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Question: In general, how often do you think that the tax authorities make sure people pay their taxes?
Choices: "Almost always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Almost never"
Data: % of "Almost always" "Often"
Period:
Area:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway92.2%
2 Switzerland91.7%
3 Belgium87.1%
4 Finland86.4%
5 Hungary83.8%
6 Sweden82.0%
7 Croatia80.6%
8 Czech Republic80.2%
9 Lithuania79.3%
9 New Zealand79.3%
11 South Africa78.0%
12 Taiwan77.9%
13 Iceland77.8%
14 Germany77.3%
15 France76.7%
16 United States76.5%
17 Georgia75.8%
18 India75.7%
19 Slovakia72.6%
20 United Kingdom72.1%
21 Slovenia71.4%
22 Israel71.0%
23 Australia70.9%
24 Japan 67.5%
25 Philippines67.4%
26 Spain64.0%
27 Latvia60.1%
28 Venezuela58.3%
29 Turkiye57.9%
30 Denmark57.6%
31 Thailand55.3%
32 Republic of Korea54.0%
33 Suriname53.6%
34 Chile52.2%
35 Russian Federation43.5%

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 = 2.416079 X +4.696
Correlation coefficient (r)0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 113932.405076 X -44796.083
Correlation coefficient (r)0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 8.974976 X +71.895
Correlation coefficient (r)0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.137452 X +1.761
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -3.207096 X +13.739
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004