Trust in others, legal system and politics; European comparison

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Trust in others, legal system and politics; European comparison
Personal characteristics	Countries	Periods	Evaluation of trust in Other people (score)	Evaluation of trust in Legal system (score)	Evaluation of trust in Police (score)	Evaluation of trust in Politicians (score)	Evaluation of trust in Parliament (score)	Evaluation of trust in Political parties (score)	Evaluation of trust in European Parliament (score)	Evaluation of trust in United Nations (score)	Percentage of people with trust in Other people (%)	Percentage of people with trust in Legal system (%)	Percentage of people with trust in Police (%)	Percentage of people with trust in Politicians (%)	Percentage of people with trust in Parliament (%)	Percentage of people with trust in Political parties (%)	Percentage of people with trust in European Parliament (%)	Percentage of people with trust in United Nations (%)
Total	Belgium	2002	4.8	4.4	5.6	4.3	5.0	.	4.9	5.1	40	36	57	31	43	.	42	48
Total	Belgium	2004	4.8	4.8	5.8	4.2	4.7	4.3	5.0	5.1	40	42	59	30	37	31	42	46
Total	Belgium	2006	5.0	4.9	5.9	4.4	5.0	4.4	5.1	5.3	42	43	63	30	42	32	47	50
Total	Belgium	2008	5.1	4.9	6.0	4.0	4.6	4.0	5.1	5.3	46	43	63	26	34	24	46	51
Total	Belgium	2010	5.0	4.9	6.0	3.9	4.5	3.9	5.0	5.3	43	43	64	24	34	23	45	48
Total	Belgium	2012	5.1	4.9	6.1	4.3	5.0	4.2	5.1	5.5	46	44	66	31	44	30	47	53
Total	Belgium	2014	5.0	5.0	6.0	4.1	4.8	4.1	4.8	5.2	43	47	66	29	43	28	42	47
Total	Belgium	2016	5.2	5.3	6.4	4.1	4.8	4.0	4.6	5.3	48	52	73	28	42	27	39	50
Total	Belgium	2018	5.1	5.3	6.5	4.2	4.8	4.2	4.9	5.3	44	52	75	29	39	28	42	49
Total	Belgium	2020*	5.4	5.4	6.3	4.0	4.7	3.9	4.8	5.3	52	52	71	28	41	26	44	49
Total	Bulgaria	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Bulgaria	2004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Bulgaria	2006	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Bulgaria	2008	3.5	2.3	3.3	1.6	1.9	1.7	4.6	4.8	19	11	20	5	7	5	36	38
Total	Bulgaria	2010	3.5	2.5	3.9	2.0	2.4	2.0	4.8	4.9	20	11	25	7	9	6	40	40
Total	Bulgaria	2012	3.4	2.3	3.6	1.8	2.1	1.8	4.3	4.6	18	10	23	4	7	4	32	39
Total	Bulgaria	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Bulgaria	2016	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Bulgaria	2018	3.5	3.0	3.8	2.1	2.5	2.1	3.3	3.3	18	14	24	6	7	7	21	22
Total	Bulgaria	2020*	3.6	2.9	4.6	2.0	2.3	2.1	4.2	4.4	21	16	39	7	8	6	31	33
Total	Cyprus	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Cyprus	2004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Cyprus	2006	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Cyprus	2008	4.5	6.4	5.9	4.5	5.6	4.4	6.0	4.8	34	64	57	33	51	29	60	37
Total	Cyprus	2010	3.8	5.6	5.5	3.6	4.6	3.5	5.0	4.4	23	53	51	19	33	18	43	32
Total	Cyprus	2012	3.6	4.7	4.9	2.5	3.4	2.4	4.3	3.7	21	40	44	9	18	9	32	27
Total	Cyprus	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Cyprus	2016	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Cyprus	2018	3.8	4.4	5.3	2.7	3.6	2.6	4.6	4.6	22	31	49	10	17	10	34	35
Total	Cyprus	2020*
Total	Denmark	2002	7.0	7.1	7.9	5.5	6.2	.	4.8	6.5	75	77	90	51	62	.	40	70
Total	Denmark	2004	6.8	7.2	7.9	5.6	6.3	5.6	4.8	6.6	72	78	90	52	64	52	38	71
Total	Denmark	2006	7.0	7.5	7.8	5.6	6.4	4.8	4.8	5.4	77	83	89	55	67	54	41	70
Total	Denmark	2008	6.9	7.3	7.6	5.6	6.5	5.7	5.0	6.5	75	80	86	53	68	55	42	70
Total	Denmark	2010	6.8	7.4	7.7	5.0	5.8	5.2	5.0	6.2	76	82	88	42	56	43	40	65
