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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:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 India56.3%
2 Switzerland55.6%
3 Philippines55.3%
4 Norway47.6%
5 Taiwan46.3%
6 Denmark44.1%
6 Finland44.1%
8 New Zealand36.9%
9 Georgia35.4%
10 South Africa35.0%
11 Australia33.0%
12 United Kingdom32.6%
13 Thailand31.4%
14 Venezuela31.2%
15 Germany30.6%
16 Iceland29.0%
17 Hungary26.9%
18 Sweden25.8%
19 Belgium25.2%
20 Latvia24.4%
21 Turkiye23.7%
22 Suriname23.2%
23 France22.7%
24 Israel22.5%
25 Republic of Korea21.5%
26 United States21.4%
27 Japan 17.3%
28 Slovakia16.5%
29 Czech Republic16.4%
30 Chile15.4%
30 Spain15.4%
32 Slovenia14.9%
33 Russian Federation13.0%
34 Croatia11.7%
35 Lithuania8.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 203 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.072467 X +6.461
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.012
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 44562.132000 X +23961.494
Correlation coefficient (r)0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -5.458856 X +79.858
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.932733 X +1.398
Correlation coefficient (r)0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -11.346727 X +14.667
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063