Prague’s inhabitants have less trust in those around them than other cities’ inhabitants. Along with its Eastern European neighbors, Prague thus faces stronger barriers to socio-political engagement.
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In 2019, the inhabitants of Prague, Warsaw and Budapest had the lowest level of trust in their own neighbors and other city dwellers among the compared cities.
Chart: Share of surveyed inhabitants reporting to trust their neighbours and other city dwellers
Year: 2019
Area: Cities and Greater Cities (Eurostat)
*Source: Eurostat - Urban Audit Perception Survey, 2019
Urban boundaries are defined by the category “Cities and Greater Cities”.
A similar trend is reflected in the relatively low turnout for parliamentary elections which, among the cities surveyed, was the lowest in Prague (with the exception of Zurich)[1]. Nevertheless, it was still higher than in the rest of the Czech Republic.
[1] The low turnout in parliamentary elections in Zurich and Switzerland as a whole does not reflect a low level of political participation, but a higher-than-average frequency of elections compared to other political systems and the associated selective participation of local voters (Sciarini et al., 2016).
Chart: Election turnout in the last two national elections to the lower chamber of the parliament (%)
Year: /
Area: City territory, countries
*Source: National Statistical Offices and Radiotelevisión Española, 2022
The data for Milan and Budapest are only for the most recent election. City boundaries are defined by electoral districts corresponding to the administrative definitions of cities or regions (Munich-Bavaria and Milan-Lombardy 1).
