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Lifestyle > Confidence in social institutions Stats: compare key data on Japan & United States

Definitions

  • Armed forces: Proportion of people in 1990s surveys expressing confidence in this social institution.
  • Church: Proportion of people in 1990s surveys expressing confidence in this social institution.
  • Civil service: Proportion of people in 1990s surveys expressing confidence in this social institution.
  • Companies: Proportion of people in 1990s surveys expressing confidence in this social institution.
  • Legal system: Proportion of people in 1990s surveys expressing confidence in this social institution.
  • Legal system per million: Proportion of people in 1990s surveys expressing confidence in this social institution. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Parliament: Proportion of people in 1990s surveys expressing confidence in this social institution.
  • Police: Proportion of people in 1990s surveys expressing confidence in this social institution.
  • Police per million: Proportion of people in 1990s surveys expressing confidence in this social institution. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Press: Proportion of people in 1990s surveys expressing confidence in this social institution.
  • Trade unions: Proportion of people in 1990s surveys expressing confidence in this social institution.
STAT Japan United States
Armed forces 44%
Ranked 13th.
65%
Ranked 5th. 48% more than Japan
Church 12%
Ranked 17th.
72%
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Japan
Civil service 36%
Ranked 15th.
56%
Ranked 2nd. 56% more than Japan
Companies 38%
Ranked 15th.
52%
Ranked 6th. 37% more than Japan
Legal system 61%
Ranked 6th. 27% more than United States
48%
Ranked 13th.
Legal system per million 0.494%
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than United States
0.192%
Ranked 17th.
Parliament 28%
Ranked 17th.
38%
Ranked 12th. 36% more than Japan
Police 69%
Ranked 11th.
73%
Ranked 8th. 6% more than Japan
Police per million 0.559%
Ranked 15th. 91% more than United States
0.292%
Ranked 16th.
Press 65%
Ranked 1st. 48% more than United States
44%
Ranked 3rd.
Trade unions 36%
Ranked 9th. 6% more than United States
34%
Ranked 13th.

SOURCES: World Values Survey; World Values Survey. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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