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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 "Chemicals and pesticides"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France30.1%
2 Denmark21.1%
3 Slovenia18.7%
4 Lithuania16.9%
5 New Zealand16.2%
6 Netherlands14.7%
7 Croatia12.3%
8 Canada12.2%
9 Slovakia12.1%
10 Bulgaria11.2%
11 Latvia11.1%
12 Sweden11.0%
12 Taiwan11.0%
14 Belgium10.9%
15 Finland9.9%
16 Turkiye9.6%
17 Czech Republic9.1%
18 United States9.0%
19 Australia8.9%
20 Iceland8.7%
20 Spain8.7%
22 Mexico8.5%
23 Chile8.2%
24 Argentina8.1%
25 Portugal7.7%
26 Russian Federation7.5%
27 Switzerland6.8%
28 Austria6.6%
29 Norway6.1%
30 United Kingdom6.0%
31 Republic of Korea5.9%
32 Germany5.4%
33 Japan 5.3%
34 Israel5.2%
35 Philippines5.0%
36 South Africa3.5%

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 = 2.696147 X +6.324
Correlation coefficient (r)0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 22606.022874 X +37375.655
Correlation coefficient (r)0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 17.302290 X +76.924
Correlation coefficient (r)0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -0.824281 X +1.756
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.112
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.325954 X +10.769
Correlation coefficient (r)0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000