
in 2022
Lithuania
31.7%
in 2022
Estonia rank
15th
Lithuania rank
18th

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

  • Estonia
  • Lithuania
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How they compare

Estonia currently reports 33.9% against 31.7% in Lithuania, a difference of 2.2%.

That makes Estonia's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.

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

Globally, Estonia ranks 15th and Lithuania ranks 18th 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

% 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".