Trust between people: ranking of countries
Order: lowest value first. Higher is better.
Trust between people: ranking of countries: Zimbabwe ranks first (2%) and Denmark last (74%). The median across 114 countries is 20%. Observation period: latest available year. Source: Our World in Data (surveys).
Self-reported interpersonal trust from surveys; wording and year differ between countries. Institutional trust (in courts, police, government) is a separate indicator, not yet connected.
Data quality: survey; wording and year differ between countries.
| # | Country | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 2% | 2022 |
| 2 | Albania | 3% | 2022 |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3% | 2014 |
| 4 | Peru | 4% | 2022 |
| 5 | Nicaragua | 4% | 2022 |
| 6 | Colombia | 5% | 2022 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 5% | 2022 |
| 8 | Ghana | 5% | 2014 |
| 9 | Philippines | 5% | 2022 |
| 10 | Ecuador | 6% | 2022 |
| 11 | Brazil | 7% | 2022 |
| 12 | Cyprus | 7% | 2022 |
| 13 | Egypt | 7% | 2022 |
| 14 | Uganda | 8% | 2004outdated |
| 15 | Tanzania | 8% | 2004outdated |
| 16 | Greece | 8% | 2022 |
| 17 | Bolivia | 9% | 2022 |
| 18 | Georgia | 9% | 2022 |
| 19 | Libya | 9% | 2022 |
| 20 | Kenya | 10% | 2022 |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10% | 2022 |
| 22 | Lebanon | 10% | 2022 |
| 23 | Mexico | 11% | 2022 |
| 24 | Zambia | 11% | 2010outdated |
| 25 | Iraq | 11% | 2022 |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 12% | 2022 |
| 27 | Romania | 12% | 2022 |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 13% | 2022 |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 13% | 2022 |
| 30 | Chile | 13% | 2022 |
| 31 | Nigeria | 13% | 2022 |
| 32 | Croatia | 14% | 2022 |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 14% | 2010outdated |
| 34 | Tunisia | 14% | 2022 |
| 35 | Turkey | 14% | 2022 |
| 36 | El Salvador | 14% | 1998outdated |
| 37 | Moldova | 14% | 2010outdated |
| 38 | Venezuela | 14% | 2022 |
| 39 | Uruguay | 15% | 2022 |
| 40 | Iran | 15% | 2022 |
| 41 | Mali | 15% | 2010outdated |
| 42 | Myanmar | 15% | 2022 |
| 43 | North Macedonia | 15% | 2022 |
| 44 | Palestine | 16% | 2014 |
| 45 | Jordan | 16% | 2022 |
| 46 | Serbia | 16% | 2022 |
| 47 | Morocco | 17% | 2022 |
| 48 | Rwanda | 17% | 2014 |
| 49 | India | 17% | 2022 |
| 50 | Portugal | 17% | 2022 |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 17% | 2022 |
| 52 | Algeria | 17% | 2014 |
| 53 | Armenia | 18% | 2022 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | 18% | 2022 |
| 55 | Guatemala | 18% | 2022 |
| 56 | Argentina | 19% | 2022 |
| 57 | Malaysia | 20% | 2022 |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 21% | 2022 |
| 59 | Maldives | 21% | 2022 |
| 60 | Haiti | 21% | 2014 |
| 61 | Malta | 21% | 2010outdated |
| 62 | Qatar | 21% | 2014 |
| 63 | Slovakia | 22% | 2022 |
| 64 | Montenegro | 22% | 2022 |
| 65 | Latvia | 22% | 2022 |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 23% | 2022 |
| 67 | Israel | 23% | 2004outdated |
| 68 | Russia | 23% | 2022 |
| 69 | Pakistan | 23% | 2022 |
| 70 | South Africa | 23% | 2014 |
| 71 | Poland | 24% | 2022 |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 25% | 1998outdated |
| 73 | Slovenia | 25% | 2022 |
| 74 | Andorra | 26% | 2022 |
| 75 | Mongolia | 26% | 2022 |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 26% | 2022 |
| 77 | France | 26% | 2022 |
| 78 | Italy | 27% | 2022 |
| 79 | Hungary | 27% | 2022 |
| 80 | Czechia | 27% | 2022 |
| 81 | Vietnam | 28% | 2022 |
| 82 | Ukraine | 28% | 2022 |
| 83 | Kuwait | 29% | 2014 |
| 84 | Thailand | 29% | 2022 |
| 85 | Luxembourg | 31% | 2010outdated |
| 86 | Lithuania | 32% | 2022 |
| 87 | South Korea | 33% | 2022 |
| 88 | Uzbekistan | 34% | 2022 |
| 89 | Japan | 34% | 2022 |
| 90 | Estonia | 34% | 2022 |
| 91 | Singapore | 34% | 2022 |
| 92 | Belgium | 36% | 2010outdated |
| 93 | Hong Kong | 36% | 2022 |
| 94 | United States | 37% | 2022 |
| 95 | Ireland | 37% | 2010outdated |
| 96 | Yemen | 39% | 2014 |
| 97 | Belarus | 40% | 2022 |
| 98 | Spain | 41% | 2022 |
| 99 | Macao | 41% | 2022 |
| 100 | Germany | 42% | 2022 |
| 101 | United Kingdom | 43% | 2022 |
| 102 | Canada | 47% | 2022 |
| 103 | Australia | 49% | 2022 |
| 104 | Austria | 50% | 2022 |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 51% | 2004outdated |
| 106 | New Zealand | 57% | 2022 |
| 107 | Netherlands | 57% | 2022 |
| 108 | Switzerland | 59% | 2022 |
| 109 | Iceland | 62% | 2022 |
| 110 | Sweden | 63% | 2022 |
| 111 | China | 64% | 2022 |
| 112 | Finland | 68% | 2022 |
| 113 | Norway | 72% | 2022 |
| 114 | Denmark | 74% | 2022 |
Only places with a value for the indicator are ranked; a gap is not a zero. A ranking on one indicator is not an assessment of a place to live.