economic2023

Trust that personal data are used legitimately

Compare trust that personal data are used legitimately across 30 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 OECD reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
51.8Percentage of respondents
Median: 52.1Percentage of respondents
Countries Covered
30
with available data
Highest
Finland
77.9Percentage of respondents
Lowest
Slovenia
38.9Percentage of respondents
Top 5 Countries
1Finland77.9Percentage of respondents
2Ireland68.6Percentage of respondents
3Denmark64.4Percentage of respondents
4Norway64.3Percentage of respondents
5Iceland63.4Percentage of respondents
By Region
Oceania56.6Percentage of respondents(2 countries)
Europe53.5Percentage of respondents(22 countries)
North America49.4Percentage of respondents(2 countries)
Asia42.9Percentage of respondents(1 countries)
South America40.4Percentage of respondents(2 countries)
Key Findings
  • 30 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of respondents observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
  • Finland has the highest published value (77.93 Percentage of respondents).
  • Slovenia has the lowest published value (38.92 Percentage of respondents).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (38.9Percentage of respondents)High (77.9Percentage of respondents)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 51.8Percentage of respondents)

Oceania (2)
Europe (22)
North America (2)
Asia (1)
South America (2)
Other (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

OECD Trust, security and dignity measure 'Personal data used for legitimate purposes'. The map uses the exact official 2023 slice in Percentage of respondents; fixed dimensions: FREQ=A (Annual); SECTOR=_Z (Not applicable); EDITION=2025 (2025); SCALE=LIK (Likely); CATEGORY=TDG (Trust, security and dignity); PRICE_BASE=_Z (Not applicable).

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

OECD Trust, security and dignity measure 'Personal data used for legitimate purposes'. The map uses the exact official 2023 slice in Percentage of respondents; fixed dimensions: FREQ=A (Annual); SECTOR=_Z (Not applicable); EDITION=2025 (2025); SCALE=LIK (Likely); CATEGORY=TDG (Trust, security and dignity); PRICE_BASE=_Z (Not applicable).

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Finland77.9Percentage of respondents
2Ireland68.6Percentage of respondents
3Denmark64.4Percentage of respondents
4Norway64.3Percentage of respondents
5Iceland63.4Percentage of respondents
6Netherlands62.7Percentage of respondents
7Switzerland58.9Percentage of respondents
8New Zealand57.1Percentage of respondents
9Luxembourg56.5Percentage of respondents
10Australia56.0Percentage of respondents
11Sweden55.2Percentage of respondents
12Estonia54.4Percentage of respondents
13Canada54.1Percentage of respondents
14Belgium53.4Percentage of respondents
15Germany53.0Percentage of respondents
16Italy51.2Percentage of respondents
17Spain48.7Percentage of respondents
18United Kingdom47.2Percentage of respondents
19France47.1Percentage of respondents
20Latvia45.1Percentage of respondents
21Mexico44.8Percentage of respondents
22Greece44.5Percentage of respondents
23South Korea42.9Percentage of respondents
24Slovakia41.8Percentage of respondents
25Chile40.9Percentage of respondents
26Czech Republic40.4Percentage of respondents
27Costa Rica40.3Percentage of respondents
28Portugal40.3Percentage of respondents
29Colombia39.8Percentage of respondents
30Slovenia38.9Percentage of respondents
Showing 30 of 30 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2023).

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