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Question: Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?
Scale: 1 "You can't be too careful" - 5 "Most people can be trusted"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway3.91
2 Iceland3.88
3 Denmark3.76
4 Sweden3.40
5 Austria3.39
5 New Zealand3.39
7 Finland3.26
8 Australia3.19
9 Switzerland3.18
10 Republic of Korea3.01
11 Germany2.94
12 Thailand2.87
13 United States2.85
14 Spain2.81
15 Lithuania2.78
16 France2.73
16 India2.73
18 Croatia2.68
19 Slovenia2.66
20 Japan 2.62
21 Hungary2.60
22 Italy2.55
22 Taiwan2.55
24 South Africa2.51
25 Russian Federation2.33
26 Slovakia2.14
27 Philippines2.09

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 211 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.069822 X +3.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.667
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.445

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 43989.589750 X -87986.243
Correlation coefficient (r)0.780
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.608

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 7.286293 X +57.263
Correlation coefficient (r)0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.155935 X +2.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.903589 X +14.435
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007