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, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
As well as questions on trust, respondents were also asked questions on other topics including where respondents source information on politics and current affairs or their views on government statistics.
For more details on the Irish 2023 Trust Survey see the background notes from the first 2023 Trust Survey release.
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