OECD Report: Greeks’ Trust in Government, Institutions Decline

Confidence in Greece’s national government fell over the past two years, declining to 24% in 2025 from 32% in 2023, according to a survey released by the OECD. Nearly two-thirds of Greeks, 64%, now say they have low or no trust in the government, while 11% are neutral. The decline runs against the broader trend: across the 38 countries surveyed, the average held roughly steady, edging up from 39% to 40% over the same period.

The findings come from the OECD’s Survey on Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions, which canvasses representative samples of the adult population in each participating country on how they view everything from frontline public services to high-level policymaking.

A puzzle the report itself acknowledges

What makes the Greek result striking is that it arrives alongside clear economic gains. The report notes that Greece achieved a fiscal surplus in 2024 and 2025, the latest in a run of primary budget surpluses stretching back to 2013, and that growth has outpaced the euro area average since the country’s per capita output recovered its pre-pandemic