Misc
Visualizing Women’s Economic Rights Around the World
Visualizing Women’s Economic Rights in Each Country
In recent years, many economies have made women’s rights a priority by eliminating job restrictions, working to reduce the gender wage gap, or changing legislation related to marriage and parenthood.
Still, many laws continue to inhibit women’s ability to enter the workforce or start a business—and even to travel outside their homes in the same way as men. In fact, on average globally, women have just three-quarters of the economic rights of men.
This map uses data from the Women, Business and Law 2021 report by the World Bank, to visualize women’s economic rights around the world.
Legal Protections
According to the World Bank, only 10 countries offer full legal protections to women, and all of them are in the Northern Hemisphere.
In ranking countries, the institution considers indicators like equal remuneration, legal rights, and mobility. A score of 100 means that women are on equal legal standing with men across all areas measured.
Rank | Country/Territory | Score |
---|---|---|
1 | Belgium | 100.0 |
1 | Canada | 100.0 |
1 | Denmark | 100.0 |
1 | France | 100.0 |
1 | Iceland | 100.0 |
1 | Ireland | 100.0 |
1 | Latvia | 100.0 |
1 | Luxembourg | 100.0 |
1 | Portugal | 100.0 |
1 | Sweden | 100.0 |
2 | Estonia | 97.5 |
2 | Finland | 97.5 |
2 | Germany | 97.5 |
2 | Greece | 97.5 |
2 | Italy | 97.5 |
2 | Netherlands | 97.5 |
2 | New Zealand | 97.5 |
2 | Spain | 97.5 |
2 | United Kingdom | 97.5 |
3 | Australia | 96.9 |
3 | Austria | 96.9 |
3 | Hungary | 96.9 |
3 | Norway | 96.9 |
3 | Slovenia | 96.9 |
4 | Peru | 95.0 |
5 | Paraguay | 94.4 |
6 | Croatia | 93.8 |
6 | Czech Republic | 93.8 |
6 | Lithuania | 93.8 |
6 | Poland | 93.8 |
6 | Serbia | 93.8 |
7 | Kosovo | 91.9 |
7 | Mauritius | 91.9 |
8 | Albania | 91.3 |
8 | Cyprus | 91.3 |
8 | Taiwan, China | 91.3 |
8 | United States | 91.3 |
9 | Bulgaria | 90.6 |
9 | Romania | 90.6 |
10 | Ecuador | 89.4 |
10 | Hong Kong, China | 89.4 |
11 | Bolivia | 88.8 |
11 | El Salvador | 88.8 |
11 | Malta | 88.8 |
11 | Mexico | 88.8 |
11 | Uruguay | 88.8 |
12 | Lao PDR | 88.1 |
12 | Montenegro | 88.1 |
12 | South Africa | 88.1 |
13 | Guyana | 86.9 |
13 | Zimbabwe | 86.9 |
14 | Cabo Verde | 86.3 |
14 | Dominican Republic | 86.3 |
14 | Namibia | 86.3 |
14 | Nicaragua | 86.3 |
14 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 86.3 |
15 | Georgia | 85.6 |
15 | Switzerland | 85.6 |
16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 85.0 |
16 | Brazil | 85.0 |
16 | Korea, Rep. | 85.0 |
16 | North Macedonia | 85.0 |
16 | Slovak Republic | 85.0 |
16 | Venezuela | 85.0 |
17 | Moldova | 84.4 |
17 | Togo | 84.4 |
18 | Liberia | 83.8 |
18 | Puerto Rico (US) | 83.8 |
18 | St. Lucia | 83.8 |
19 | Costa Rica | 83.1 |
19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 83.1 |
19 | Timor-Leste | 83.1 |
20 | Armenia | 82.5 |
20 | Fiji | 82.5 |
20 | Mongolia | 82.5 |
