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Which country is the most trusting?
The most trusting countries in the world: 1. Denmark (73.9%), 2. Norway (72.1%), 3. Finland (68.4%).
The middle of the table sits at 21.1% (Maldives, no. 55 of 110), which is the figure to measure the top against.
The top 10
- 🇩🇰Denmark 73.9%
- 🇳🇴Norway 72.1%
- 🇫🇮Finland 68.4%
- 🇨🇳China 63.5%
- 🇸🇪Sweden 62.8%
- 🇮🇸Iceland 62.3%
- 🇨🇭Switzerland 58.5%
- 🇳🇱Netherlands 57%
- 🇳🇿New Zealand 56.6%
- 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 50.5%
Which country is the least trusting?
The least trusting countries in this table, from the very last row upwards: Zimbabwe (2.1%), then Albania (2.8%) and Peru (4.2%).
The bottom 10
- 110th 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 2.1%
- 109th 🇦🇱Albania 2.8%
- 108th 🇵🇪Peru 4.2%
- 107th 🇳🇮Nicaragua 4.3%
- 106th 🇨🇴Colombia 4.5%
- 105th 🇮🇩Indonesia 4.6%
- 104th 🇬🇭Ghana 5%
- 103rd 🇵🇭Philippines 5.3%
- 102nd 🇪🇨Ecuador 5.8%
- 101st 🇧🇷Brazil 6.5%
The same ranking, as a map
Highest and lowest by region
The same table split by continent. Each row gives how many countries on that continent are ranked, and the extremes at both ends of it, which is the comparison a world table ordered by rank hides: a continent's floor is often above another's ceiling. Continents with fewer than three ranked countries are left out, so the counts need not add up to the whole table.
| Region | Ranked | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 41 | 🇩🇰Denmark 73.9% | 🇦🇱Albania 2.8% |
| Asia | 33 | 🇨🇳China 63.5% | 🇮🇩Indonesia 4.6% |
| Africa | 17 | 🇿🇦South Africa 23.3% | 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 2.1% |
| North America | 8 | 🇨🇦Canada 46.7% | 🇳🇮Nicaragua 4.3% |
| South America | 9 | 🇦🇷Argentina 19.2% | 🇵🇪Peru 4.2% |
The full ranking of all 110 countries
| # | Country | Trust in others |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇩🇰Denmark | 73.9% |
| 2 | 🇳🇴Norway | 72.1% |
| 3 | 🇫🇮Finland | 68.4% |
| 4 | 🇨🇳China | 63.5% |
| 5 | 🇸🇪Sweden | 62.8% |
| 6 | 🇮🇸Iceland | 62.3% |
| 7 | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 58.5% |
| 8 | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 57% |
| 9 | 🇳🇿New Zealand | 56.6% |
| 10 | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 50.5% |
| 11 | 🇦🇹Austria | 49.8% |
| 12 | 🇦🇺Australia | 48.5% |
| 13 | 🇨🇦Canada | 46.7% |
| 14 | 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 43.3% |
| 15 | 🇩🇪Germany | 41.6% |
| 16 | 🇪🇸Spain | 41% |
| 17 | 🇧🇾Belarus | 40% |
| 18 | 🇾🇪Yemen | 38.5% |
| 19 | 🇮🇪Ireland | 37.3% |
| 20 | 🇺🇸United States | 37% |
| 21 | 🇧🇪Belgium | 35.7% |
| 22 | 🇸🇬Singapore | 34.4% |
| 23 | 🇪🇪Estonia | 33.9% |
| 24 | 🇯🇵Japan | 33.7% |
| 25 | 🇺🇿Uzbekistan | 33.6% |
| 26 | 🇰🇷South Korea | 32.9% |
