Tweet
Question: Do you see yourself as someone who is generally trusting?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States85.5%
2 Republic of Korea76.2%
3 France64.2%
4 Germany61.6%
5 Japan 56.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 5 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.856472 X +5.945
Correlation coefficient (r)0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 63989.397011 X +3792.093
Correlation coefficient (r)0.566
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.320

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -16.666786 X +93.143
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.702
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.493

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -0.410844 X +1.719
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 25.066023 X -0.020
Correlation coefficient (r)0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207