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Question: How important is it in a democracy that government authorities respect and protect the rights of minorities?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela6.71
2 Spain6.66
3 Iceland6.57
4 Chile6.51
5 Croatia6.40
5 Georgia6.40
7 Turkiye6.37
8 Taiwan6.35
9 Sweden6.32
10 France6.30
11 Denmark6.17
12 Belgium6.14
13 Poland6.13
14 United States6.11
15 Switzerland6.10
16 Germany6.09
17 Australia6.08
18 Norway6.04
18 Slovenia6.04
20 South Africa6.02
21 Netherlands6.01
22 Israel6.00
23 Finland5.98
24 Philippines5.97
25 United Kingdom5.90
26 Lithuania5.82
27 Austria5.81
28 Hungary5.80
29 Slovakia5.71
30 Republic of Korea5.61
31 Russian Federation5.59
32 Czech Republic5.13
33 India4.95
34 Japan 4.59

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.384050 X +4.174
Correlation coefficient (r)0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 6756.603182 X -2646.458
Correlation coefficient (r)0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.260921 X +70.542
Correlation coefficient (r)0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.122519 X +0.974
Correlation coefficient (r)0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -4.115412 X +35.544
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130