Greatest Fools? The Countries That Trust Their Government Most (And Least)
Trust in government serves as a vital driving force for a country's economic development, increases the effectiveness of governmental decisions, as well as leading to greater compliance with regulations and the tax system. As Statista's Niall McCarthy notes, the level of confidence in a country's government is generally determined by whether people think their government is reliable, if it can protect its citizens from risk and whether or not it is capable of effectively delivering public services.
The latest edition of the OECD's Government at a Glance report has found that confidence in government varies widely between countries.
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Unsurprisingly, Greece has the lowest level of confidence in its government, unsurprising given the economic pain it has suffered since the onset of the financial crisis. In recent years, Greece has had to deal with multiple elections, bank shutdowns, defaulting, the introduction of capital controls and being on the frontline of the European migration crisis. That has all led to 13 percent of the Greek public having confidence in their government. South Korea also has a low level of confidence at 24 percent, most likely due to President Park Geun-hye's impeachment scandal.
In the United States, the White House is struggling to shake off allegations of Russian collusion and only 30 percent of the public have confidence in the government. The United Kingdom is also enduring turbulent times amid its Brexit negotiations and 41 percent of the public have faith in their government.
At the other end of the spectrum, 58 percent of people in Russia and Turkey trust their governments while India (the nation that just surprised the entire world by making its banknotes illegal) has the highest confidence levels at 73 percent. Greatest Fools?
Source : Zerohedge
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Something to ponder. Thanks zer0hedge, A lot of what the public thinks and believes has to do with media and academia propaganda at least where there is a so-called free press. North Korea is not on the list but I am sure it would be number one surpassing India and coming in at 100% because if you don't adore the dear leader you will never be a stat in a survey.
Good article, thanks.
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From India and from the rest 27% :-)
Good article, its nice to see where are the best trusted governments, resteem, follow, upvote.
Sounds about right. Still too many people believe in and trust in these governments. There is a change coming and the further along we go, those numbers dwindle.
I find it difficult to believe that some of these numbers are so high. Especially in the age of the internet and the decline of the mainstream media.
Personally I would have thought the numbers would be lower for some of these countries.
I think the percentage also must have a correlation to what percentage voted for the government in power, when they were elected, and the time elapsed after the last election. The higher the votes and the lesser the time elapsed the more the percentage would be.
On the other hand if it has been some time since the last election, anti-incumbency could have have set in and it will reflect in low confidence in the government.
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