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Question: Do you think that the world would be a better place if people from other countries were more like those of your country?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa60.6%
2 Canada57.5%
3 Philippines51.2%
3 Venezuela51.2%
5 Austria50.2%
6 Chile47.2%
7 Spain44.9%
8 Australia44.5%
9 Portugal44.0%
10 Uruguay42.1%
11 Denmark41.2%
12 United States40.6%
13 New Zealand40.1%
14 Taiwan35.6%
15 Russian Federation33.3%
16 United Kingdom32.8%
17 Ireland32.7%
18 Bulgaria31.1%
19 Hungary30.7%
20 Poland29.7%
21 Japan 29.3%
22 Slovenia26.4%
23 Republic of Korea24.5%
24 Czech Republic24.3%
25 Israel24.2%
26 Finland23.4%
27 Netherlands21.4%
28 Switzerland20.6%
29 Slovakia20.3%
30 Germany20.2%
31 Norway19.6%
32 Sweden19.1%
33 France18.9%
34 Latvia12.5%

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

No data for 204 countries.
Source
ISSP 2003

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -1.473884 X +7.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.311
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -58336.296534 X +60526.518
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -14.222618 X +83.428
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.334
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.629789 X +1.450
Correlation coefficient (r)0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.472446 X +11.649
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004