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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark81.7%
2 Iceland73.7%
3 Sweden73.3%
4 India72.7%
5 Finland 69.4%
6 Switzerland66.2%
7 New Zealand65.3%
8 Germany58.5%
9 Czech Republic58.4%
10 Austria58.1%
11 Australia57.9%
12 United Kingdom56.4%
13 China54.6%
14 Spain53.1%
15 Mexico48.0%
16 Thailand47.8%
17 Hungary46.7%
18 Lithuania44.9%
19 Israel44.1%
20 Slovakia43.2%
21 United States40.9%
22 France40.5%
23 Croatia40.4%
24 Japan35.1%
25 Russian Federation34.7%
26 Slovenia33.6%
27 Taiwan32.4%
28 Philippines31.4%
29 South Africa29.8%
30 Suriname20.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2.389297 X +5.322
Correlation coefficient (r)0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 87677.535533 X -8503.083
Correlation coefficient (r)0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 15.476066 X +70.434
Correlation coefficient (r)0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.781668 X +2.128
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.308
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -13.798895 X +20.768
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.351
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.123