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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland 58.3%
2 Philippines48.4%
3 Sweden47.4%
4 Denmark44.6%
5 Russian Federation43.2%
6 Venezuela43.1%
7 South Africa42.0%
8 Georgia39.7%
9 Norway39.6%
10 Australia39.0%
11 India38.5%
12 Finland36.0%
13 Turkiye34.9%
14 Netherlands34.1%
15 Hungary32.4%
16 Austria31.5%
17 Israel30.9%
18 United Kingdom28.6%
19 Iceland27.0%
20 Germany23.1%
21 Taiwan21.7%
22 Belgium21.0%
22 United States21.0%
24 Republic of Korea20.2%
25 Chile19.2%
26 Spain16.7%
27 Czech Republic16.6%
28 Slovakia15.7%
29 France15.1%
30 Poland11.4%
31 Slovenia9.5%
32 Japan9.3%
33 Croatia8.0%
34 Lithuania6.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.178415 X +6.512
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 35067.063566 X +27397.337
Correlation coefficient (r)0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -7.489735 X +80.890
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.109530 X +1.364
Correlation coefficient (r)0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -12.026981 X +16.921
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067