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Question: Do you agree that many of the claims about environmental threats are exaggerated?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines62.0%
2 Taiwan47.5%
3 Latvia45.2%
4 Australia40.3%
5 Czech Republic39.5%
5 United Kingdom39.5%
7 New Zealand38.2%
8 Norway38.1%
9 South Africa38.0%
10 Iceland37.7%
11 France37.3%
12 United States35.6%
13 Mexico34.9%
14 Spain33.2%
15 Portugal33.1%
16 Lithuania31.8%
17 Republic of Korea31.0%
18 Germany30.6%
19 Austria30.3%
20 Slovakia29.8%
21 Switzerland29.7%
22 Argentina29.2%
22 Russian Federation29.2%
24 Belgium28.8%
25 Netherlands28.2%
26 Denmark27.8%
27 Bulgaria27.4%
28 Slovenia27.2%
29 Turkiye26.9%
30 Croatia26.1%
31 Finland25.6%
31 Israel25.6%
33 Canada24.9%
34 Sweden24.4%
35 Chile23.1%
36 Japan 19.4%

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 = -0.452664 X +6.748
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -27708.097548 X +48753.806
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -23.433554 X +86.257
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 1.855039 X +1.072
Correlation coefficient (r)0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -5.653603 X +12.627
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008