Government Less Trusted than Business Percent trust, and the percentage-point difference between trust in business vs government 40 Distrust Neutral Trust 32 31 (1-49) (50-59) (60-100) 28 28 24 24 12pts 15 14 14 13 13 13 11 10 9 7 5 4 4 3 1 Trust gap -3 -5 -8 -10 -14 Trust in business 62 62 52 66 68 71 64 71 71 47 68 49 50 55 57 61 54 83 52 80 38 50 52 54 84 78 73 62 Trust in government 50 22 20 35 40 43 40 47 56 33 54 36 37 42 46 51 45 76 47 76 34 47 51 57 89 86 83 76 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer. TRU_INS. Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate how much you trust that institution to do what is right.9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. General population, 26-mkt avg. *Sweden is not included in the global average. Due to a translation inconsistency, the France data was removed from this slide. For more details contact the Trust Barometerresearch team.