MOST POWERFUL COUNTRIES LOSE TRUST CAPITAL Distrust Neutral Trust (1-49) (50-59) (60-100) Percent trust in companies headquartered in each country Percent trust in the national government Global 22 of each foreign country Global 27 71 69 68 68 63 65 64 61 62 61 53 58 56 54 40 51 51 48 30 37 39 35 36 34 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. TRU_NAT. Now we would like to focus on global companies headquartered in specific countries. Please indicate how much you trust global companies headquartered in the following countries to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Question asked of half of the sample. General population, 22-mkt avg. TRU_GOV. Please indicate how much you trust the national government of each of the following countries to do what is right using a 9-point scale where one means that you “do not trust them at all” and nine means that you “trust them a great deal”. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Question asked of half of the sample. Respondents were not asked to rate their home country. General population, 27-mkt avg. 11