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Ranked: Where People Trust Each Other Most, by Country

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Key Takeaways

• Most people can be trusted in the Nordics, according to survey data from 2022, published 2024.
• Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Iceland occupy five of the top six spots of most trusting countries.
• China’s position (rank 4th, at 63%) is the only non-Western country in the top tier of trust.

Trust is the social glue that binds communities, shapes institutions, and fuels economic activity.

The infographic linked above ranks 90 economies by the share of adults who agree that “most people can be trusted,” using nationally representative survey data from 2022, published 2024.

The data for this visualization comes from Integrated Values Surveys, accessed via Our World in Data.

Ranked: Most and Least Trusting Countries

Denmark leads with 74% of respondents saying that most people can be trusted, followed closely by Norway (72%) and Finland (68%).

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Rank	Country	Code	(%) Agree with "Most people can be trusted."

Rank	Country	Code	(%) Agree with "Most people can be trusted."
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	DNK	74
2	🇳🇴 Norway	NOR	72
3	🇫🇮 Finland	FIN	68
4	🇨🇳 China	CHN	63
5	🇸🇪 Sweden	SWE	63
6	🇮🇸 Iceland	ISL	62
7	🇨🇭 Switzerland	CHE	59
8	🇳🇱 Netherlands	NLD	57
9	🇳🇿 New Zealand	NZL	57
10	🇦🇹 Austria	AUT	50

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Note: From samples of roughly 1,000–1,500+ interviews of adults per country, conducted in waves. Responses shown to the question, “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”. The UK includes England, Scotland, and Wales, with Northern Ireland listed separately. Figures are rounded. Major processing done by Our World in Data.

Long-standing welfare systems, low corruption, and transparent governments foster consistent high trust across the Nordic region.

ℹ️ Related: See how the latest corruption index performances correlate with these trust scores.

Middling Trust in the Anglosphere and Western Europe

English-speaking nations occupy the middle of the pack. New Zealand (57%) and Australia (49%) perform better than Canada (47%), the UK (43%), and the U.S. (37%).

Western European countries show similar dispersion: Switzerland (59%) and the Netherlands (57%) outpace Germany (42%), France (26%), and Italy (27%).

Differences in income inequality and political polarization help explain these gaps.

ℹ️ Related: See which countries are the most politically polarized.

Low-Trust Soceities

Several Latin American nations—Peru (4%), Nicaragua (4%), Colombia (5%), and Ecuador (6%)—rank near the bottom.

Chronic political instability, high crime rates, and economic volatility contribute to scarce interpersonal trust.

In the Middle East, Iraq (11%), Lebanon (10%), and Egypt (7%) also report very low levels, reflecting decades of conflict and governance challenges.

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