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

Peru
4.2%
in 2022
Romania
12.1%
in 2022
Peru rank
39th
Romania rank
36th

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

  • Peru
  • Romania
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How they compare

Romania currently reports 12.1% against 4.2% in Peru, a difference of 8.0%.

That makes Romania's figure about 2.9 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Romania ahead.

Globally, Peru ranks 39th 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".