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Question: There are different opinions as to what it takes to be a good citizen. As far as you are concerned personally, how important is it - To help people in the country who are worse off than yourself?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye6.35
2 Spain6.28
3 Chile 6.18
4 Slovenia6.02
5 Israel5.89
5 United States5.89
7 Iceland5.88
8 Australia5.81
9 Austria5.76
10 Lithuania5.61
11 Norway5.58
11 Switzerland5.58
13 Netherlands5.52
14 Denmark5.46
15 United Kingdom5.45
16 Germany5.44
17 Sweden5.34
18 Poland5.32
19 Finland5.26
20 France5.22
20 Republic of Korea5.22
22 Belgium5.13
23 Slovakia5.12
24 Japan5.03
25 Czech Republic4.98
26 Hungary4.75

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.097101 X +7.301
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 3996.930974 X +24064.083
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.741177 X +76.305
Correlation coefficient (r)0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.175470 X +0.638
Correlation coefficient (r)0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -3.585853 X +30.511
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129