Share of people who trust their national government, 2020
Share of respondents who answered "a lot" or "some" to the question: "How much do you trust your national government?"
Trust the national government in this country percent
Country or region | 2020 |
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Albania | 41.4% |
Algeria | 47.8% |
Argentina | 43.9% |
Australia | 69.5% |
Austria | 73.4% |
Bangladesh | 83.0% |
Belgium | 54.9% |
Benin | 56.8% |
Bolivia | 42.3% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.8% |
Brazil | 40.6% |
Bulgaria | 40.4% |
Burkina Faso | 55.7% |
Cambodia | 83.8% |
Cameroon | 25.5% |
Canada | 72.6% |
Chile | 27.7% |
Colombia | 43.0% |
Congo | 51.5% |
Costa Rica | 44.9% |
Cote d'Ivoire | 40.0% |
Croatia | 42.0% |
Cyprus | 45.2% |
Czechia | 45.8% |
Denmark | 79.3% |
Dominican Republic | 72.7% |
Ecuador | 25.8% |
Egypt | 72.2% |
El Salvador | 78.5% |
Estonia | 56.0% |
Ethiopia | 78.1% |
Finland | 80.7% |
France | 56.3% |
Gabon | 33.5% |
Georgia | 57.6% |
Germany | 82.0% |
Ghana | 60.6% |
Greece | 40.7% |
Guinea | 30.8% |
Hong Kong | 40.0% |
Hungary | 48.6% |
India | 66.0% |
Indonesia | 60.9% |
Iran | 45.8% |
Iraq | 34.3% |
Ireland | 79.5% |
Israel | 51.1% |
Italy | 52.3% |
Japan | 49.5% |
Jordan | 70.4% |
Kazakhstan | 72.2% |
Kenya | 49.6% |
Kosovo | 26.3% |
Kyrgyzstan | 57.6% |
Laos | 76.4% |
Latvia | 39.6% |
Lebanon | 15.8% |
Lithuania | 55.1% |
Malaysia | 57.6% |
Mali | 48.4% |
Malta | 80.3% |
Mauritius | 53.7% |
Mexico | 54.1% |
Moldova | 17.8% |
Mongolia | 54.8% |
Montenegro | 43.2% |
Morocco | 45.3% |
Myanmar | 91.8% |
Namibia | 42.9% |
Nepal | 50.2% |
Netherlands | 78.5% |
New Zealand | 83.7% |
Nicaragua | 54.4% |
Nigeria | 23.1% |
North Macedonia | 37.2% |
Norway | 94.3% |
Paraguay | 34.4% |
Peru | 45.6% |
Philippines | 82.9% |
Poland | 33.6% |
Portugal | 47.7% |
Romania | 24.3% |
Russia | 47.0% |
Senegal | 56.6% |
Serbia | 57.0% |
Slovakia | 53.5% |
Slovenia | 48.1% |
South Africa | 50.9% |
South Korea | 52.8% |
Spain | 48.2% |
Sri Lanka | 76.3% |
Sweden | 64.7% |
Switzerland | 93.3% |
Taiwan | 65.4% |
Tanzania | 89.9% |
Thailand | 55.6% |
Tunisia | 26.1% |
Turkey | 54.9% |
Uganda | 46.9% |
Ukraine | 28.0% |
United Kingdom | 47.7% |
United States | 52.5% |
Uruguay | 70.2% |
Uzbekistan | 94.5% |
Venezuela | 30.9% |
Zambia | 47.1% |
Zimbabwe | 69.0% |

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