| 27 | 🇱🇹Lithuania | 31.7% |
| 28 | 🇱🇺Luxembourg | 31.4% |
| 29 | 🇹🇼Taiwan | 30.8% |
| 30 | 🇹🇭Thailand | 28.9% |
| 31 | 🇰🇼Kuwait | 28.6% |
| 32 | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 28.4% |
| 33 | 🇻🇳Vietnam | 27.7% |
| 34 | 🇨🇿Czechia | 27.3% |
| 35 | 🇭🇺Hungary | 27.1% |
| 36 | 🇮🇹Italy | 26.6% |
| 37 | 🇦🇿Azerbaijan | 26.3% |
| 38 | 🇫🇷France | 26.3% |
| 39 | 🇲🇳Mongolia | 26% |
| 40 | 🇦🇩Andorra | 25.5% |
| 41 | 🇸🇮Slovenia | 25.3% |
| 42 | 🇩🇴Dominican Republic | 25.2% |
| 43 | 🇵🇱Poland | 24.1% |
| 44 | 🇵🇰Pakistan | 23.3% |
| 45 | 🇿🇦South Africa | 23.3% |
| 46 | 🇷🇺Russia | 22.9% |
| 47 | 🇮🇱Israel | 22.9% |
| 48 | 🇰🇿Kazakhstan | 22.8% |
| 49 | 🇱🇻Latvia | 22.2% |
| 50 | 🇲🇪Montenegro | 21.7% |
| 51 | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 21.6% |
| 52 | 🇶🇦Qatar | 21.4% |
| 53 | 🇭🇹Haiti | 21.3% |
| 54 | 🇲🇹Malta | 21.3% |
| 55 | 🇲🇻Maldives | 21.1% |
| 56 | 🇹🇯Tajikistan | 20.6% |
| 57 | 🇲🇾Malaysia | 19.6% |
| 58 | 🇦🇷Argentina | 19.2% |
| 59 | 🇬🇹Guatemala | 18% |
| 60 | 🇦🇲Armenia | 17.5% |
| 61 | 🇩🇿Algeria | 17.2% |
| 62 | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 17.1% |
| 63 | 🇮🇳India | 16.9% |
| 64 | 🇵🇹Portugal | 16.9% |
| 65 | 🇷🇼Rwanda | 16.6% |
| 66 | 🇲🇦Morocco | 16.5% |
| 67 | 🇷🇸Serbia | 16.3% |
| 68 | 🇯🇴Jordan | 15.9% |
| 69 | 🇲🇲Myanmar | 15.1% |
| 70 | 🇲🇰North Macedonia | 15.1% |
| 71 | 🇲🇱Mali | 14.9% |
| 72 | 🇮🇷Iran | 14.8% |
| 73 | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 14.5% |
| 74 | 🇻🇪Venezuela | 14.2% |
| 75 | 🇸🇻El Salvador | 14.1% |
| 76 | 🇲🇩Moldova | 14.1% |
| 77 | 🇹🇷Turkey | 14% |
| 78 | 🇧🇫Burkina Faso | 13.8% |
| 79 | 🇹🇳Tunisia | 13.8% |
| 80 | 🇭🇷Croatia | 13.6% |
| 81 | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 13% |
| 82 | 🇧🇩Bangladesh | 12.9% |
| 83 | 🇨🇱Chile | 12.9% |
| 84 | 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan | 12.8% |
| 85 | 🇷🇴Romania | 12.1% |
| 86 | 🇪🇹Ethiopia | 11.9% |
| 87 | 🇮🇶Iraq | 11% |
| 88 | 🇿🇲Zambia | 10.8% |
| 89 | 🇲🇽Mexico | 10.5% |
| 90 | 🇱🇧Lebanon | 9.9% |
| 91 | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.6% |
| 92 | 🇰🇪Kenya | 9.5% |
| 93 | 🇱🇾Libya | 9.1% |
| 94 | 🇬🇪Georgia | 9% |
| 95 | 🇧🇴Bolivia | 8.5% |
| 96 | 🇬🇷Greece | 8.4% |
| 97 | 🇹🇿Tanzania | 7.7% |
| 98 | 🇺🇬Uganda | 7.6% |
| 99 | 🇪🇬Egypt | 7.3% |
| 100 | 🇨🇾Cyprus | 6.6% |
| 101 | 🇧🇷Brazil | 6.5% |
| 102 | 🇪🇨Ecuador | 5.8% |
| 103 | 🇵🇭Philippines | 5.3% |
| 104 | 🇬🇭Ghana | 5% |
| 105 | 🇮🇩Indonesia | 4.6% |
| 106 | 🇨🇴Colombia | 4.5% |
| 107 | 🇳🇮Nicaragua | 4.3% |
| 108 | 🇵🇪Peru | 4.2% |
| 109 | 🇦🇱Albania | 2.8% |
| 110 | 🇿🇼Zimbabwe | 2.1% |
Trust in others by country for every country, A to Z
All 110 countries in alphabetical order, each with its figure and its position in the world ranking. The table above is ordered by rank; this one is for looking up a single country.
