Iceland vs Netherlands: Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted"

Iceland
62.3%
in 2022
Netherlands
57.0%
in 2022
Iceland rank
6th
Netherlands rank
7th

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

  • Iceland
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 62.3% against 57.0% in Netherlands, a difference of 5.2%.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Iceland ahead.

Globally, Iceland ranks 6th and Netherlands ranks 7th 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".