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Question: Do you think it is just too difficult for someone like you to do much about the environment?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria76.2%
2 Portugal63.1%
3 Russian Federation61.6%
4 Latvia55.4%
5 Mexico47.4%
6 Czech Republic46.2%
7 Chile45.7%
8 Slovenia40.4%
9 Philippines39.7%
10 Israel37.7%
11 Ireland33.5%
12 Germany32.3%
13 Spain31.7%
13 United Kingdom31.7%
15 Austria29.9%
16 United States28.6%
17 Japan 27.3%
18 Sweden22.8%
19 Netherlands22.7%
20 Denmark22.3%
21 Norway19.5%
22 Switzerland19.4%
23 New Zealand19.0%
24 Canada17.3%
25 Finland12.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.840578 X +7.732
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.801
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.642

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -114721.538096 X +86169.936
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.656
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.430

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -20.490068 X +86.573
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.689
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.475

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.187826 X +1.602
Correlation coefficient (r)0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.163657 X +9.759
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000