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Question: Which problem, if any, do you think is the most important for your country as a whole?
Choices: "Air pollution" "Chemicals and pesticides" "Water shortage" "Water pollution" "Nuclear waste" "Domestic waste disposal" "Climate change" "Genetically modified foods" "Using up our natural resources" "None of these" ("Disorderly way of regional development" for Republic of Korea)
Data: % of "Air pollution"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria39.7%
2 Chile37.8%
3 Belgium36.2%
4 Czech Republic32.9%
5 Taiwan32.1%
6 Slovakia30.5%
7 Russian Federation30.4%
8 Israel29.2%
9 Mexico27.1%
10 Portugal26.5%
11 Austria25.7%
12 Slovenia25.2%
13 South Africa25.1%
14 Turkiye25.0%
15 Philippines24.5%
16 Lithuania23.8%
17 Netherlands22.1%
18 Latvia20.3%
19 Republic of Korea20.2%
20 Argentina19.7%
21 Norway18.8%
22 Switzerland18.1%
23 United States16.0%
24 Sweden15.7%
25 Croatia15.5%
26 Spain15.3%
27 Germany14.3%
28 Iceland13.9%
29 Finland13.3%
30 Canada12.4%
31 France10.2%
32 Denmark9.9%
33 United Kingdom9.5%
34 Japan 8.4%
35 Australia4.8%
36 New Zealand4.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -2.612182 X +7.148
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -123125.104873 X +65505.838
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.456
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.208

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -27.406997 X +84.353
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.772749 X +1.512
Correlation coefficient (r)0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -0.304345 X +10.865
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000