20 | Mozambique | 82.5 |
20 | Singapore | 82.5 |
20 | Turkey | 82.5 |
20 | United Arab Emirates | 82.5 |
21 | Colombia | 81.9 |
21 | Japan | 81.9 |
21 | Vietnam | 81.9 |
22 | Bahamas | 81.3 |
22 | Tanzania | 81.3 |
22 | Zambia | 81.3 |
23 | Grenada | 80.6 |
23 | Israel | 80.6 |
23 | Kenya | 80.6 |
23 | Nepal | 80.6 |
23 | Rwanda | 80.6 |
24 | Chile | 80.0 |
24 | Samoa | 80.0 |
24 | San Marino | 80.0 |
24 | Saudi Arabia | 80.0 |
25 | Belize | 79.4 |
25 | Burkina Faso | 79.4 |
25 | Panama | 79.4 |
25 | Ukraine | 79.4 |
26 | Azerbaijan | 78.8 |
26 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 78.8 |
26 | Kiribati | 78.8 |
26 | Philippines | 78.8 |
26 | Tajikistan | 78.8 |
27 | Lesotho | 78.1 |
27 | Thailand | 78.1 |
28 | Benin | 77.5 |
28 | Malawi | 77.5 |
29 | Barbados | 76.9 |
29 | Central African Republic | 76.9 |
29 | Ethiopia | 76.9 |
29 | Kyrgyz Republic | 76.9 |
30 | Argentina | 76.3 |
30 | Guinea | 76.3 |
30 | Seychelles | 76.3 |
31 | Belarus | 75.6 |
31 | China | 75.6 |
31 | Morocco | 75.6 |
32 | Cambodia | 75.0 |
32 | Ghana | 75.0 |
32 | Honduras | 75.0 |
32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 75.0 |
33 | Gambia | 74.4 |
33 | India | 74.4 |
33 | Madagascar | 74.4 |
34 | Maldives | 73.8 |
34 | Suriname | 73.8 |
35 | Angola | 73.1 |
35 | Burundi | 73.1 |
35 | Russia | 73.1 |
35 | Uganda | 73.1 |
36 | Bhutan | 71.9 |
37 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 71.3 |
38 | Guatemala | 70.6 |
38 | Uzbekistan | 70.6 |
39 | South Sudan | 70.0 |
40 | Eritrea | 69.4 |
40 | Kazakhstan | 69.4 |
40 | Sierra Leone | 69.4 |
41 | Dijibouti | 68.1 |
41 | Jamaica | 68.1 |
41 | Marshall Islands | 68.1 |
41 | St. Vicent and the Grenadines | 68.1 |
42 | Tunisia | 67.5 |
43 | Senegal | 66.9 |
44 | Antigua and Barbuda | 66.3 |
44 | Chad | 66.3 |
45 | Sri Lanka | 65.6 |
46 | Comoros | 65.0 |
47 | Indonesia | 64.4 |
48 | Botswana | 63.8 |
48 | Haiti | 63.8 |
48 | Micronesia | 63.8 |
49 | Nigeria | 63.1 |
50 | Dominica | 62.5 |
51 | Mali | 60.6 |
52 | Cameroon | 60.0 |
52 | Papua New Guinea | 60.0 |
53 | Niger | 59.4 |
54 | Myanmar | 58.8 |
54 | Palau | 58.8 |
54 | Tonga | 58.8 |
55 | Vanuatu | 58.1 |
56 | Algeria | 57.5 |
56 | Gabon | 57.5 |
57 | Solomon Islands | 56.9 |
58 | Bahrain | 55.6 |
58 | Pakistan | 55.6 |
59 | Brunei Darussalam | 53.1 |
60 | Lebanon | 52.5 |
61 | Equatorial Guinea | 51.9 |
62 | Libya | 50.0 |
62 | Malaysia | 50.0 |
63 | Bangladesh | 49.4 |
63 | Congo, Rep. | 49.4 |
64 | Mauritania | 48.1 |
65 | Jordan | 46.9 |
65 | Somalia | 46.9 |
66 | Eswatini | 46.3 |
67 | Egypt | 45.0 |
67 | Iraq | 45.0 |
68 | Guinea-Bissau | 42.5 |
69 | Afghanistan | 38.1 |
70 | Syria | 36.9 |
71 | Oman | 35.6 |
72 | Iran | 31.3 |
73 | Qatar | 29.4 |
73 | Sudan | 29.4 |
74 | Kuwait | 28.8 |
75 | Yemen | 26.9 |
76 | West Bank and Gaza | 26.3 |
According to the report, there are 20 economies in the world where women still have half or fewer of the legal economic rights of men.
