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

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  • 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 Belgium United States
Armed forces 34%
Ranked 15th.
65%
Ranked 5th. 91% more than Belgium
Church 51%
Ranked 5th.
72%
Ranked 1st. 41% more than Belgium
Civil service 42%
Ranked 12th.
56%
Ranked 2nd. 33% more than Belgium
Companies 50%
Ranked 9th.
52%
Ranked 6th. 4% more than Belgium
Legal system 46%
Ranked 15th.
48%
Ranked 13th. 4% more than Belgium
Legal system per million 4.62%
Ranked 8th. 24 times more than United States
0.192%
Ranked 17th.
Parliament 42%
Ranked 9th. 11% more than United States
38%
Ranked 12th.
Police 51%
Ranked 16th.
73%
Ranked 8th. 43% more than Belgium
Police per million 5.12%
Ranked 7th. 17 times more than United States
0.292%
Ranked 16th.
Press 43%
Ranked 4th.
44%
Ranked 3rd. 2% more than Belgium
Trade unions 37%
Ranked 8th. 9% 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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