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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 "Water pollution"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand27.3%
2 Argentina25.8%
3 Mexico21.2%
4 Sweden19.7%
5 Finland19.6%
6 Canada18.5%
7 South Africa17.4%
8 Russian Federation17.1%
9 Croatia16.4%
10 Portugal16.0%
11 Denmark15.6%
12 Slovenia15.0%
13 Republic of Korea13.9%
14 Belgium12.7%
15 Taiwan11.7%
16 Latvia11.3%
17 France11.2%
18 United States10.8%
19 Slovakia10.5%
20 Chile9.4%
21 Turkiye9.3%
22 Norway8.8%
23 Israel8.4%
23 Spain8.4%
25 Lithuania8.2%
26 Bulgaria7.6%
27 Czech Republic7.0%
27 Philippines7.0%
29 Iceland6.2%
30 Austria5.7%
31 Netherlands5.5%
32 Australia5.3%
33 United Kingdom4.7%
34 Germany4.5%
35 Switzerland4.1%
36 Japan 2.9%

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 = -0.232810 X +6.628
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -97931.762707 X +51247.255
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.244
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -17.560476 X +80.766
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -0.022725 X +1.674
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 15.937341 X +8.922
Correlation coefficient (r)0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039