Share of people that think others can be trusted vs. taken advantage of

– The y-axis shows the share of respondents that agree with the statement “most people can be trusted.”– The x-axis shows the share that agree with the statement “most people would try to take advantage of you if they got a chance.”

Data source: World Values Survey (2022)Learn more about this data

Note: We include the most recent data available for both questions. In most countries this corresponds to WVS wave 4, 2000-2004.