Trust in Scientists
Share who say they trust scientists in their country a lot or some. Wellcome Global Monitor 2018.
Source: Wellcome Global Monitor 2018 (Gallup) Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: % Parsed: 2026-06-28 Open source โ
Period: Wellcome Global Monitor 2018 (Gallup). Method: Gallup World Poll; weighted shares (Column N %); share giving the stated response.
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Avg (2018)
66.3%
single period
Improving
0
of 143 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
143
ยฑ0.5pp band
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| # | Entity | Share who trust scientists a lot or some |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ๐ช๐ธ Spain | 94.4% |
| 2 | ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan | 93.6% |
| 3 | ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland | 93.5% |
| 4 | ๐ธ๐ช Sweden | 91.9% |
| 5 | ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland | 91.7% |
| 6 | ๐ง๐ช Belgium | 91.6% |
| 7 | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark | 91% |
| 8 | ๐ซ๐ท France | 90.9% |
| 9 | ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland | 90.9% |
| 10 | ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland | 90.2% |
| 11 | ๐ฎ๐น Italy | 90.2% |
| 12 | ๐ณ๐ด Norway | 88.9% |
| 13 | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom | 87.8% |
| 14 | ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | 87.5% |
| 15 | ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia | 86.9% |
| 16 | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany | 86.6% |
| 17 | ๐ฏ๐ต Japan | 86.3% |
| 18 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 86% |
| 19 | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | 85.8% |
| 20 | ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand | 85.1% |
| 21 | ๐ต๐น Portugal | 84.7% |
| 22 | ๐ฆ๐น Austria | 84.4% |
| 23 | ๐ญ๐บ Hungary | 84.1% |
| 24 | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland | 83.8% |
| 25 | ๐น๐ฏ Tajikistan | 82.6% |
| 26 | ๐ฎ๐ท Iran | 82.5% |
| 27 | ๐น๐ฟ Tanzania | 82.2% |
| 28 | ๐ฌ๐ท Greece | 81.9% |
| 29 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands | 81.9% |
| 30 | ๐น๐ฒ Turkmenistan | 81.8% |
| 31 | ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh | 81.6% |
| 32 | ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia | 80.7% |
| 33 | ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia | 80.5% |
| 34 | ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel | 80.4% |
| 35 | ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea | 80.4% |
| 36 | ๐ง๐พ Belarus | 79.8% |
| 37 | ๐ท๐บ Russia | 79.4% |
| 38 | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | 79.4% |
| 39 | ๐ช๐ช Estonia | 78.8% |
| 40 | ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar | 77.6% |
| 41 | ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan | 77.3% |
| 42 | ๐จ๐ณ China | 76.8% |
| 43 | ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania | 76.7% |
| 44 | ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg | 76.7% |
| 45 | ๐ญ๐ท Croatia | 75.9% |
| 46 | ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic | 75.9% |
| 47 | ๐น๐ญ Thailand | 75.9% |
| 48 | ๐จ๐ท Costa Rica | 75.7% |
| 49 | ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina | 75.6% |
| 50 | ๐ท๐ธ Serbia | 75.4% |
| 51 | ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan | 74.5% |
| 52 | ๐น๐ท Turkey | 73.1% |
| 53 | ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine | 72.3% |
| 54 | ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana | 71.8% |
| 55 | ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia | 71.3% |
| 56 | ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico | 71.2% |
| 57 | ๐ต๐ญ Philippines | 71.1% |
| 58 | ๐จ๐พ Cyprus | 70.8% |
| 59 | ๐ฒ๐น Malta | 70.7% |
| 60 | ๐ณ๐ต Nepal | 70.5% |
| 61 | ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia | 70.3% |
| 62 | ๐ท๐ด Romania | 70.1% |
| 63 | ๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka | 69.9% |
