Trust in Scientists, 2020

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Trust in Scientists, 2020: every country, as published by Wellcome Trust.

Country	Trust scientists in this country a lot (%)	Trust scientists in this country some (%)
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	72.354	24.46
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	72.034	23.97
SpainESPSouthern Europe	70.572	21.76
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	69.947	21.34
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	64.509	29.00
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	63.896	31.22
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	63.698	30.04
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	62.750	31.49
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	62.714	24.33
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	61.370	25.38
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	60.451	27.41
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	60.120	26.23
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	60.065	34.42
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	59.505	14.58
FranceFRAWestern Europe	58.397	33.65
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	58.131	29.54
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	58.008	27.68
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	57.230	34.29
CanadaCANNorthern America	56.004	32.09
ArgentinaARGSouth America	55.002	24.74
United StatesUSANorthern America	53.942	36.11
UruguayURYSouth America	53.113	27.73
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	52.953	35.47
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	51.978	21.42
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	51.539	30.62

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 34.354. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Trust scientists in this country some (%)

  HighestHong Kong64.40

  LowestTajikistan14.58

  Middle country: 33.95

• +2 / −33countries joined / left
• 111values changed, of 111 in both
• 88 · 23rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ Bahrain+ Hong Kong− Afghanistan− Armenia− Azerbaijan− Burundi− Belarus− Botswana− Comoros− Gambia− Guatemala− Honduras− Haiti− Iceland− Kuwait− Liberia− Libya− Luxembourg− Madagascar− Mozambique− Mauritania− Malawi− Niger− Pakistan− Panama− Palestine− Rwanda− Singapore− Sierra Leone− Eswatini− Chad− Togo− Turkmenistan− Northern Cyprus− Yemen

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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