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Lifestyle > Confidence in social institutions Stats: compare key data on Sweden & 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 Sweden United States
Armed forces 52%
Ranked 9th.
65%
Ranked 5th. 25% more than Sweden
Church 43%
Ranked 12th.
72%
Ranked 1st. 67% more than Sweden
Civil service 45%
Ranked 10th.
56%
Ranked 2nd. 24% more than Sweden
Companies 59%
Ranked 3rd. 13% more than United States
52%
Ranked 6th.
Legal system 59%
Ranked 7th. 23% more than United States
48%
Ranked 13th.
Legal system per million 6.89%
Ranked 7th. 36 times more than United States
0.192%
Ranked 17th.
Parliament 46%
Ranked 6th. 21% more than United States
38%
Ranked 12th.
Police 78%
Ranked 5th. 7% more than United States
73%
Ranked 8th.
Police per million 9.11%
Ranked 5th. 31 times more than United States
0.292%
Ranked 16th.
Press 31%
Ranked 11th.
44%
Ranked 3rd. 42% more than Sweden
Trade unions 42%
Ranked 5th. 24% 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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