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Question: In general, how often do you think that major private companies try to avoid paying their taxes?
Choices: "Almost always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Almost never"
Data: % of "Almost always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan83.6%
2 Croatia75.3%
3 Belgium73.9%
4 Germany71.9%
5 Spain71.0%
6 Australia69.4%
7 France67.1%
8 Switzerland66.4%
9 India63.2%
10 Republic of Korea61.7%
11 Chile61.1%
12 Russian Federation58.7%
13 Hungary57.4%
14 Sweden56.2%
15 Slovakia56.0%
16 New Zealand55.8%
17 Israel55.3%
18 Latvia54.5%
19 United States53.5%
20 Suriname52.6%
21 Czech Republic52.2%
22 United Kingdom51.6%
23 Denmark50.2%
24 Finland50.0%
25 Slovenia49.5%
26 Venezuela47.7%
27 Thailand47.0%
28 Philippines45.7%
28 South Africa45.7%
30 Lithuania43.3%
31 Turkiye41.8%
32 Iceland40.9%
33 Japan 39.5%
34 Norway38.9%
35 Georgia33.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 203 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.510959 X +6.156
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 19092.483855 X +24974.482
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 12.458856 X +70.949
Correlation coefficient (r)0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.914606 X +2.232
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 2.380506 X +10.146
Correlation coefficient (r)0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002