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Question: Generally, how would you describe taxes in this country today for those with high incomes? Taxes are...
Choices: "much too high" "too high" "about right" "too low" "much too low"
Data: % of "much too high" "too high"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy70.1%
2 South Africa57.9%
3 Philippines45.6%
4 Israel45.5%
5 Suriname36.7%
6 Bulgaria31.2%
7 Venezuela28.7%
8 Thailand26.5%
9 Australia24.6%
10 Denmark24.3%
11 New Zealand24.2%
12 United Kingdom23.9%
13 Germany23.6%
13 Sweden23.6%
15 Japan 21.4%
16 Chile20.9%
17 United States19.8%
18 Finland19.1%
19 France17.2%
20 Austria16.6%
21 Lithuania16.0%
22 Iceland15.9%
23 Norway13.4%
24 Czech Republic13.1%
25 Croatia11.7%
26 Slovenia11.6%
27 Switzerland10.9%
28 Taiwan9.8%
29 Russian Federation8.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -1.300973 X +6.941
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -59917.415037 X +55670.049
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -12.782460 X +82.062
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.500850 X +1.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.506
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.256

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -5.725222 X +12.509
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020