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

Nigeria
13.0%
in 2022
Romania
12.1%
in 2022
Nigeria rank
34th
Romania rank
36th

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

  • Nigeria
  • Romania
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 13.0% against 12.1% in Romania, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Nigeria ahead.

Globally, Nigeria ranks 34th and Romania ranks 36th 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".