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Question: Do you think that the spread of false information online is a major threat, a minor threat, or not a threat to (survey country)?
Choices: "Major threat" "Minor threat" "Not a threat"
Data: % of "Major threat"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea83.1%
2 Japan78.8%
3 Greece78.6%
4 Netherlands75.9%
5 Italy75.5%
6 France74.9%
7 Germany74.4%
8 United States72.2%
9 Spain72.0%
10 United Kingdom71.6%
11 Belgium69.4%
12 Canada68.4%
13 Australia68.2%
14 Sweden67.9%
15 Hungary67.4%
16 Poland66.2%
17 Israel 41.3%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -2.881484 X +8.686
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.550
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.303

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -33208.016329 X +69354.604
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.178
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 2.034282 X +79.892
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -4.025106 X +4.357
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.844
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.712

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 14.760419 X -0.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091