Scandinavians trust international organisations more than rest of Europe - report

Published on 19/09/2025 - 11:30 GMT+2

Trust successful organisations specified arsenic the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) is higher successful Scandinavia than successful immoderate different European region, according to a new report published by the Rockefeller Foundation.

The survey, which gathered responses from much than 36,000 radical crossed 34 countries, acceptable retired to measurement nationalist sentiment connected planetary cooperation.  

The results amusement that radical crossed the globe judge planetary practice is important to code challenges specified arsenic nutrient and h2o security, supported by 93% of the respondents, planetary wellness astatine 91%, and clime astatine 86%. 

However, spot successful institutions moving connected these issues is comparatively lower, the champion regarded being the World Health Organization at 60% and the United Nations at 58%. 

In Sweden and Norway, 64% of radical reported trusting the UN, portion 69% said they trusted the WHO. 

In different parts of Europe, however, spot levels recorded were notably lower. In Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, Hungary and Romania) and successful Western Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), spot successful these institutions was lone somewhat supra 50%. 

Trust levels successful The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) were lower, with 44% and 46% of planetary respondents expressing assurance successful these institutions. 

Confidence successful the IMF is besides comparatively anemic crossed Europe. While 50% of respondents successful Scandinavia expressed spot successful the organisation, the fig dropped to 41% successful Eastern Europe and conscionable 39% successful Western Europe. 

Global picture

Worldwide, Sub-Saharan Africa recorded the highest levels of spot successful planetary organisations, the survey found. In countries specified arsenic Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Ghana, planetary institutions bask beardown support.  

The WHO is peculiarly highly regarded, with 85% of respondents expressing trust. Even the lowest-rated organisations successful the portion – the IMF and the International Criminal Court (ICC), some astatine 70% – inactive pull much assurance than successful astir different parts of the world. 

By contrast, the lowest spot levels were recorded successful Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. In these countries, lone the European Court of Human Rights managed to transcend the 50% spot threshold. The African Union with lone 41% of respondents’ confidence, scored the lowest.