Latvia vs Poland: Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted"

Latvia
22.2%
in 2022
Poland
24.1%
in 2022
Latvia rank
28th
Poland rank
25th

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

  • Latvia
  • Poland
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How they compare

Poland currently reports 24.1% against 22.2% in Latvia, a difference of 1.9%.

That makes Poland's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Poland ahead.

Globally, Latvia ranks 28th and Poland ranks 25th 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".