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Question: Do you think that the government should have the right to collect information about anyone living in other countries without their knowledge?
Choices: "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right" "Probably should not have right" "Definitely should not have right"
Data: % of "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belgium67.6%
2 Norway66.4%
3 India65.0%
4 Sweden59.4%
5 Finland58.8%
6 United Kingdom56.0%
7 Australia53.6%
7 Thailand53.6%
9 Philippines51.6%
10 France50.9%
11 Israel50.1%
12 Russian Federation45.4%
13 United States44.2%
14 New Zealand41.3%
15 Spain40.3%
15 Suriname40.3%
17 Denmark40.2%
18 Taiwan38.1%
19 South Africa37.6%
20 Turkiye36.1%
21 Georgia35.5%
22 Chile34.7%
23 Czech Republic34.3%
24 Lithuania29.7%
25 Switzerland28.9%
26 Croatia27.3%
27 Germany25.3%
28 Japan 24.1%
29 Latvia23.8%
30 Republic of Korea23.0%
31 Slovenia22.9%
32 Slovakia21.0%
33 Venezuela20.0%
34 Iceland17.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.577771 X +6.221
Correlation coefficient (r)0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 38654.151102 X +20550.956
Correlation coefficient (r)0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 2.467398 X +76.866
Correlation coefficient (r)0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.460450 X +1.551
Correlation coefficient (r)0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.176199 X +12.312
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003