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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Most of the time we can trust people in government to do what is right."
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland 49.9%
2 New Zealand44.0%
3 Norway43.8%
4 Denmark42.7%
5 Sweden38.8%
6 Turkiye36.4%
7 Chile35.6%
8 Netherlands33.3%
9 Australia30.4%
10 Canada30.3%
11 Finland29.0%
12 Mexico26.2%
13 Republic of Korea25.6%
14 United Kingdom25.5%
15 Spain24.0%
16 United States23.5%
17 France22.8%
18 Austria21.8%
19 Belgium20.8%
20 Iceland17.0%
21 Germany16.5%
22 Portugal14.1%
23 Slovakia13.7%
24 Israel12.9%
25 Czech Republic12.8%
26 Slovenia9.9%
27 Japan7.5%
28 Lithuania6.2%
29 Latvia6.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.251698 X +6.456
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 96003.614509 X +21803.998
Correlation coefficient (r)0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 9.563004 X +77.967
Correlation coefficient (r)0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.153848 X +1.652
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -9.916419 X +12.976
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084