Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted" by country
% 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".
What the numbers show
Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted" is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 73.9% in Denmark; the lowest is 4.2% in Peru.
The median across all reporting countries is 27.3%, and the mean is 33.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 102.2%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 32.9%).
Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted": full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 73.9% | 2022 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 2 | Norway | 72.1% | 2022 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 3 | Finland | 68.4% | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 4 | China | 63.5% | 2022 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 5 | Sweden | 62.8% | 2022 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 6 | Iceland | 62.3% | 2022 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands | 57.0% | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 48.5% | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 46.7% | 2022 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 43.3% | 2022 | up 22.5% | flat |
| 11 | Germany | 41.6% | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 41.0% | 2022 | up 48.2% | flat |
| 13 | Belarus | 40.0% | 2022 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 14 | United States | 37.0% | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 15 | Estonia | 33.9% | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 16 | Japan | 33.7% | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 17 | South Korea | 32.9% | 2022 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 18 | Lithuania | 31.7% | 2022 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 19 | Ukraine | 28.3% | 2022 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 20 | Czechia | 27.3% | 2022 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 21 | Hungary | 27.2% | 2022 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 22 | Italy | 26.6% | 2022 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 23 | France | 26.3% | 2022 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 24 | Slovenia | 25.3% | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 25 | Poland | 24.1% | 2022 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 26 | South Africa | 23.3% | 2014 | up 102.2% | falling |
| 27 | Russia | 22.9% | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 28 | Latvia | 22.2% | 2022 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 29 | Slovakia | 21.6% | 2022 | up 78.4% | falling |
| 30 | Argentina | 19.2% | 2022 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 17.1% | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 32 | India | 16.9% | 2022 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 33 | Turkey | 14.0% | 2022 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 34 | Nigeria | 13.0% | 2022 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 35 | Chile | 12.9% | 2022 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 36 | Romania | 12.1% | 2022 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 37 | Mexico | 10.5% | 2022 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 38 | Brazil | 6.5% | 2022 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 39 | Peru | 4.2% | 2022 | down 32.9% | falling |
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".