Trust in national government

Metric

Proportion of the population that express confidence in the national government

Why this matters

Trust in government is linked to political participation, social cohesion and collaboration in tackling societal challenges.

Progress

Trust in government measures the share of people aged 15 and over who report having confidence in the national government.

The OECD reports that in 2022:

50% of people surveyed in Australia expressed confidence in the government
confidence in the government had improved when compared to 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic (45%).

More recent data from the OECD Drivers of Public Trust survey shows that in 2023, 46% of Australians reported high or moderately high trust in the national government.

Proportion of people that express confidence in the national government
	Persons (%)
2006	53
2007	53
2008	64
2009 (a)
2010	61
2011	53
2012	42
2013	46
2014	46
2015	48
2016	45
2017	45
2018	47
2019	47
2020	45
2021	52
2022	50

Proportion of people that express confidence in the national government

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There is no data for 2009.

Data Source

OECD Future Wellbeing Data Explorer