Trust in the German army 2024

As of summer 2024, around 71 percent of the German population tended to trust the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), while 23 percent tended not to. The figures are based on a survey conducted in Germany during the spring/ summer of 2023.

How much do you trust the German army?

Characteristic	Tend to trust	Tend to not trust	Do not know
Summer 2020	68%	23%	9%
Winter 2020/2021	71%	21%	8%
Spring 2021	70%	21%	9%
Winter 2021/2022	74%	20%	6%
Summer 2022	67%	26%	6%
Winter 2022/2023	65%	29%	6%
Summer 2023	69%	25%	6%
Summer 2024	71%	23%	6%

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Release date

May 2024

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2020 to 2024

Number of respondents

1,559 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "I would like to know how much trust you have in the following institutions. Please tell me, regarding the following institutions, whether you mostly trust or mostly do not trust them. What is it like in terms of...? The army?"

Survey period spring 2017: 20.05.2017 to 28.05.2017

Survey period autumn 2017: 05.11.2017 to 12.11.2017

Survey period spring 2018: 17.03.2018 to 26.03.2018

Survey period autumn 2018: 08.11.2018 to 21.11.2018

Survey period spring 2019: 10.06.2019 to 25.06.2019

Survey period autmumn 2019: 15.11.2019 to 29.11.2019

Survey period summer 2020: 13.07.2020 to 06.08.2020

Survey period winter 2021/2022: 18.01.2022 to 14.02.2022

Survey period summer 2022: 17.06.2022 to 17.07.2022

Survey period winter 2022/2023 January 13 to February 2, 2023.

Survey period was in Summer 2023 from June 2 to 20, 2023.

Survey period was in summer 2023 from June 2nd to 20th, 2023.

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