Spain vs United Kingdom: Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted"

Spain
41.0%
in 2022
United Kingdom
43.3%
in 2022
Spain rank
12th
United Kingdom rank
10th

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

  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 43.3% against 41.0% in Spain, a difference of 2.3%.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1984 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Globally, Spain ranks 12th and United Kingdom ranks 10th 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".