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Question: How much you agree or disagree with the statement "Most civil servants can be trusted to do what is best for the country"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland55.6%
2 Norway47.6%
3 Denmark44.1%
3 Finland44.1%
5 New Zealand36.9%
6 Australia33.0%
7 United Kingdom32.6%
8 Germany30.6%
9 Iceland29.0%
10 Hungary26.9%
11 Sweden25.8%
12 Belgium25.2%
13 Latvia24.4%
14 Turkiye23.7%
15 France22.7%
16 Israel22.5%
17 Republic of Korea21.5%
18 United States21.4%
19 Japan 17.3%
20 Slovakia16.5%
21 Czech Republic16.4%
22 Chile15.4%
22 Spain15.4%
24 Slovenia14.9%
25 Lithuania8.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.626274 X +6.031
Correlation coefficient (r)0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 146364.215070 X +8008.575
Correlation coefficient (r)0.724
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.524

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 8.997369 X +78.312
Correlation coefficient (r)0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.083878 X +1.567
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -7.043089 X +12.856
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035