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Question: Which one of these do you think should be the country's highest priority?
Choices: "Maintain order in the nation" "Give people more say in government decisions" "Fight rising prices" "Protect freedom of speech"
Data: % of "Protect freedom of speech"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway26.4%
2 Denmark24.4%
3 United States21.2%
4 Finland20.4%
5 Germany20.0%
6 Sweden19.9%
7 Switzerland19.8%
8 Australia18.6%
9 Slovakia18.1%
10 Austria15.1%
11 France12.1%
12 Slovenia12.0%
13 New Zealand11.8%
14 Taiwan11.5%
15 Iceland10.2%
16 Italy8.8%
17 South Africa8.3%
18 Philippines8.2%
19 Spain7.6%
20 India7.1%
21 Croatia7.0%
21 Japan7.0%
21 Lithuania7.0%
24 China6.1%
25 Thailand5.5%
26 Russian Federation5.4%
27 Republic of Korea5.1%
28 Hungary 3.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 210 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 7.732561 X +5.539
Correlation coefficient (r)0.670
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.449

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 310910.769701 X +2120.373
Correlation coefficient (r)0.771
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.594

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 28.175581 X +75.527
Correlation coefficient (r)0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.122947 X +1.514
Correlation coefficient (r)0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -14.544048 X +13.408
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037