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Question: Generally speaking, would you say that people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?
Choices: "People can almost always be trusted" "People can usually be trusted" "You usually can't be too careful in dealing with people" "You almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people"
Data: % of "People can almost always be trusted" "People can usually be trusted"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark85.1%
2 Norway82.8%
3 Finland72.2%
4 Iceland71.8%
5 Sweden70.7%
6 New Zealand67.9%
7 Austria66.2%
8 Australia62.7%
9 Switzerland62.6%
10 Czech Republic56.1%
11 Germany55.7%
12 United Kingdom53.1%
13 Israel50.0%
14 United States45.1%
15 France43.2%
16 Lithuania39.5%
17 Japan 38.0%
18 South Africa31.1%
19 Taiwan29.7%
20 Slovenia29.3%
21 Venezuela27.8%
22 Thailand27.1%
23 Italy26.3%
24 Croatia24.2%
25 Philippines20.5%
26 Bulgaria18.2%
27 Russian Federation15.2%
28 Suriname14.3%
29 Chile13.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 2.595896 X +5.436
Correlation coefficient (r)0.855
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.731

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 104232.399872 X -7008.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.830
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.689

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 16.625079 X +70.791
Correlation coefficient (r)0.637
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.406

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.304826 X +1.881
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -3.960891 X +12.869
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022