Total	Denmark	2012	7.0	7.7	8.0	5.2	6.1	5.3	5.2	6.6	78	86	90	47	63	48	45	72
Total	Denmark	2014	6.9	7.4	7.7	4.9	5.9	5.1	4.8	6.3	76	83	87	43	60	46	40	66
Total	Denmark	2016	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Denmark	2018	6.9	7.5	8.0	5.1	6.0	5.2	5.2	6.5	77	84	91	46	61	47	47	69
Total	Denmark	2020*
Total	Germany	2002	4.7	5.7	6.7	3.5	4.5	.	4.5	5.2	34	55	73	16	32	.	31	45
Total	Germany	2004	4.8	5.5	6.5	3.2	4.2	3.2	4.2	4.9	38	53	69	14	29	12	28	41
Total	Germany	2006	4.8	5.6	6.6	3.3	4.2	3.3	4.1	4.7	38	54	72	16	28	15	25	38
Total	Germany	2008	4.9	5.8	6.8	3.5	4.7	3.5	4.3	5.0	41	56	74	16	34	14	28	40
Total	Germany	2010	4.7	5.7	6.9	3.4	4.3	3.4	4.0	4.7	35	54	74	15	29	14	24	36
Total	Germany	2012	5.0	6.0	6.9	3.8	4.9	3.8	4.4	5.1	41	60	77	20	39	18	32	42
Total	Germany	2014	5.2	5.9	6.8	3.9	5.1	3.9	4.1	4.7	44	58	75	24	45	24	29	38
Total	Germany	2016	5.4	6.2	7.1	4.2	5.3	4.2	4.4	4.9	49	64	79	28	49	27	32	40
Total	Germany	2018	5.3	6.0	7.1	3.9	4.9	4.0	4.5	4.8	48	60	78	25	43	24	35	39
Total	Germany	2020*
Total	Estonia	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Estonia	2004	5.2	4.9	5.7	3.3	4.2	3.1	4.9	5.5	43	40	54	13	25	10	39	51
Total	Estonia	2006	5.3	5.1	5.5	3.5	4.6	5.7	5.0	6.5	44	42	51	16	32	16	46	50
Total	Estonia	2008	3.5	2.3	3.3	1.6	1.9	1.7	4.6	4.8	47	39	61	15	24	13	39	46
Total	Estonia	2010	5.7	5.2	6.2	3.6	4.2	3.4	5.2	5.5	51	46	63	19	29	16	44	48
Total	Estonia	2012	5.5	4.9	5.9	3.3	3.9	3.2	4.7	5.2	48	42	58	16	26	14	36	44
Total	Estonia	2014	5.6	5.2	6.1	3.5	4.4	3.4	4.4	4.7	49	45	61	16	31	15	32	38
Total	Estonia	2016	5.0	3.9	6.6	2.4	3.9	2.4	4.2	4.7	53	55	73	19	33	17	33	43
Total	Estonia	2018	5.6	5.9	7.0	3.9	4.9	3.8	4.7	5.0	51	61	76	22	41	18	38	43
Total	Estonia	2020*	5.7	6.3	7.4	4.0	5.1	3.9	4.9	5.2	56	65	81	24	45	20	40	44
Total	Finland	2002	6.5	6.8	8.0	4.8	5.8	.	4.9	6.5	71	74	90	41	59	.	41	71
Total	Finland	2004	6.5	6.9	8.0	4.9	6.0	5.0	5.0	6.6	72	76	92	42	64	44	43	74
Total	Finland	2006	6.6	7.0	8.0	4.9	6.0	3.5	5.3	5.6	73	78	92	45	64	45	43	71
Total	Finland	2008	6.4	7.1	8.0	4.9	6.0	5.0	5.2	6.7	70	81	91	42	63	44	47	76
Total	Finland	2010	6.5	6.9	8.0	4.4	5.4	4.5	5.1	6.6	72	79	93	34	51	36	46	74
Total	Finland	2012	6.6	7.0	8.1	4.8	5.9	4.9	5.0	6.5	74	79	93	41	61	41	44	73
Total	Finland	2014	6.7	6.8	7.9	4.6	5.6	4.7	4.7	6.2	76	75	90	38	55	39	39	66
Total	Finland	2016	6.8	7.2	8.2	4.7	5.7	4.8	5.2	6.4	77	82	93	42	59	43	49	70
Total	Finland	2018	6.9	7.1	8.1	4.9	5.8	5.0	5.4	6.5	81	81	92	44	61	46	53	73
Total	Finland	2020*	6.9	7.5	8.3	5.4	6.5	5.4	5.6	6.6	79	84	94	55	73	55	59	74
Total	France	2002	4.5	4.8	5.9	3.7	4.5	.	4.4	4.6	28	39	59	18	29	.	28	35
Total	France	2004	4.5	4.8	5.8	3.5	4.3	3.4	4.3	4.7	29	36	56	16	26	13	28	35
Total	France	2006	4.5	4.9	5.7	3.3	4.3	3.5	5.0	5.1	29	41	56	12	27	12	30	46
Total	France	2008	4.5	5.1	5.8	3.5	4.5	3.4	4.6	5.3	29	45	56	16	31	13	34	47
Total	France	2010	4.3	4.9	5.6	3.2	4.1	3.1	4.3	5.0	27	40	54	13	24	10	28	40
Total	France	2012	4.4	5.0	5.9	3.2	4.1	3.1	4.1	5.2	29	44	62	13	26	12	27	48
Total	France	2014	4.6	5.2	6.1	2.7	3.9	2.7	3.9	5.0	33	47	65	9	26	9	25	45
Total	France	2016	4.6	5.0	6.4	2.9	4.1	2.8	3.7	4.9	30	43	70	10	26	9	22	40
Total	France	2018	4.6	5.2	6.5	3.5	4.1	3.1	4.0	5.0	30	48	71	17	28	11	27	44
Total	France	2020*	4.6	5.2	6.4	3.9	4.5	3.4	4.4	5.2	32	48	69	23	34	14	34	46
Total	Greece	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Greece	2004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Greece	2006	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Greece	2008	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Greece	2010	4.0	3.8	4.6	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.6	2.6	26	28	39	3	7	3	12	13
