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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 "Climate change"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 51.7%
2 Norway26.9%
3 Germany26.6%
4 Denmark25.4%
5 Austria25.3%
6 Spain24.5%
7 Canada23.0%
8 Sweden21.3%
9 Finland20.6%
9 United Kingdom20.6%
11 Taiwan19.3%
12 Netherlands18.7%
13 Switzerland17.1%
14 Australia16.9%
15 Philippines14.8%
16 Belgium14.0%
17 Republic of Korea13.3%
18 Iceland13.0%
19 New Zealand12.1%
20 Croatia10.4%
21 Mexico10.2%
21 United States10.2%
23 Portugal9.2%
24 Slovakia8.9%
25 Czech Republic8.8%
26 Slovenia8.7%
27 South Africa8.4%
28 Latvia8.1%
29 Russian Federation8.0%
30 France7.0%
31 Bulgaria6.8%
32 Argentina6.1%
33 Turkiye5.7%
34 Chile5.6%
35 Lithuania5.0%
36 Israel2.4%

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 = 1.827305 X +6.329
Correlation coefficient (r)0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 103206.807612 X +24367.817
Correlation coefficient (r)0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 26.589221 X +74.780
Correlation coefficient (r)0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -1.403322 X +1.878
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -3.906089 X +11.378
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005