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

Spain
41.0%
in 2022
United States
37.0%
in 2022
Spain rank
12th
United States rank
14th

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

  • Spain
  • United States
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 41.0% against 37.0% in United States, a difference of 3.9%.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 1984 it was United States ahead.

Globally, Spain ranks 12th and United States ranks 14th 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".