Netherlands vs Sweden: Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted"
Netherlands
57.0%
in 2022
Sweden
62.8%
in 2022
Netherlands rank
7th
Sweden rank
5th
Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted" over time
- Netherlands
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 62.8% against 57.0% in Netherlands, a difference of 5.7%.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Sweden ahead.
Globally, Netherlands ranks 7th and Sweden ranks 5th of 39 countries.
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About this data
% 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".