India Tops Global Trust Rankings as Japan Lags Behind in Ipsos Survey
India leads a 31-country survey on interpersonal trust, with 53% of respondents viewing fellow citizens as trustworthy. Latin American nations rank high, while Japan places last, though most Japanese respondents remain neutral rather than distrustful.
Key points
- India ranks first with 53% trust, followed by Argentina (46%) and Mexico (45%).
- Japan ranks last at 16% trust, but 64% of respondents chose a neutral middle option.
- Türkiye shows the highest distrust rate at 33%, exceeding its trust level.
- Overall, trust (34%) outweighs distrust (18%) across the surveyed nations.
- Indonesia has the lowest distrust rate at 10%, despite ranking 10th in trust.
Background
This follows earlier Ipsos data from 2022, which also placed India among global leaders in citizen trust. Recent archive entries on Brazilian family dynamics and health trends do not directly relate to this social trust survey.
Why it matters
The data reveals that high trust does not always correlate with low distrust; many populations remain neutral. This distinction is crucial for understanding social cohesion in diverse economies, from Latin America to East Asia.
What to watch
Analysts may examine how political divisions in Türkiye or economic pressures in Japan influence these neutral or distrustful attitudes in future surveys.
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