Nigeria: trust in the police by area 2020

Veuillez noter que la page demandée n’est pas disponible dans la langue par défaut sélectionnée. Vous utilisez notre plateforme dans une autre langue maintenant.

As of 2020, most Nigerians did not trust the police at all. This lack of trust was higher among the urban population, where six in 10 respondents declared not to trust the police. In addition, 19 percent of the interviewees from urban areas and 26.8 percent from rural Nigeria stated that they trusted the police just a little.

How much do you trust the police?

Characteristic	Urban	Rural
Not at all	60.2%	43.3%
Just a little	19%	26.8%
Somewhat	13%	18.4%
A lot	6.6%	9.1%
Refused	0.3%	-
Do not know	0.9%	2.4%

Loading statistic...

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Source

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

2021

More information

Region

Nigeria

Survey time period

January 20 to February 3, 2020

Number of respondents

1,599 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Nationally representative, random, clustered, stratified, multi-stage area probability sample.
The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "How much do you trust each of the following, or haven’t you heard enough about them to say: The police?".

Citation formats