Mexico vs Nigeria: Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted"

Mexico
10.5%
in 2022
Nigeria
13.0%
in 2022
Mexico rank
37th
Nigeria rank
34th

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

  • Mexico
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 13.0% against 10.5% in Mexico, a difference of 2.5%.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.

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

Globally, Mexico ranks 37th and Nigeria ranks 34th 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".