According to the latest edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer, the United States has experienced a significant 37 percentage point drop in trust across its institutions while at the opposite end of the scale, China experienced a 27-point gain. When it comes to government, one of the most important trust indicators, China leads the way. Edelman found that 84 percent of people in China trust their government, the highest level worldwide and an eight percentage point increase on 2017.
Indians also place a high level of trust in their government with seven out of every ten people having faith in the political process there. Turkey is still recovering from a dramatic coup d’état attempt in 2016 and government trust levels in the country remain unchanged from last year at 51 percent. With Brexit dividing the United Kingdom more than at any other time in modern history, only 36 percent of Edelman’s respondents said they trust the government. That is also unchanged from last year. The United States sinks even lower in the ranking with only one third of people saying they have faith in the government, a 14 percentage-point drop on 2017.
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