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The UK's value for Trust in institutions in 2023: 5.12, unit mean of 0–10 trust scores (parliament, legal system, police), against an EU27 median of 5.36. Source: European Social Survey, trstprl,trstlgl,trstplc, snapshot of 6 November 2026.
Average trust in national institutions on a 0 to 10 scale, from the European Social Survey.
Caveat. European Social Survey Round 11 (2023–24). Czechia, Denmark, Luxembourg, Malta and Romania did not take part, so this is shown for context and not ranked.
5.12mean of 0–10 trust scores (parliament, legal system, police)(2023)
Values in mean of 0–10 trust scores (parliament, legal system, police). Sorted by value, highest first. Not ranked.
| Finland | 7.31 | 2023 | |
| Sweden | 6.63 | 2023 | |
| Austria | 6.35 | 2023 | |
| Netherlands | 6.30 | 2023 | |
| Estonia | 6.01 | 2023 | |
| Germany | 5.94 | 2023 | |
| Ireland | 5.70 | 2023 | |
| Belgium | 5.50 | 2023 | |
| Spain | 5.47 | 2023 | |
| Italy | 5.42 | 2023 | |
| Hungary | 5.40 | 2023 | |
| Lithuania | 5.33 | 2023 | |
| France | 5.17 | 2023 | |
| Slovenia | 5.12 | 2023 | |
| United KingdomUK | 5.12 | 2023 | |
| Portugal | 4.98 | 2023 | |
| Slovakia | 4.89 | 2023 | |
| Greece | 4.86 | 2023 | |
| Cyprus | 4.41 | 2023 | |
| Poland | 4.40 | 2023 | |
| Latvia | 4.25 | 2023 | |
| Croatia | 3.84 | 2023 | |
| Bulgaria | 3.83 | 2023 | |
| Czechia | – | – | |
| Denmark | – | – | |
| Luxembourg | – | – | |
| Malta | – | – | |
| Romania | – | – |
Average trust in national institutions on a 0 to 10 scale, from the European Social Survey.
Source: European Social Survey · series trstprl,trstlgl,trstplc· vintage ess_round11 · fetched 2026-11-06
European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure (ESS ERIC). ESS Round 11, integrated file, adapted. Sikt, Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research; accessed 2026-11-06. Data freely available from the ESS Data Portal.
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