Ireland was a participant country in the 2023 round of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) ‘Trust Survey’. This was the second round of the Trust Survey with the first round taking place in 2021. The Trust Survey monitors people’s self-reported interpersonal trust and trust in different institutions and government across OECD countries. Ireland was one of 30 countries that participated in the 2023 round of the survey, which also included Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The survey was conducted in the latter half of 2023 – see annex B of the OECD’s report for information on the specific dates for each participant country. The OECD published the intercountry results from this survey on July 10th 2024 – see the OECD website for more information.
The results for this analysis were generated using the 2023 Public Use Microdata File (OECD (2023), OECD Survey on Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions: 2023 Public Use Microdata File. Available via http://oe.cd/trust.).
For more details on the Irish 2023 Trust Survey see the background notes from the first 2023 Trust Survey release.
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