Under Taliban rule, for example, women in Afghanistan have limited access to education and work. In the Gaza Strip, women must have the permission of a male guardian to travel.
Yet, some differences are also seen in developed countries.
In the U.S, women still earn an average of about 82 cents for each dollar earned by men, and the gap across many countries in Europe is similar. Meanwhile, women are represented in just 23% of seats in national parliaments globally, and make up just 13% of agricultural landholders.
The Shadow Pandemic
COVID-19 has exacerbated existing inequalities that disadvantage girls and women, including barriers to attend school and maintain jobs, according to the United Nations.
In fact, new research shows that the sectors that have been most affected by the pandemic so far are those with high levels of women workers, including the restaurant and hospitality business, as well as the travel sector.
While leaders debate recovery in a post-pandemic world, rights equality remains a central topic for social and economic development.
Misc
Visualized: The Most Googled Countries
This series of visualizations uses Google trends search data to show the most googled countries around the world, from 2004 to 2022.

Visualized: The Most Googled Countries, Worldwide
View a higher resolution version of this network diagram.
Analyzing societal trends can teach us a lot about a population’s cultural fabric.
And since Google makes up more than 90% of internet searches outside of the Great Firewall, studying its usage is one of the best resources for modern social research.
This series of visualizations by Anders Sundell uses Google Trends search data to show the most googled countries around the world, from 2004 to 2022. These graphics provide thought-provoking insight into different cultural similarities and geopolitical dynamics.
A Quick Note on Methodology
The visualization above shows the most googled country in each nation around the world over the last couple of decades.
For example, the arrow pointing from Canada to the United States means that, between 2004 and 2022, people in Canada had more searches about the U.S. than any other country globally.
And since this study only looked at interest in other countries, queries of countries searching for themselves were not included in the data.
Finally, each country’s circle is scaled relative to its search interest, meaning the bigger the circle, the more countries pointing to it (and searching for it).
The Top Googled Countries Overall
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the U.S. is the most googled country on the list, ranking first place in 45 of the 190 countries included in the dataset.
Country | Top Googled Country |
---|---|
🇦🇩 Andorra | 🇪🇸 Spain |
🇦🇪 The United Arab Emirates | 🇮🇳 India |
🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 🇮🇷 Iran |
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇦🇱 Albania | 🇮🇹 Italy |
🇦🇲 Armenia | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇦🇴 Angola | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
🇦🇷 Argentina | 🇪🇸 Spain |
🇦🇹 Austria | 🇩🇪 Germany |
🇦🇺 Australia | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
🏴 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 🇷🇴 Romania |
🇧🇧 Barbados | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 🇮🇳 India |
🇧🇪 Belgium | 🇫🇷 France |
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 🇫🇷 France |
🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇧🇭 Bahrain | 🇮🇳 India |
🇧🇮 Burundi | 🇫🇷 France |
🇧🇯 Benin | 🇫🇷 France |
🇧🇳 Brunei | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
🇧🇴 Bolivia | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
🇧🇷 Brazil | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇧🇸 The Bahamas | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇧🇹 Bhutan | 🇮🇳 India |
🇧🇼 Botswana | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
🇧🇾 Belarus | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇧🇿 Belize | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇨🇦 Canada | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇨🇩 The Democratic Republic of Congo | 🇫🇷 France |
🇨🇫 The Central African Republic | 🇫🇷 France |
🇨🇬 The Congo | 🇨🇩 The Democratic Republic of Congo |
🇨🇭 Switzerland | 🇩🇪 Germany |
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | 🇫🇷 France |
🇨🇱 Chile | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
🇨🇲 Cameroon | 🇫🇷 France |
🇨🇳 China | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇨🇴 Colombia | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇨🇺 Cuba | 🇪🇸 Spain |
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇨🇾 Cyprus | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
🇨🇿 Czechia | 🇩🇪 Germany |
🇩🇪 Germany | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇩🇯 Djibouti | 🇫🇷 France |
🇩🇰 Denmark | 🇩🇪 Germany |
🇩🇲 Dominica | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇩🇴 The Dominican Republic | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇩🇿 Algeria | 🇫🇷 France |
🇪🇨 Ecuador | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇪🇪 Estonia | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇪🇬 Egypt | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
🇪🇷 Eritrea | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
🇪🇸 Spain | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇫🇮 Finland | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
🇫🇯 Fiji | 🇦🇺 Australia |
🇫🇲 Micronesia | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇫🇷 France | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇬🇦 Gabon | 🇫🇷 France |
🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇬🇩 Grenada | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇬🇪 Georgia | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇬🇭 Ghana | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇬🇲 Gambia | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
🇬🇳 Guinea | 🇫🇷 France |
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 🇪🇸 Spain |
🇬🇷 Greece | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
🇬🇹 Guatemala | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
🇬🇾 Guyana | 🇮🇳 India |
🇭🇳 Honduras | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇭🇷 Croatia | 🇩🇪 Germany |
🇭🇹 Haiti | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇭🇺 Hungary | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇮🇩 Indonesia | 🇯🇵 Japan |
🇮🇪 Ireland | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
🇮🇱 Israel | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇮🇳 India | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇮🇶 Iraq | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
🇮🇷 Iran | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
🇮🇸 Iceland | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
🇮🇹 Italy | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇯🇲 Jamaica | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇯🇴 Jordan | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
🇯🇵 Japan | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇰🇪 Kenya | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇰🇭 Cambodia | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
🇰🇮 Kiribati | 🇫🇯 Fiji |
🇰🇲 Comoros | 🇫🇷 France |
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇰🇵 North Korea | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇰🇷 South Korea | 🇯🇵 Japan |
🇰🇼 Kuwait | 🇮🇳 India |
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇱🇦 Laos | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
🇱🇧 Lebanon | 🇸🇾 Syria |
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 🇮🇳 India |
🇱🇷 Liberia | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇱🇸 Lesotho | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
🇱🇹 Lithuania | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 🇫🇷 France |
🇱🇻 Latvia | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇱🇾 Libya | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
🇲🇦 Morocco | 🇫🇷 France |
🇲🇨 Monaco | 🇫🇷 France |
🇲🇩 Moldova | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇲🇪 Montenegro | 🇷🇸 Serbia |
🇲🇬 Madagascar | 🇫🇷 France |
🇲🇰 Republic of North Macedonia | 🇷🇸 Serbia |
🇲🇱 Mali | 🇫🇷 France |
🇲🇲 Myanmar | 🇯🇵 Japan |
🇲🇳 Mongolia | 🇯🇵 Japan |
🇲🇷 Mauritania | 🇫🇷 France |
🇲🇹 Malta | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
🇲🇺 Mauritius | 🇮🇳 India |
🇲🇻 Maldives | 🇮🇳 India |
🇲🇼 Malawi | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
🇲🇽 Mexico | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇲🇾 Malaysia | 🇯🇵 Japan |
🇲🇿 Mozambique | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
🇳🇪 The Niger | 🇫🇷 France |
🇳🇬 Nigeria | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 🇩🇪 Germany |
🇳🇴 Norway | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
🇳🇵 Nepal | 🇮🇳 India |
🇳🇿 New Zealand | 🇦🇺 Australia |
🇴🇲 Oman | 🇮🇳 India |
🇵🇦 Panama | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇵🇪 Peru | 🇪🇸 Spain |
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 🇦🇺 Australia |
🇵🇭 The Philippines | 🇯🇵 Japan |
🇵🇰 Pakistan | 🇮🇳 India |
🇵🇱 Poland | 🇩🇪 Germany |
🇵🇸 Palestine | 🇮🇱 Israel |
🇵🇹 Portugal | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
🇵🇾 Paraguay | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
🇶🇦 Qatar | 🇮🇳 India |
🇷🇴 Romania | 🇮🇹 Italy |
🇷🇸 Serbia | 🇽🇰 Kosovo |
🇷🇺 Russia | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇷🇼 Rwanda | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 🇦🇺 Australia |
🇸🇨 Seychelles | 🇮🇳 India |
🇸🇩 Sudan | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
🇸🇪 Sweden | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇸🇬 Singapore | 🇯🇵 Japan |
🇸🇮 Slovenia | 🇭🇷 Croatia |
🇸🇰 Slovakia | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 🇬🇳 Guinea |
🇸🇲 San Marino | 🇮🇹 Italy |
🇸🇳 Senegal | 🇫🇷 France |
🇸🇴 Somalia | 🇮🇳 India |
🇸🇷 Suriname | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands |
🇸🇸 South Sudan | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
🇸🇻 El Salvador | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇸🇾 Syria | 🇱🇧 Lebanon |
🇸🇿 Eswatini | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
🇹🇩 Chad | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇹🇬 Togo | 🇫🇷 France |
🇹🇭 Thailand | 🇯🇵 Japan |
🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇹🇳 Tunisia | 🇫🇷 France |
🇹🇴 Tonga | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
🇹🇷 Turkey | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇹🇼 Taiwan | 🇯🇵 Japan |
🇹🇿 Tanzania | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
🇺🇦 Ukraine | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇺🇬 Uganda | 🇺🇸 The United States |
🇺🇸 The United States | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
🇺🇾 Uruguay | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 🇷🇺 Russia |
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 🇧🇧 Barbados |
🇻🇪 Venezuela | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
🇻🇳 Vietnam | 🇯🇵 Japan |
🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 🇦🇺 Australia |
🇽🇰 Kosovo | 🇦🇱 Albania |
🇾🇪 Yemen | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
🇿🇦 South Africa | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
🇿🇲 Zambia | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
While it’s the top googled country in neighboring places like Canada and Mexico, it’s also number one in countries much farther away like Nigeria, Sweden, and Australia.