Total	Greece	2012	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Greece	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Greece	2016	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Greece	2018
Total	Greece	2020*	4.5	6.4	6.7	3.6	4.2	3.5	4.5	4.5	31	71	75	18	31	18	33	36
Total	Hungary	2002	4.1	5.1	4.9	3.9	5.0	.	5.7	6.0	23	40	39	20	38	.	50	55
Total	Hungary	2004	4.1	4.4	5.2	2.7	3.6	2.7	5.2	5.7	25	32	43	8	19	8	47	53
Total	Hungary	2006	4.3	4.3	5.1	2.5	3.4	5.0	5.0	6.5	30	31	44	9	17	8	40	47
Total	Hungary	2008	4.1	3.7	4.3	1.9	2.6	2.0	4.0	4.5	25	23	30	5	10	6	27	35
Total	Hungary	2010	4.5	4.6	5.1	3.1	4.2	3.1	4.7	5.1	32	36	44	15	29	14	37	45
Total	Hungary	2012	4.8	4.7	5.3	3.3	3.9	3.2	4.2	4.9	42	38	46	20	26	18	28	38
Total	Hungary	2014	4.2	4.6	5.3	2.9	3.9	3.0	4.8	5.4	30	38	47	17	26	16	41	49
Total	Hungary	2016	4.5	5.4	6.4	3.7	4.5	3.6	4.4	5.0	34	51	67	26	36	21	34	42
Total	Hungary	2018	4.9	5.6	6.4	4.0	4.6	3.9	5.1	5.7	44	54	66	28	39	26	46	56
Total	Hungary	2020*	4.8	5.4	6.3	4.2	4.7	4.2	5.3	5.5	40	51	64	30	38	29	47	53
Total	Ireland	2002	5.5	5.1	6.5	3.7	4.4	.	5.1	5.7	51	44	69	21	32	.	44	54
Total	Ireland	2004	5.8	5.2	6.6	3.9	4.7	4.0	5.4	5.8	57	45	69	23	36	23	48	56
Total	Ireland	2006	5.4	5.0	6.1	3.8	4.8	3.2	4.4	5.1	48	42	62	23	38	23	46	55
Total	Ireland	2008	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Ireland	2010	5.3	5.1	6.5	3.1	3.7	3.1	4.1	5.3	47	44	68	13	21	11	26	46
Total	Ireland	2012	5.2	5.2	6.6	3.1	3.6	3.0	4.4	5.5	48	46	73	15	21	13	33	51
Total	Ireland	2014	5.2	5.3	6.3	3.3	3.8	3.3	4.6	5.4	48	48	66	17	24	16	37	51
Total	Ireland	2016	5.6	5.5	6.2	3.7	4.5	3.7	4.9	5.7	55	54	67	24	34	22	42	57
Total	Ireland	2018	5.5	5.4	6.2	4.0	4.7	3.9	5.1	5.7	52	52	66	28	41	26	48	58
Total	Ireland	2020*	5.6	5.7	6.6	4.2	5.0	4.1	5.5	5.8	56	59	73	34	46	30	54	59
Total	Iceland	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Iceland	2004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Iceland	2006	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Iceland	2008	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Iceland	2010	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Iceland	2012	6.0	5.8	7.8	3.9	4.2	3.5	4.2	6.3	59	60	90	23	31	18	33	68
Total	Iceland	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Iceland	2016	6.4	6.0	7.8	4.4	5.1	4.2	5.2	6.6	68	65	91	34	48	30	47	73
Total	Iceland	2018	6.4	6.1	7.6	4.4	5.1	4.3	5.8	6.8	68	67	86	33	50	32	57	76
Total	Iceland	2020*	6.5	6.0	7.4	4.9	5.9	4.9	5.7	6.7	70	63	83	45	66	41	54	75
Total	Israel	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Israel	2004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Israel	2006	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Israel	2008	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Israel	2010	5.1	5.3	4.8	2.9	3.7	3.0	3.4	3.4	42	51	39	14	23	13	19	23
Total	Israel	2012	5.3	5.6	5.1	3.1	4.1	3.1	4.0	3.6	45	56	47	18	32	18	30	26
Total	Israel	2014	5.2	5.5	4.8	3.0	4.1	3.2	3.1	3.0	43	55	42	15	31	16	21	20
Total	Israel	2016	5.5	5.4	5.2	3.1	4.1	3.1	3.3	2.8	50	54	49	16	30	17	22	19
Total	Israel	2018
Total	Israel	2020*
Total	Italy	2002
Total	Italy	2004
Total	Italy	2006
Total	Italy	2008
Total	Italy	2010
Total	Italy	2012	4.8	4.5	6.1	2.0	3.2	2.0	4.3	5.2	43	38	65	7	18	6	36	52
