Trust in others
International comparisons
The World Values Survey asks respondents to choose whether, generally speaking, “most people can be trusted” or you “can’t be too careful in dealing with people”.
New Zealand last participated in this survey in 1998, at which time it was found that 38.6 of young people aged 15 to 29 in New Zealand felt that most people could be trusted.
This was higher than the rates in Great Britain (26.9 percent), Northern Ireland 29.8), the USA (24.1 percent) or Canada (35.9 percent), but lower than Germany (46.2 percent), Sweden (66.8 percent) andthe Netherlands (66.9 percent).(1)
Notes
1. World Values Survey data, 1998 to 2000.