| 64 | ๐บ๐พ Uruguay | 69.8% |
| 65 | ๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstan | 69.2% |
| 66 | ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria | 67.4% |
| 67 | ๐ฑ๐พ Libya | 66.6% |
| 68 | ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria | 66.2% |
| 69 | ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda | 66.1% |
| 70 | ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt | 65.3% |
| 71 | ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya | 65.2% |
| 72 | ๐จ๐ฑ Chile | 65.1% |
| 73 | ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan | 65% |
| 74 | ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq | 64.5% |
| 75 | ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia | 64.1% |
| 76 | ๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia | 63.7% |
| 77 | ๐น๐ณ Tunisia | 63.4% |
| 78 | ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia | 63.3% |
| 79 | ๐ณ๐ช Niger | 63.2% |
| 80 | ๐ฌ๐ฒ The Gambia | 63.1% |
| 81 | ๐ฑ๐ง Lebanon | 62.9% |
| 82 | ๐ต๐ธ Palestine | 62.7% |
| 83 | ๐ญ๐น Haiti | 62.3% |
| 84 | ๐จ๐ด Colombia | 62.2% |
| 85 | ๐ธ๐ณ Senegal | 62.2% |
| 86 | ๐น๐ผ Taiwan | 62.1% |
| 87 | ๐ฒ๐บ Mauritius | 61.3% |
| 88 | ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic | 61.2% |
| 89 | ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco | 60.7% |
| 90 | ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria | 60.3% |
| 91 | ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore | 59.9% |
| 92 | ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina | 59.3% |
| 93 | ๐ง๐ท Brazil | 59.3% |
| 94 | ๐ช๐น Ethiopia | 58.9% |
| 95 | ๐ป๐ช Venezuela | 58.9% |
| 96 | ๐ฒ๐ผ Malawi | 58.7% |
| 97 | ๐ธ๐ฟ Eswatini | 58.6% |
| 98 | ๐ฌ๐ณ Guinea | 58.4% |
| 99 | ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia | 58.3% |
| 100 | ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova | 58.3% |
| 101 | ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia | 58.2% |
| 102 | ๐ฒ๐ฑ Mali | 57.9% |
| 103 | ๐ฑ๐ท Liberia | 57.5% |
| 104 | ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan | 56.9% |
| 105 | ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe | 56.8% |
| 106 | ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan | 55.9% |
| 107 | ๐ท๐ผ Rwanda | 55.8% |
| 108 | ๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovo | 55.7% |
| 109 | ๐ต๐ช Peru | 55.2% |
| 110 | ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam | 54% |
| 111 | ๐ญ๐ณ Honduras | 53.7% |
| 112 | ๐ฑ๐ฆ Laos | 53.5% |
| 113 | ๐ต๐ฆ Panama | 53.3% |
| 114 | ๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leone | 51.7% |
| 115 | ๐พ๐ช Yemen | 51.5% |
| 116 | ๐ช๐จ Ecuador | 51.4% |
| 117 | ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa | 51.1% |
| 118 | ๐ฒ๐ฐ Macedonia | 50.9% |
| 119 | ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador | 50.8% |
| 120 | ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia | 50.7% |
| 121 | ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwait | 49.7% |
| 122 | ๐ง๐ด Bolivia | 49.6% |
| 123 | ๐ต๐พ Paraguay | 49.2% |
| 124 | ๐จ๐ฒ Cameroon | 48.8% |
| 125 | ๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique | 48.7% |
| 126 | ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates | 48.6% |
| 127 | ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua | 48% |
| 128 | ๐ง๐ซ Burkina Faso | 47.4% |
| 129 | ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro | 47.1% |
| 130 | ๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia | 45.8% |
| 131 | ๐ฌ๐น Guatemala | 45% |
| 132 | ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania | 43.4% |
| 133 | ๐ง๐ผ Botswana | 42.6% |
| 134 | ๐น๐ฉ Chad | 42.6% |
| 135 | ๐ง๐ฎ Burundi | 40.5% |
| 136 | ๐ง๐ฏ Benin | 39.3% |
| 137 | ๐ฐ๐ฒ Comoros | 39.1% |
| 138 | ๐ฌ๐ฆ Gabon | 38.8% |
| 139 | ๐ฒ๐ฌ Madagascar | 37.5% |
| 140 | ๐จ๐ฌ Congo, Rep. | 33.1% |
| 141 | ๐จ๐ฎ Ivory Coast | 32% |
| 142 | ๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania | 31.5% |
| 143 | ๐น๐ฌ Togo | 25% |