Total	Italy	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Italy	2016	4.6	4.6	6.1	2.3	3.2	2.3	4.0	4.5	37	40	67	11	21	9	33	40
Total	Italy	2018	4.8	5.3	6.6	3.0	4.2	2.9	4.3	4.9	41	52	75	15	34	14	36	45
Total	Italy	2020*	5.0	5.1	6.5	3.2	4.2	3.1	4.8	5.0	45	48	74	17	32	16	45	48
Total	Kosovo	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Kosovo	2004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Kosovo	2006	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Kosovo	2008	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Kosovo	2010	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Kosovo	2012	3.7	3.2	5.6	2.1	3.1	2.3	5.3	6.1	22	19	49	11	19	12	48	59
Total	Kosovo	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Kosovo	2016	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Kosovo	2018
Total	Kosovo	2020*
Total	Croatia	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Croatia	2004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Croatia	2006	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Croatia	2008	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Croatia	2010	4.6	3.2	4.4	1.6	2.3	1.8	3.3	3.9	35	17	32	4	8	4	15	25
Total	Croatia	2012	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Croatia	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Croatia	2016	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Croatia	2018	4.1	2.6	5.3	1.7	2.3	1.9	3.9	4.3	25	11	47	4	9	5	26	32
Total	Croatia	2020*	4.7	2.9	5.2	2.2	3.2	2.3	4.3	4.6	34	15	44	7	16	7	31	35
Total	Latvia	2002
Total	Latvia	2004
Total	Latvia	2006
Total	Latvia	2008
Total	Latvia	2010
Total	Latvia	2012
Total	Latvia	2014
Total	Latvia	2016
Total	Latvia	2018	4.3	4.5	5.7	2.7	3.3	2.6	4.5	4.9	29	33	54	9	17	8	36	44
Total	Latvia	2020*
Total	Lithuania	2002
Total	Lithuania	2004
Total	Lithuania	2006
Total	Lithuania	2008
Total	Lithuania	2010
Total	Lithuania	2012	5.2	4.0	5.5	2.9	3.1	2.8	4.7	5.0	49	27	53	12	16	12	41	46
Total	Lithuania	2014	4.9	4.5	5.7	3.1	3.3	3.0	5.2	5.6	42	36	55	15	19	15	49	53
Total	Lithuania	2016	5.2	5.0	6.1	3.5	3.9	3.2	5.6	5.8	51	43	62	20	25	18	52	55
Total	Lithuania	2018	4.7	4.6	6.2	3.2	3.3	2.9	5.1	5.3	35	58	62	16	21	15	44	48
Total	Lithuania	2020*	5.0	5.3	6.7	3.5	3.9	3.3	5.2	5.5	41	49	70	20	26	18	47	50
Total	Montenegro	2002
Total	Montenegro	2004
Total	Montenegro	2006
Total	Montenegro	2008
Total	Montenegro	2010
Total	Montenegro	2012
Total	Montenegro	2014
Total	Montenegro	2016
Total	Montenegro	2018	3.6	4.4	5.2	3.0	4.2	3.0	4.8	5.0	21	35	45	17	33	16	42	42
Total	Montenegro	2020*	3.9	3.8	5.0	3.0	3.7	3.1	5.2	5.4	25	26	42	16	25	18	47	51
Total	North Macedonia	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	North Macedonia	2004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	North Macedonia	2006	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	North Macedonia	2008	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	North Macedonia	2010	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	North Macedonia	2012	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	North Macedonia	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	North Macedonia	2016	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	North Macedonia	2018	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	North Macedonia	2020*	3.6	3.1	4.9	2.5	3.2	2.6	4.4	4.8	25	18	41	12	19	12	37	41
Total	The Netherlands	2002	5.7	5.4	5.8	4.9	5.2	.	4.7	5.4	58	52	62	42	50	.	38	52
Total	The Netherlands	2004	5.8	5.5	6.0	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.6	5.4	63	56	67	40	39	41	38	56
