EVS — extended dashboard
Weighted values across Europe from the European Values Study (2017), broken down by country, sex and age with 95% confidence intervals — happiness, trust, politics and social values.
Men–women gap: · n/s · ** p<0.05 · *** p<0.01. Cells with fewer than 40 respondents are hidden.
Wellbeing & lifestyle
Happiness 86%±0.3
Very or quite happy, taking all things together. Weighted average across 36 countries, 2017–2020. Bars show 95% confidence intervals.
By country
Iceland95±1.2
Norway94±1.4
Switzerland94±0.9
Sweden94±1.5
United Kingdom93±1.3
Montenegro93±1.9
Netherlands92±1.2
Poland91±1.6
France91±1.6
Belarus91±1.5
Denmark90±1.4
Slovakia90±1.7
Czechia89±1.6
Austria89±1.7
Finland89±2.0
Spain89±1.8
North Macedonia89±2.1
Portugal88±2.2
Bosnia & H.87±1.7
Germany86±1.5
Estonia85±2.1
Azerbaijan84±1.9
Slovenia84±2.3
Armenia84±2.5
Lithuania83±2.1
Italy83±1.7
Croatia82±2.4
Hungary82±2.1
Latvia80±2.2
Serbia80±3.2
Russia80±2.6
Georgia79±2.0
Romania79±2.2
Ukraine78±5.3
Albania74±2.5
Bulgaria61±2.9
By sex gap sig.: ·
Men86±0.5
Women ·86±0.5
By age
15–2593±0.8
26–4091±0.6
41–6086±0.6
61+79±0.7
Society & values
Interpersonal trust 35%±0.5
Most people can be trusted (vs. can’t be too careful). Weighted average across 36 countries, 2017–2020. Bars show 95% confidence intervals.
By country
Denmark74±2.0
Norway73±2.7
Finland70±3.0
Sweden64±3.1
Iceland63±2.8
Netherlands60±2.2
Switzerland59±1.8
Austria51±2.8
Belarus42±2.6
Spain42±2.9
Germany41±2.3
United Kingdom40±2.5
Estonia34±2.7
Lithuania33±2.6
Azerbaijan28±2.3
Ukraine28±5.7
Hungary27±2.4
Italy27±2.0
France27±2.4
Slovenia26±2.8
Armenia25±2.9
Poland25±2.6
Russia24±2.8
Latvia23±2.4
Czechia22±2.2
Montenegro22±3.0
Slovakia22±2.3
Bulgaria18±2.3
Serbia17±3.1
Portugal17±2.5
North Macedonia16±2.5
Croatia14±2.2
Romania13±1.8
Bosnia & H.10±1.6
Georgia9±1.4
Albania3±0.9
By sex gap sig.: ***
Men36±0.7
Women ***34±0.6
By age
15–2537±1.4
26–4034±1.0
41–6036±0.8
61+33±0.8
Trust in other nationalities 59%±0.5
Trust people of another nationality completely or somewhat. Weighted average across 36 countries, 2017–2020. Bars show 95% confidence intervals.
By country
Sweden93±1.7
Iceland91±1.7
Denmark86±1.6
Norway85±2.2
United Kingdom84±1.9
Netherlands82±1.7
Finland80±2.6
Switzerland80±1.4
France72±2.5
Croatia68±3.0
Estonia68±2.8
Spain68±2.8
Germany63±2.3
Austria59±2.9
Portugal58±3.4
Hungary57±2.7
Italy53±2.2
Bosnia & H.52±2.6
North Macedonia51±3.4
Poland51±3.2
Armenia50±3.5
Latvia47±2.9
Georgia46±2.5
Ukraine46±6.5
Czechia45±2.8
Montenegro45±3.6
Belarus44±2.7
Bulgaria42±3.1
Russia41±3.4
Slovakia41±2.8
Albania40±2.9
Slovenia40±3.1
Lithuania39±3.0
Serbia36±4.1
Azerbaijan29±2.4
Romania26±2.4
By sex gap sig.: ·
Men59±0.7
Women ·59±0.7
By age
15–2560±1.5
26–4057±1.0
41–6060±0.8
61+59±0.9
Politics & democracy
Politics matters 40%±0.5
Say politics is very or quite important in their life. Weighted average across 36 countries, 2017–2020. Bars show 95% confidence intervals.
