Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality

Share of respondents agreeing with the statement "Most people can be trusted". The Gini coefficient measuresinequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.

Gini coefficient0.250.30.350.40.450.50.550.6Share agreeing "Most people can be trusted"50%BrazilBrazilColombiaColombiaIndiaIndiaMaliMaliNicaraguaNicaraguaPakistanPakistanPhilippinesPhilippinesSouth AfricaSouth AfricaUkraineUkraineUnited StatesUnited StatesAfricaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth America1.4B1.4BCircles sized byPopulation(historical)

Data source: Integrated Values Surveys (2022); World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – Learn more about this data

Note: For each country, trust data is shown for the latest survey wave in the period 2009-2022. Depending on the country and year,inequality data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.

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