Trust in German government during COVID-19 2020-2021

As of January 2022, around 283 percent of Germans had very little trust in their government regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 4.5 percent had a lot of trust. The figures are based on a survey conducted in Germany throughout 2020, 2021 and 2022. Generally, trust in the government among the population has wavered and leaned towards decreasing during the specified time period.

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Characteristic	1 (very little trust)	2	3	4	5	6	7 (a lot of trust)
Jan 11 '22	27.5%	13.4%	15.6%	16.5%	14.9%	7.7%	4.5%
Dec 14 '21	22.1%	8.4%	14%	16.9%	15.9%	14.3%	8.4%
Nov 30 '21	29.6%	14%	14.9%	16.5%	13.1%	7.5%	4.5%
Nov 16 '21	29%	14.2%	17.7%	15.4%	13.6%	6.7%	3.5%
Nov 2 '21	23.3%	13%	15%	19.2%	15.1%	9.9%	4.4%
Oct 19 '21	23.3%	11.3%	14.1%	20.2%	16.4%	9.4%	5.3%
Oct 5 '21	23.3%	10.6%	16.1%	17.9%	19.3%	8.6%	4.3%
Sep 21 '21	22%	11.5%	13.2%	18.9%	16.4%	11.5%	6.5%
Sep 7 '21	26.7%	12.8%	13.6%	17.3%	17.9%	7.1%	4.5%
Aug 24 '21	24.6%	11.2%	18.5%	18.3%	16.4%	7.3%	3.7%
Aug 10 '21	25%	13.5%	16.6%	17.8%	13.9%	9.2%	3.9%
Jul 27 '21	22.8%	12.4%	15.4%	19.4%	14%	10.3%	5.8%
Jul 14 '21	20.9%	12.5%	16.8%	17.6%	18.5%	9.7%	4%
Jun 29 '21	22.9%	11.6%	16.9%	16.1%	17.5%	10.5%	4.6%
Jun 15 '21	26%	13%	14.1%	16.2%	15%	10.1%	5.5%
Jun 1 '21	24.9%	12.4%	17.6%	16.9%	15.2%	9.2%	3.8%
May 18 '21	25.8%	12.1%	14.2%	19.5%	15.9%	8%	4.5%
May 4 '21	28.2%	12%	16.3%	16.7%	15.2%	8.3%	3.4%
Apr 20 '21	29.8%	14.6%	15.4%	14.9%	15.2%	6.9%	3.3%
Apr 6 '21	29.8%	14%	15%	14.6%	16.3%	6.7%	3.6%
Mar 23 '21	34.9%	11.8%	14.5%	13.4%	12.5%	8.3%	4.7%
Mar 9 '21	25%	15.7%	12.8%	16.4%	16.3%	10.1%	3.8%
Feb 23 '21	20.8%	10.3%	13%	18.2%	19.9%	11.6%	6.2%
Feb 9 '21	16.6%	7.9%	13.8%	17%	21.4%	16.6%	6.8%
Jan 26 '21	19.5%	8.5%	13.7%	17.6%	21%	12.7%	7.1%
Jan 12 '20	20.4%	9%	12.6%	18.5%	18.7%	13.9%	7%
Dec 29 '20	16.3%	7.8%	12.1%	15.3%	21.4%	16.6%	10.5%
Dec 22 '20	17.1%	7.1%	12.2%	16.1%	19%	17.8%	10.7%
Dec 15 '20	18.1%	7.5%	13.8%	16.9%	18.7%	14.2%	10.8%
Dec 8 '20	14.9%	8.3%	13%	18.6%	17.2%	18.3%	9.9%
Dec 1 '20	15.7%	8.7%	11.6%	17.2%	19.7%	16.6%	10.5%
Nov 17 '20	15.4%	7.6%	9.5%	16.7%	21.8%	18.2%	10.8%
Nov 10 '20	14.9%	6.9%	11.3%	15.6%	21.4%	18.2%	11.7%
Nov 3 '20	14.5%	8.5%	9.9%	16.1%	21.7%	16.2%	13.1%
Oct 27 '20	15%	8.2%	10.5%	16.1%	20.9%	18.1%	11.2%
Oct 13 '20	17.2%	8.3%	11.5%	15.9%	18.8%	18%	10.4%
Sep 30 '20	11.4%	6.3%	10.8%	19.4%	21%	21.1%	10%
Sep 15 '20	14.8%	7.1%	10.4%	18.1%	23.5%	17.8%	8.2%
Sep 1 '20	16.1%	5.5%	10.4%	18%	21.7%	17.5%	10.8%
Aug 18 '20	13.8%	6.2%	10.4%	19%	22.2%	19.1%	9.4%
Aug 4 '20	13.3%	6.9%	11.9%	17.8%	19.9%	18%	12.2%
Jul 21 '20	12.2%	5.7%	11.8%	15.7%	22.2%	19.6%	12.7%
Jul 7 '20	11%	8.1%	10.8%	15.7%	21%	20.4%	13.1%
Jun 23 '20	11.7%	7.8%	10.3%	18.9%	23.7%	17.9%	9.7%
Jun 9 '20	11.9%	5.9%	10.9%	16.8%	24%	19.9%	10.5%
May 26 '20	12.5%	6.6%	11.3%	19.4%	21.1%	18.9%	10.3%
May 19 '20	13.1%	6.1%	12.2%	18.1%	21.4%	18.6%	10.5%
May 12 '20	12.1%	8.2%	9.8%	15.8%	21.3%	21.5%	11.3%
May 5 '20	12.2%	6.8%	9.1%	17.8%	24.1%	18.5%	11.5%
April 28 '20	11.2%	6.4%	11.2%	15.1%	25.2%	19.2%	11.7%
April 21 '20	9.2%	6.5%	11.2%	15.5%	23.9%	20.9%	12.7%
April 14 '20	11.5%	4.8%	10.7%	17.3%	25.7%	19.2%	10.9%
April 7 '20	8.7%	6%	10.6%	16.8%	24.5%	22.4%	11.2%

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Release date

January 2022

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

April 2020 to January 2022

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Based on a scale of 1 (very little trust) to 7 (a lot of trust)

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

According to the source, the survey is based on the following methodology: “The COSMO study is a serial cross-sectional online survey, with around 1,000 participants for weekly or bi-weekly data gathering since March 3, 2020. Test subjects are invited via the panel provider Respondi and paid. Regular representative distribution of respondents aged 18-74 years by age and gender as well as federal state, based on census data from Germany, is aimed for. Since the sample is restricted to people with internet access, participants aged 75 and older are not included in the analysis.” Percentages deviating from 100 percent are due to rounding.

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