COVID-19: trust in the government in France 2021

The trust of French people in the ability of their government to deal effectively with the coronavirus (COVID-19) varied a lot since the start of the pandemic. As of April 1, 2021, 35 percent of French were confident with that point. Furthermore, when it comes to the success of the vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 virus, 47 percent of the French population trusted its government as of May 19, 2021.

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Share of French people trusting their government to deal effectively with coronavirus (COVID-19) from March 20, 2020 to May 19, 2021

Characteristic	Deal effectively with the coronavirus (Covid-19)	Carry out the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus (Covid-19)
May 19, 2021	-	47%
Apr 1, 2021	35%	42%
Mar 19, 2021	34%	41%
Mar 5, 2021	38%	38%
Jan 30, 2021	36%	37%
Jan 21, 2021	35%	38%
Jan 6, 2021	37%	36%
Dec 10, 2020	39%	-
Nov 18, 2020	39%	-
Nov 6, 2020	35%	-
Oct 29, 2020	41%	-
Oct 14, 2020	37%	-
Oct 1, 2020	35%	-
Sep 25, 2020	36%	-
Sep 9, 2020	41%	-
Aug 14, 2020	41%	-
May 29, 2020	42%	-
May 15, 2020	44%	-
Apr 30, 2020	39%	-
Apr 22, 2020	39%	-
Apr 16, 2020	46%	-
Apr 9, 2020	38%	-
Apr 2, 2020	47%	-
Mar 27, 2020	44%	-
Mar 25, 2020	48%	-
Mar 20, 2020	55%	-

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Release date

May 2021

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Region

France

Survey time period

May 18 to 19, 2021

Number of respondents

1,029 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

* As of January 6, 2021, the source started to measure the confidence of French people in the ability of the government to carry out the coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccination campaign.
The question was phrased by the source as follows: "In general, would you say you trust or don't trust the government to deal effectively with the coronavirus (Covid-19) and to carry out the coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccination campaign?"
The figures have been taken from several publications.

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