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Question: Which problem, if any, do you think is the most important for your country as a whole?
Choices: "Air pollution" "Chemicals and pesticides" "Water shortage" "Water pollution" "Nuclear waste" "Domestic waste disposal" "Climate change" "Genetically modified foods" "Using up our natural resources" "None of these" ("Disorderly way of regional development" for Republic of Korea)
Data: % of "Using up our natural resources"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland33.6%
2 United States27.7%
3 Australia20.8%
4 Norway19.2%
4 United Kingdom19.2%
6 Netherlands17.7%
7 Philippines15.4%
8 Croatia15.3%
9 Portugal14.8%
10 Argentina14.2%
11 Canada14.0%
12 Denmark13.7%
13 Japan 13.0%
14 Turkiye12.9%
15 Taiwan12.7%
16 Czech Republic12.6%
17 New Zealand12.3%
18 Sweden12.0%
19 Spain11.8%
19 Switzerland11.8%
21 Latvia11.3%
22 Finland11.1%
23 France10.7%
24 Germany10.6%
25 Chile9.8%
26 Austria9.2%
27 Israel8.9%
28 Belgium8.2%
29 Slovakia7.5%
30 Russian Federation7.1%
31 Republic of Korea5.7%
32 Bulgaria5.1%
33 South Africa4.4%
34 Lithuania4.2%
35 Slovenia4.1%
36 Mexico1.4%

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 = 3.308363 X +6.192
Correlation coefficient (r)0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 209567.160814 X +13847.411
Correlation coefficient (r)0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 28.662469 X +75.162
Correlation coefficient (r)0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.300777 X +1.634
Correlation coefficient (r)0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -16.390171 X +12.822
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045