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

Finland
68.4%
in 2022
Sweden
62.8%
in 2022
Finland rank
3rd
Sweden rank
5th

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

  • Finland
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Finland currently reports 68.4% against 62.8% in Sweden, a difference of 5.6%.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Finland ahead.

Globally, Finland ranks 3rd and Sweden ranks 5th 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".