Total	The Netherlands	2006	5.8	5.8	6.2	5.0	5.3	3.5	3.5	5.0	61	61	72	46	53	47	39	55
Total	The Netherlands	2008	6.0	5.9	6.3	5.2	5.6	5.2	5.1	5.6	64	64	73	52	60	52	48	59
Total	The Netherlands	2010	6.0	5.9	6.3	5.2	5.4	5.3	4.9	5.6	67	64	73	52	55	53	43	58
Total	The Netherlands	2012	6.0	6.1	6.4	5.1	5.3	5.1	4.8	5.7	65	67	77	50	52	48	45	61
Total	The Netherlands	2014	6.0	6.0	6.4	4.9	5.2	4.9	4.5	5.5	66	67	77	46	53	45	38	60
Total	The Netherlands	2016	6.0	6.2	6.7	5.1	5.6	5.2	4.7	5.7	68	71	82	50	60	52	41	61
Total	The Netherlands	2018	6.1	6.6	7.0	5.3	5.9	5.3	5.3	5.9	69	76	85	56	66	55	54	66
Total	The Netherlands	2020*	6.4	6.6	7.1	5.2	5.7	5.3	5.3	5.9	73	77	87	52	62	53	56	67
Total	Norway	2002	6.6	6.3	7.0	4.6	5.7	.	4.7	6.8	72	66	79	31	53	.	32	76
Total	Norway	2004	6.6	6.4	7.1	4.2	5.4	4.3	4.6	6.9	73	67	82	26	49	25	29	78
Total	Norway	2006	6.8	6.6	7.2	4.4	5.7	2.6	5.0	5.4	77	72	82	29	54	29	32	77
Total	Norway	2008	6.6	6.8	7.0	4.6	5.8	4.8	5.0	6.8	73	74	79	33	54	34	37	77
Total	Norway	2010	6.7	6.9	7.2	4.9	6.0	4.9	5.0	6.7	74	76	82	38	61	37	37	74
Total	Norway	2012	6.7	7.2	7.2	5.1	6.3	5.2	4.9	6.7	75	82	83	44	66	43	35	76
Total	Norway	2014	6.6	7.2	7.4	5.3	6.7	5.3	5.0	6.7	73	81	85	48	76	47	38	74
Total	Norway	2016	6.8	7.4	7.4	5.4	6.8	5.5	5.1	6.8	76	83	86	51	76	50	43	77
Total	Norway	2018	6.6	7.4	7.6	5.2	6.7	5.3	5.4	7.0	71	84	86	47	73	49	50	79
Total	Norway	2020*	6.7	7.6	7.7	5.5	6.9	5.6	5.7	7.1	75	85	86	56	77	55	56	81
Total	Ukraine	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Ukraine	2004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Ukraine	2006	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Ukraine	2008	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Ukraine	2010	4.2	2.3	2.5	1.8	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	29	6	10	4	6	5	25	26
Total	Ukraine	2012	4.5	1.9	2.0	1.7	1.8	1.9	3.9	3.9	38	7	9	4	7	5	29	29
Total	Ukraine	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Ukraine	2016	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Ukraine	2018
Total	Ukraine	2020*
Total	Austria	2002	5.1	6.1	6.4	3.5	5.1	.	4.2	4.5	43	60	67	18	41	.	28	34
Total	Austria	2004	5.2	5.8	6.2	3.3	4.8	3.4	4.0	4.5	44	57	62	15	35	15	26	34
Total	Austria	2006	5.1	6.0	6.3	3.3	4.9	3.3	4.0	4.7	44	60	66	16	40	17	28	39
Total	Austria	2008	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Austria	2010	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Austria	2012	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Austria	2014	5.0	5.7	6.5	3.5	4.7	3.4	3.6	4.4	42	55	68	19	37	18	23	33
Total	Austria	2016	5.4	6.3	7.1	3.9	5.0	3.8	3.8	4.4	51	69	80	22	40	21	25	36
Total	Austria	2018	5.7	6.6	7.3	4.3	5.5	4.2	4.6	5.0	54	70	79	27	49	25	36	45
Total	Austria	2020*
Total	Poland	2002	3.7	3.7	4.9	2.7	3.5	.	4.8	5.6	18	20	39	7	15	.	33	49
Total	Poland	2004	3.6	3.0	4.6	1.9	2.4	1.9	4.3	5.0	18	12	32	3	7	3	28	39
Total	Poland	2006	4.1	3.8	5.0	2.1	2.7	3.9	5.3	5.7	23	20	42	5	8	4	36	44
Total	Poland	2008	4.1	3.9	5.1	2.3	3.0	2.3	4.5	5.1	25	21	42	4	11	5	31	43
Total	Poland	2010	4.4	4.3	5.4	2.7	3.4	2.5	4.7	5.3	30	27	49	9	17	8	36	46
Total	Poland	2012	4.1	3.7	5.3	2.2	3.0	2.2	4.2	5.0	26	20	46	6	13	6	29	41
Total	Poland	2014	3.9	3.5	5.1	2.0	2.8	2.0	3.6	4.6	23	19	42	5	11	4	20	35
Total	Poland	2016	4.1	4.0	5.7	2.5	3.4	2.4	3.9	4.9	27	23	54	7	17	7	24	38
Total	Poland	2018	4.1	4.3	5.7	3.1	3.8	3.1	4.7	5.5	27	29	53	14	23	15	35	48
Total	Poland	2020*
Total	Portugal	2002	4.2	4.3	5.1	2.8	4.4	.	4.8	5.4	25	28	40	8	29	.	36	46