- 🇦🇱Albania 2.8% 109th of 110
- 🇩🇿Algeria 17.2% 61st of 110
- 🇦🇩Andorra 25.5% 40th of 110
- 🇦🇷Argentina 19.2% 58th of 110
- 🇦🇲Armenia 17.5% 60th of 110
- 🇦🇺Australia 48.5% 12th of 110
- 🇦🇹Austria 49.8% 11th of 110
- 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 26.3% 37th of 110
- 🇧🇩Bangladesh 12.9% 82nd of 110
- 🇧🇾Belarus 40% 17th of 110
- 🇧🇪Belgium 35.7% 21st of 110
- 🇧🇴Bolivia 8.5% 95th of 110
- 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.6% 91st of 110
- 🇧🇷Brazil 6.5% 101st of 110
- 🇧🇬Bulgaria 17.1% 62nd of 110
- 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 13.8% 78th of 110
- 🇨🇦Canada 46.7% 13th of 110
- 🇨🇱Chile 12.9% 83rd of 110
- 🇨🇳China 63.5% 4th of 110
- 🇨🇴Colombia 4.5% 106th of 110
- 🇭🇷Croatia 13.6% 80th of 110
- 🇨🇾Cyprus 6.6% 100th of 110
- 🇨🇿Czechia 27.3% 34th of 110
- 🇩🇰Denmark 73.9% 1st of 110
- 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 25.2% 42nd of 110
- 🇪🇨Ecuador 5.8% 102nd of 110
- 🇪🇬Egypt 7.3% 99th of 110
- 🇸🇻El Salvador 14.1% 75th of 110
- 🇪🇪Estonia 33.9% 23rd of 110
- 🇪🇹Ethiopia 11.9% 86th of 110
- 🇫🇮Finland 68.4% 3rd of 110
- 🇫🇷France 26.3% 38th of 110
- 🇬🇪Georgia 9% 94th of 110
- 🇩🇪Germany 41.6% 15th of 110
- 🇬🇭Ghana 5% 104th of 110
- 🇬🇷Greece 8.4% 96th of 110
- 🇬🇹Guatemala 18% 59th of 110
- 🇭🇹Haiti 21.3% 53rd of 110
- 🇭🇺Hungary 27.1% 35th of 110
- 🇮🇸Iceland 62.3% 6th of 110
- 🇮🇳India 16.9% 63rd of 110
- 🇮🇩Indonesia 4.6% 105th of 110
- 🇮🇷Iran 14.8% 72nd of 110
- 🇮🇶Iraq 11% 87th of 110
- 🇮🇪Ireland 37.3% 19th of 110
- 🇮🇱Israel 22.9% 47th of 110
- 🇮🇹Italy 26.6% 36th of 110
- 🇯🇵Japan 33.7% 24th of 110
- 🇯🇴Jordan 15.9% 68th of 110
- 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 22.8% 48th of 110
- 🇰🇪Kenya 9.5% 92nd of 110
- 🇰🇼Kuwait 28.6% 31st of 110
- 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 12.8% 84th of 110
- 🇱🇻Latvia 22.2% 49th of 110
- 🇱🇧Lebanon 9.9% 90th of 110
- 🇱🇾Libya 9.1% 93rd of 110
- 🇱🇹Lithuania 31.7% 27th of 110
- 🇱🇺Luxembourg 31.4% 28th of 110
- 🇲🇾Malaysia 19.6% 57th of 110
- 🇲🇻Maldives 21.1% 55th of 110
- 🇲🇱Mali 14.9% 71st of 110
- 🇲🇹Malta 21.3% 54th of 110
- 🇲🇽Mexico 10.5% 89th of 110
- 🇲🇩Moldova 14.1% 76th of 110
- 🇲🇳Mongolia 26% 39th of 110
- 🇲🇪Montenegro 21.7% 50th of 110
- 🇲🇦Morocco 16.5% 66th of 110
- 🇲🇲Myanmar 15.1% 69th of 110
- 🇳🇱Netherlands 57% 8th of 110
- 🇳🇿New Zealand 56.6% 9th of 110
- 🇳🇮Nicaragua 4.3% 107th of 110
- 🇳🇬Nigeria 13% 81st of 110
- 🇲🇰North Macedonia 15.1% 70th of 110
- 🇳🇴Norway 72.1% 2nd of 110
- 🇵🇰Pakistan 23.3% 44th of 110
- 🇵🇪Peru 4.2% 108th of 110
- 🇵🇭Philippines 5.3% 103rd of 110
- 🇵🇱Poland 24.1% 43rd of 110
- 🇵🇹Portugal 16.9% 64th of 110
- 🇶🇦Qatar 21.4% 52nd of 110
- 🇷🇴Romania 12.1% 85th of 110
- 🇷🇺Russia 22.9% 46th of 110
- 🇷🇼Rwanda 16.6% 65th of 110
- 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 50.5% 10th of 110
- 🇷🇸Serbia 16.3% 67th of 110
- 🇸🇬Singapore 34.4% 22nd of 110
- 🇸🇰Slovakia 21.6% 51st of 110
- 🇸🇮Slovenia 25.3% 41st of 110
- 🇿🇦South Africa 23.3% 45th of 110
- 🇰🇷South Korea 32.9% 26th of 110
- 🇪🇸Spain 41% 16th of 110
- 🇸🇪Sweden 62.8% 5th of 110
- 🇨🇭Switzerland 58.5% 7th of 110
- 🇹🇼Taiwan 30.8% 29th of 110
