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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:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines51.7%
2 Switzerland49.9%
3 South Africa48.9%
4 New Zealand44.0%
5 Norway43.8%
6 Denmark42.7%
7 Sweden38.8%
8 Turkiye36.4%
9 Chile35.6%
10 Netherlands33.3%
11 Russian Federation32.1%
12 Australia30.4%
13 Canada30.3%
14 Finland29.0%
15 Mexico26.2%
16 Republic of Korea 25.6%
17 United Kingdom25.5%
18 Spain24.0%
19 United States23.5%
20 France22.8%
21 Austria21.8%
22 Belgium20.8%
23 Bulgaria20.3%
24 Taiwan20.0%
25 Iceland17.0%
26 Germany16.5%
27 Portugal14.1%
28 Croatia13.9%
29 Slovakia13.7%
30 Argentina12.9%
30 Israel12.9%
32 Czech Republic12.8%
33 Slovenia9.9%
34 Japan7.5%
35 Lithuania6.2%
36 Latvia6.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 0.481844 X +6.478
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 44516.105693 X +27645.922
Correlation coefficient (r)0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -3.894986 X +80.305
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.453765 X +1.541
Correlation coefficient (r)0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -9.542806 X +15.876
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040