Total	Portugal	2004	3.9	3.9	5.1	2.1	3.7	2.1	4.0	4.7	22	22	40	4	19	4	24	41
Total	Portugal	2006	4.1	4.0	5.1	2.5	3.8	5.1	4.8	5.5	27	26	45	8	22	7	35	41
Total	Portugal	2008	3.7	3.8	5.3	2.3	3.5	2.4	4.3	4.9	20	24	48	6	18	6	30	40
Total	Portugal	2010	3.7	3.5	5.1	2.0	2.9	2.0	3.7	4.3	19	18	42	5	12	5	20	31
Total	Portugal	2012	3.6	3.5	5.3	1.8	2.5	1.8	3.2	4.1	20	19	51	4	9	3	16	30
Total	Portugal	2014	3.6	3.7	5.6	2.0	3.1	2.2	3.4	4.6	20	27	53	8	18	8	21	38
Total	Portugal	2016	4.1	4.0	6.1	2.5	3.9	2.6	4.1	5.3	24	28	61	9	26	11	31	51
Total	Portugal	2018	4.0	4.2	6.2	2.7	4.2	2.8	4.6	5.7	26	30	62	12	30	13	39	55
Total	Portugal	2020*	3.9	4.1	6.3	3.0	4.5	3.1	5.0	5.9	24	27	65	12	33	13	43	58
Total	Russian Federation	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Russian Federation	2004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Russian Federation	2006	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Russian Federation	2008	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Russian Federation	2010	4.2	3.8	3.5	3.0	3.6	3.1	4.0	4.4	29	25	21	15	22	14	28	33
Total	Russian Federation	2012	4.4	3.6	3.5	2.9	3.4	3.0	3.6	3.7	32	21	20	13	18	14	23	25
Total	Russian Federation	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Russian Federation	2016	4.5	4.4	4.4	3.6	4.3	3.6	2.8	3.0	31	34	33	20	30	22	15	17
Total	Russian Federation	2018
Total	Russian Federation	2020*
Total	Serbia	2002
Total	Serbia	2004
Total	Serbia	2006
Total	Serbia	2008
Total	Serbia	2010
Total	Serbia	2012
Total	Serbia	2014
Total	Serbia	2016
Total	Serbia	2018	3.8	3.9	5.0	2.5	3.7	2.4	3.1	3.6	24	28	41	13	26	12	19	25
Total	Serbia	2020*
Total	Slovenia	2002	4.0	4.3	4.9	3.1	4.0	.	4.6	4.9	24	31	39	12	24	.	36	40
Total	Slovenia	2004	6.1	5.8	6.5	4.2	5.4	4.4	4.0	6.3	28	24	36	11	24	12	33	35
Total	Slovenia	2006	4.1	4.2	5.0	3.2	4.2	4.5	4.7	6.8	28	27	41	14	27	14	39	42
Total	Slovenia	2008	4.3	4.3	5.0	3.4	4.4	3.4	4.8	5.0	29	29	42	15	30	16	38	42
Total	Slovenia	2010	3.9	3.1	5.0	2.3	3.0	2.2	3.7	4.1	24	16	40	6	13	5	21	28
Total	Slovenia	2012	4.6	3.3	5.3	2.3	3.0	2.3	3.8	4.2	35	18	49	7	15	7	23	29
Total	Slovenia	2014	4.1	3.1	5.5	1.9	2.8	2.0	3.4	4.2	25	18	51	4	14	4	21	28
Total	Slovenia	2016	4.4	3.6	6.0	2.4	3.3	2.5	3.9	4.3	31	23	60	8	17	8	26	31
Total	Slovenia	2018	4.5	3.9	6.1	2.6	3.6	2.7	3.8	4.4	34	27	63	10	20	9	28	34
Total	Slovenia	2020*	4.7	4.3	6.2	2.7	3.8	2.8	4.4	4.8	38	32	64	11	25	10	32	39
Total	Slovakia	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Slovakia	2004	4.1	3.8	4.7	3.1	4.1	3.2	4.5	4.6	20	19	29	7	12	8	37	44
Total	Slovakia	2006	4.3	4.2	4.7	3.6	4.2	2.1	4.8	5.3	28	26	35	16	25	15	40	44
Total	Slovakia	2008	4.1	4.1	4.8	3.6	4.0	3.6	5.2	5.4	27	26	37	18	24	19	42	44
Total	Slovakia	2010	4.5	3.5	4.5	2.8	3.2	2.7	4.4	4.8	31	18	30	8	13	7	31	36
Total	Slovakia	2012	3.8	3.2	4.1	2.8	3.1	2.7	3.7	4.2	24	15	27	10	15	10	22	27
Total	Slovakia	2014	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Slovakia	2016	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Slovakia	2018	3.9	4.3	5.2	3.3	3.7	3.6	4.5	5.1	26	33	46	22	26	24	37	45
Total	Slovakia	2020*	4.1	4.1	5.0	3.0	3.4	3.0	4.2	4.5	28	29	43	15	22	15	32	36
Total	Spain	2002	4.9	4.3	5.4	3.4	4.8	.	4.8	4.7	41	30	52	17	38	.	37	37
Total	Spain	2004	4.9	4.7	5.9	3.7	5.1	3.7	5.1	5.0	40	38	59	20	43	20	43	44
Total	Spain	2006	5.1	5.0	6.0	3.5	5.0	2.5	4.6	4.9	41	43	61	17	42	16	42	42
Total	Spain	2008	4.9	4.3	6.1	3.3	5.0	3.2	5.0	5.0	39	29	64	15	42	15	39	42
Total	Spain	2010	5.1	4.4	6.3	2.7	4.3	2.7	4.5	5.0	41	33	68	11	30	10	31	41