By country
Sweden75±2.8
Norway69±2.8
Germany65±2.1
Netherlands54±2.2
United Kingdom54±2.5
Switzerland52±1.8
Iceland51±2.9
Austria51±2.7
Denmark47±2.3
Italy46±2.2
Finland45±3.2
Poland44±2.9
Montenegro42±3.6
Georgia42±2.4
Spain40±2.8
Belarus40±2.5
France39±2.7
Russia38±3.2
Bulgaria37±2.9
Azerbaijan36±2.4
Portugal36±3.2
Armenia35±3.3
North Macedonia35±3.2
Ukraine32±5.8
Latvia30±2.6
Hungary30±2.5
Serbia30±3.7
Estonia30±2.6
Slovakia28±2.5
Czechia26±2.3
Romania25±2.3
Bosnia & H.25±2.3
Lithuania24±2.3
Croatia23±2.7
Albania19±2.2
Slovenia17±2.4
By sex gap sig.: ***
Men43±0.7
Women ***37±0.6
By age
15–2536±1.4
26–4036±1.0
41–6040±0.8
61+46±0.9
Values & religion
Religion matters 51%±0.5
Say religion is very or quite important in their life. Weighted average across 36 countries, 2017–2020. Bars show 95% confidence intervals.
By country
Georgia95±1.1
Montenegro87±2.4
North Macedonia84±2.4
Armenia83±2.6
Romania82±2.1
Bosnia & H.82±2.0
Poland79±2.4
Serbia76±3.4
Albania73±2.5
Italy66±2.1
Croatia64±3.0
Portugal62±3.3
Azerbaijan62±2.5
Bulgaria60±3.0
Belarus55±2.5
Slovakia53±2.8
Ukraine53±6.3
Russia50±3.3
Lithuania47±2.7
Hungary46±2.7
Austria44±2.7
Iceland41±2.8
Spain38±2.8
Germany38±2.2
France37±2.6
United Kingdom37±2.4
Slovenia37±3.0
Latvia36±2.7
Norway35±2.9
Finland32±3.0
Switzerland32±1.7
Netherlands30±2.0
Sweden28±2.9
Estonia23±2.4
Czechia21±2.2
Denmark20±1.9
By sex gap sig.: ***
Men46±0.7
Women ***56±0.7
By age
15–2543±1.5
26–4045±1.0
41–6050±0.8
61+61±0.9
Acceptance of homosexuality 42%±0.5
Rate homosexuality 6–10 on a 1–10 justifiable scale (a common tolerance measure). Weighted average across 36 countries, 2017–2020. Bars show 95% confidence intervals.
By country
Iceland89±1.8
Denmark88±1.5
Netherlands88±1.5
Sweden84±2.3
Norway81±2.4
Switzerland73±1.6
Germany73±2.0
Spain69±2.7
United Kingdom69±2.4
Finland68±3.0
Austria67±2.6
France61±2.8
Czechia58±2.7
Italy57±2.2
Slovenia47±3.2
Slovakia44±2.9
Portugal32±3.2
Poland29±2.7
Hungary27±2.4
Estonia25±2.6
Croatia21±2.6
Latvia21±2.4
Lithuania15±2.0
Belarus12±1.7
Bulgaria12±2.0
Romania12±1.8
Russia11±2.1
Ukraine11±4.0
North Macedonia10±2.0
Serbia9±2.3
Albania9±1.6
Montenegro7±1.9
Bosnia & H.6±1.3
Armenia2±1.0
Georgia2±0.7
Azerbaijan1±0.6
By sex gap sig.: ***
Men39±0.7
Women ***44±0.7
By age
15–2550±1.5
26–4046±1.0
41–6043±0.8
61+32±0.8