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Question: Do you think that there are more important things to do in life than protect 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 Israel56.5%
2 Portugal52.4%
3 Chile52.1%
4 Philippines49.7%
5 Bulgaria49.0%
6 Slovenia44.9%
7 Mexico44.0%
8 Spain43.5%
9 Netherlands41.2%
10 Latvia40.6%
11 Russian Federation38.4%
12 Japan 34.9%
13 Finland30.9%
14 Czech Republic28.5%
15 Ireland25.3%
16 Austria23.7%
17 United Kingdom22.2%
18 Canada21.9%
19 Norway20.3%
20 United States20.0%
21 Denmark18.4%
22 Germany17.3%
23 New Zealand17.2%
24 Switzerland14.0%
25 Sweden12.9%

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 = -2.117825 X +7.422
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.512
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.262

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -136470.827196 X +90355.914
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.669
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.448

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -14.573858 X +84.107
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.956880 X +1.354
Correlation coefficient (r)0.336
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.113

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -7.634435 X +12.320
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067