Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in China
China: Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality was 63.5% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in China, 1993–2022
Source: Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
China recorded 63.5% for interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in 2022. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in China peaked at 63.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 49.3%, in 2010.
That places China 4th out of 39 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.9% | 50.4% | 59.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 52.5% | 52.5% | 52.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 54.8% | 49.3% | 60.3% | 2 |
| 2020s | 63.5% | 63.5% | 63.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near China
More poverty & inequality data for China
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 0.999 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,418 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 22.1% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.132 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 13.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0853 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0853 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1012 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3029 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in China?
- Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality in China was 63.5% in 2022, according to Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest interpersonal trust vs. income inequality recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 63.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest interpersonal trust vs. income inequality recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.3% in 2010.
- How does China rank for interpersonal trust vs. income inequality?
- China ranks 4th out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is interpersonal trust vs. income inequality rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Integrated Values Surveys (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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% of respondents replying "Most people can be trusted" when asked "Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you need to be very careful in dealing with people?" Possible answers include "Most people can be trusted", "Do not know" and "Need to be very careful".