Interpersonal trust vs. GDP per capita

Share of respondents agreeing with statement "Most people can be trusted". GDP per capita is adjusted for inflationand differences in living costs between countries.

GDP per capita (international-$ in 2021 prices)$10,000$100,000$2,000$5,000$20,000$50,000Share agreeing "Most people can be trusted"50%BangladeshBangladeshChileChileChinaChinaEthiopiaEthiopiaFranceFranceIndiaIndiaIndonesiaIndonesiaMaliMaliRussiaRussiaTajikistanTajikistanUnited StatesUnited StatesAfricaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth America1.4B1.4BCircles sized byPopulation

Data source: Integrated Values Surveys (2022); Data compiled from multiple sources by World Bank (2025) – Learn more about this data

Note: For each country, trust data is shown for the latest survey wave in the period 2009-2022. GDP per capita is expressed ininternational-$ at 2021 prices.

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