The U.S. is currently the world’s largest economy by nominal GDP, and one of the biggest cultural influences globally. However, it’s worth noting that China, the world’s second-largest economy and the most populated, had very little search interest in comparison, at least based on Google Trends data.
Zooming into Specific Regions
In addition to the network map highlighting the overall top googled countries, Sundell created a series of videos breaking down the data monthly, by regions. Here are the videos for the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
The United States
Since 2004, there have been a high number of searches for Canada, Mexico and India in America.
The searches for Mexico seem to be concentrated in the Western U.S., which is also where a large portion of the country’s Hispanic population lives. In contrast, searches for India seem to come mostly from the eastern side of the country.
Europe
The U.S. is by the far the most commonly googled country across Europe, ranking number one consistently over the last two decades.
However, Russia stole the limelight in 2014, the year that they invaded and ultimately annexed Crimea.
Asia
In the early 2000s, the U.S. held the top googled spot in Asia, but over time, relative searches for the U.S. go down. India stole the top spot to become the most googled country in Asia for a majority of the 2010s.
One anomaly occurred when Japan briefly took the top spot in March 2011, which is when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit the northern coast of Japan, causing a devastating tsunami.
What will future search results reveal about the global landscape? Were any of the results surprising?
Politics
Which Countries Trust Their Government, and Which Ones Don’t?
There is a clear correlation between trust in government and trust in public institutions, but a few countries buck the trend.

Which Countries Trust Their Government, and Which Ones Don’t?
In many countries around the world, vast portions of the population do not trust their own government.
Lack of faith in government and politics is nothing new, but in times of uncertainty, that lack of trust can coalesce into movements that challenge the authority of ruling parties and even threaten the stability of nations.
This visualization uses data from the Ipsos Global Trustworthiness Monitor to look at how much various populations trust their government and public institutions.
Tracking Trust in Government
Since the beginning of the pandemic, global trust in government has improved by eight percentage points, but that is only a small improvement on an otherwise low score.
At the country level, feelings towards government can vary widely. India, Germany, Netherlands, and Malaysia had the highest government trust levels.
Many of the countries with the lowest levels of trust were located in Latin America. This makes sense, as trust in politicians in this region is almost non-existent. For example, in Colombia, only 4% of the population consider politicians trustworthy. In Argentina, that figure falls to just 3%.
Trust in Public Institutions
Broadly speaking, people trust their public services more than the governments in charge of managing and funding them. This makes sense as civil servants fare much better than politicians and government ministers in trustworthiness.
As our main chart demonstrates, there is a correlation between faith in government and trust in public institutions. There are clear “high trust” and “low trust” groupings in the countries included in the polling, but there is also a third group that stands out—the countries that have high trust in public institutions, but not in their government. Leading this group is Japan, which has a stark difference in trust between public services and politicians. There are many factors that explain this difference, such as values, corruption levels, and the reliability of public services in various countries.
While trust scores for government improved slightly during the pandemic, trust in public institutions stayed nearly the same.
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