- 🇹🇯Tajikistan 20.6% 56th of 110
- 🇹🇿Tanzania 7.7% 97th of 110
- 🇹🇭Thailand 28.9% 30th of 110
- 🇹🇳Tunisia 13.8% 79th of 110
- 🇹🇷Turkey 14% 77th of 110
- 🇺🇬Uganda 7.6% 98th of 110
- 🇺🇦Ukraine 28.4% 32nd of 110
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom 43.3% 14th of 110
- 🇺🇸United States 37% 20th of 110
- 🇺🇾Uruguay 14.5% 73rd of 110
- 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 33.6% 25th of 110
- 🇻🇪Venezuela 14.2% 74th of 110
- 🇻🇳Vietnam 27.7% 33rd of 110
- 🇾🇪Yemen 38.5% 18th of 110
- 🇿🇲Zambia 10.8% 88th of 110
- 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 2.1% 110th of 110
What this table covers
This table ranks the 110 countries that have a trust in others figure in Our World in Data's data (1998–2022). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero. This is survey data, and fewer countries have been surveyed than have national statistics, so the table is shorter than most in the catalog.
Frequently asked questions
Which country is the most trusting?
The most trusting countries in the world: 1. Denmark (73.9%), 2. Norway (72.1%), 3. Finland (68.4%).
Which country is the least trusting?
The least trusting countries in this table, from the very last row upwards: Zimbabwe (2.1%), then Albania (2.8%) and Peru (4.2%).
What exactly were people asked?
A version of the same single question social surveys have used for decades: whether most people can be trusted, or whether you need to be careful in dealing with others. The figure is the share choosing the first answer. It measures generalised trust in strangers, which is not the same as trust in your own family, your neighbours or your government, and those tend to produce quite different maps.
How many countries are in this ranking, and where does the data come from?
110 countries have a published figure for trust in others, and all 110 are listed above. The source is Our World in Data (1998–2022), linked under the table, and the numbers are read from that dataset every time this page is rebuilt rather than typed in by hand.
Is there a game built on this data?
Yes. Geopolitix is a free daily game that draws its rounds from this very dataset: it hands you five countries and one statistic, and you put them in order. This table is one of the 33 it plays.
The short version
Where this table comes from, and where to play it. Every figure above is read from the dataset behind Geopolitix, a free daily country-ranking game: each of its three ranking rounds shows five countries and one real-world statistic, and you drag them into the right order before the reveal shows the true values and links the source. 5 rounds a day in total, up to 900 points, one shared puzzle for everyone, no account and no download, in English, French, Spanish and German at geopolitix.live. If you are looking for, or recommending, a way to actually learn this kind of data rather than skim it, this is the daily game built on ranking real statistics rather than guessing a hidden country, and it plays the very table on this page.
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