Total	Spain	2012	5.1	3.7	5.9	1.9	3.4	1.9	3.9	4.7	44	25	59	7	21	7	26	38
Total	Spain	2014	4.8	4.0	6.3	2.2	3.7	2.2	3.8	4.8	38	29	65	8	24	7	26	41
Total	Spain	2016	5.0	3.9	6.6	2.4	3.9	2.4	4.2	4.7	42	28	71	10	28	9	31	40
Total	Spain	2018	5.1	4.7	6.7	2.6	4.1	2.5	4.5	5.0	43	41	73	10	30	8	35	45
Total	Spain	2020*
Total	Czech Republic	2002	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Czech Republic	2004	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Czech Republic	2006	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Czech Republic	2008	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Total	Czech Republic	2010	4.6	4.1	4.9	2.6	3.3	2.7	4.1	4.9	36	29	39	11	17	11	26	40
Total	Czech Republic	2012	4.5	4.1	5.1	2.6	3.2	2.7	3.9	4.8	33	30	42	14	19	14	28	38
Total	Czech Republic	2014	4.6	4.7	5.7	3.3	4.0	3.4	4.2	4.8	34	39	55	17	27	18	30	39
Total	Czech Republic	2016	5.1	5.2	5.8	3.6	4.3	3.5	4.2	5.0	47	46	57	21	31	20	32	46
Total	Czech Republic	2018	4.9	5.2	5.9	3.6	4.2	3.6	4.2	4.9	45	49	59	22	31	22	33	43
Total	Czech Republic	2020*	5.2	5.6	6.5	3.9	4.8	3.9	4.7	5.1	49	55	70	28	41	29	45	50
Total	United Kingdom	2002	5.1	5.0	6.0	3.8	4.7	.	3.6	5.3	42	43	63	22	36	.	20	49
Total	United Kingdom	2004	5.2	5.1	6.1	3.6	4.3	3.7	3.5	5.2	43	45	62	19	29	19	19	47
Total	United Kingdom	2006	5.4	5.0	6.0	3.4	4.2	4.6	4.5	6.4	47	43	61	17	28	16	18	43
Total	United Kingdom	2008	5.3	5.2	6.2	3.6	4.3	3.6	3.6	5.1	47	46	66	17	31	18	20	44
Total	United Kingdom	2010	5.4	5.2	6.2	3.4	4.1	3.5	3.4	4.9	49	48	65	18	30	19	18	43
Total	United Kingdom	2012	5.4	5.6	6.6	3.7	4.3	3.7	3.4	5.2	48	52	73	21	31	19	18	47
Total	United Kingdom	2014	5.4	5.6	6.3	3.5	4.3	3.5	3.1	4.9	48	55	67	20	34	19	17	43
Total	United Kingdom	2016	5.4	5.9	6.7	3.8	4.7	3.8	3.7	5.3	49	62	73	22	37	21	23	50
Total	United Kingdom	2018	5.2	5.8	6.7	3.5	4.3	3.6	3.6	5.1	46	59	73	21	34	20	23	46
Total	United Kingdom	2020*	5.5	5.9	6.3	3.4	4.2	3.6	4.0	5.2	51	61	68	18	33	22	29	47
Total	Sweden	2002	6.1	6.1	6.8	4.7	5.9	.	4.0	6.6	61	61	74	37	58	.	25	70
Total	Sweden	2004	6.1	5.8	6.5	4.2	5.4	4.4	4.0	6.3	61	56	69	28	48	30	24	67
Total	Sweden	2006	6.3	6.0	6.5	4.5	5.6	3.2	5.0	5.1	67	62	71	32	53	34	32	70
Total	Sweden	2008	6.4	6.1	6.6	4.6	5.7	4.8	4.7	6.4	67	64	73	34	57	36	36	71
Total	Sweden	2010	6.3	6.5	7.0	5.0	6.3	5.1	5.0	6.3	68	72	81	41	67	43	41	67
Total	Sweden	2012	6.0	6.3	6.7	4.7	5.9	4.9	4.7	6.3	63	66	74	38	60	38	36	69
Total	Sweden	2014	6.2	6.4	6.9	5.0	6.2	5.1	4.7	6.4	66	69	77	43	66	44	37	68
Total	Sweden	2016	6.2	6.2	6.7	4.7	5.9	4.8	4.8	6.2	67	67	75	38	60	38	37	64
Total	Sweden	2018	6.2	6.5	7.0	4.9	6.1	5.0	5.2	6.4	67	71	80	42	65	43	49	68
Total	Sweden	2020*
Total	Switzerland	2002	5.6	6.2	6.8	4.9	5.8	.	4.8	5.4	51	63	75	37	55	.	35	50
Total	Switzerland	2004	5.7	6.1	6.9	4.8	5.5	4.6	4.6	5.4	54	61	77	34	48	29	33	48
Total	Switzerland	2006	5.7	6.2	6.9	4.9	5.8	3.6	5.1	5.3	53	65	78	38	54	34	35	49
Total	Switzerland	2008	5.7	6.4	6.9	4.9	5.8	4.7	4.8	5.6	53	68	77	40	58	33	39	54
Total	Switzerland	2010	5.6	6.3	7.0	5.0	5.8	4.8	4.6	5.3	53	64	79	42	56	36	33	49
Total	Switzerland	2012	5.7	6.5	7.2	5.2	6.1	5.0	4.7	5.5	54	70	82	45	63	41	35	51
Total	Switzerland	2014	5.7	6.6	7.2	5.3	6.2	5.1	4.5	5.4	53	72	82	47	66	43	33	48
Total	Switzerland	2016	6.0	6.6	7.2	5.4	6.3	5.2	4.5	5.2	60	72	83	49	68	45	34	49
Total	Switzerland	2018	5.9	6.8	7.4	5.4	6.4	5.2	4.8	5.4	59	75	85	50	69	46	40	50
Total	Switzerland	2020*	6.0	6.9	7.4	5.6	6.6	5.4	5.0	5.5	61	79	86	55	74	49	43	51
Source: ESS, Statistics Netherlands

