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Question: Which problem, if any, do you think is the most important for your country as a whole?
Choices: "Air pollution" "Chemicals and pesticides" "Water shortage" "Water pollution" "Nuclear waste" "Domestic waste disposal" "Climate change" "Genetically modified foods" "Using up our natural resources" "None of these" ("Disorderly way of regional development" for Republic of Korea)
Data: % of "Using up our natural resources"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland33.6%
2 United States27.7%
3 Australia20.8%
4 Norway19.2%
4 United Kingdom19.2%
6 Netherlands17.7%
7 Portugal14.8%
8 Canada14.0%
9 Denmark13.7%
10 Japan13.0%
11 Turkiye12.9%
12 Czech Republic12.6%
13 New Zealand12.3%
14 Sweden12.0%
15 Spain11.8%
15 Switzerland11.8%
17 Latvia11.3%
18 Finland11.1%
19 France10.7%
20 Germany10.6%
21 Chile 9.8%
22 Austria9.2%
23 Israel8.9%
24 Belgium8.2%
25 Slovakia7.5%
26 Republic of Korea5.7%
27 Lithuania4.2%
28 Slovenia4.1%
29 Mexico1.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2.216395 X +6.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 202115.697823 X +21707.591
Correlation coefficient (r)0.601
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.361

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 10.107028 X +79.497
Correlation coefficient (r)0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.211788 X +1.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -5.990881 X +11.275
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009