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

Finland
68.4%
in 2022
Norway
72.1%
in 2022
Finland rank
3rd
Norway rank
2nd

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

  • Finland
  • Norway
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 72.1% against 68.4% in Finland, a difference of 3.7%.

That makes Norway'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, Finland ranks 3rd and Norway ranks 2nd 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".