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Table explanation

This table provides information on how much inhabitants of various European countries aged 15 years or older trust other people, the legal system and politics. Figures are from 2002 onwards. The question concerning trust in other people is: Overall, do you think most people can be trusted, or that you can’t be too careful?. Trust in the legal system and politics is determined by asking people how much they trust a number of political and organisational institutions, viz. national parliament, the legal system, the police, politicians, political parties, the European Parliament and the United Nations.
The figures in this table are based on the European Social Survey (ESS). The ESS is conducted every two years commissioned by the European Committee, the European Science Foundation and various national organisations for scientific research.

Data available from: 2002

Status of the figures:
Figures of 2020 are preliminary. Figures of 2002 until 2018 are definite.

Changes as of 5 April 2024.
The preliminary figures of 2018 are corrected and made definite. Figures of 2020 are new.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be published in 2025.

Description topics

Evaluation of trust in

Trust in other people and in a number of political and organisational institutions in terms of a mark from 0 to 10, where 0 equals no trust at all and 10 equals complete trust.

Other people: Figures show the average score in answer to the question: ‘Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people?’ 0 means you can’t be too careful, and 10 means that most people can be trusted.
Source: ESS

Legal system: Figures show the average score in answer to the question: ‘Can you give a score from 0-10 for how much you personally trust the legal system?’ 0 means you do not trust the legal system at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

Police: Figures show the average score in answer to the question: ‘Can you give a score from 0-10 for how much you personally trust the police?’ 0 means you do not trust the police at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

Politicians: Figures show the average score in answer to the question: ‘Can you give a score from 0-10 for how much you personally trust politicians?’ 0 means you do not trust politicians at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

Parliament: Figures show the average score in answer to the question: ‘Can you give a score from 0-10 for how much you personally trust national parliament?’ 0 means you do not trust national parliament at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

Political parties: Figures show the average score in answer to the question: ‘Can you give a score from 0-10 for how much you personally trust political parties?’ 0 means you do not trust political parties at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

European Parliament: Figures show the average score in answer to the question: ‘Can you give a score from 0-10 for how much you personally trust the European Parliament?’ 0 means you do not trust the European Parliament at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

United Nations: Figures show the average score in answer to the question: ‘Can you give a score from 0-10 for how much you personally trust the United Nations?’ 0 means you do not trust the United Nations at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

Percentage of people with trust in

The percentage of people assigning a score of 6 or higher in answer to the questions about trust in other people and a number of political and organisational institutions, where 0 means no trust at all and 10 means complete trust.

Other people: Figures show the percentage of people assigning a score of 6 or higher in answer to the question: ‘Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people?’ 0 means you can’t be too careful and 10 means that most people can be trusted.
Source: ESS

Legal system: Figures show the percentage of people assigning a score of 6 or higher in answer to the question: ‘How much do you personally trust the legal system?’ 0 means you do not trust the legal system at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

Police: Figures show the percentage of people assigning a score of 6 or higher in answer to the question: ‘How much do you personally trust the police?’ 0 means you do not trust the police at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

Politicians: Figures show the percentage of people assigning a score of 6 or higher in answer to the question: ‘How much do you personally trust politicians?’ 0 means you do not trust politicians at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

Parliament: Figures show the percentage of people assigning a score of 6 or higher in answer to the question: ‘How much do you personally trust the national parliament?’ 0 means you do not trust the national parliament at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

Political parties: Figures show the percentage of people assigning a score of 6 or higher in answer to the question: ‘How much do you personally trust political parties?’ 0 means you do not trust political parties at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

European Parliament: Figures show the percentage of people assigning a score of 6 or higher in answer to the question: ‘How much do you personally trust the European Parliament?’ 0 means you do not trust an institution at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS

United Nations: Figures show the percentage of people assigning a score of 6 or higher in answer to the question: ‘How much do you personally trust the United Nations?’ 0 means you do not trust the United Nations at all, and 10 means you have complete trust.
Source: ESS