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Question: What sport do you watch on TV most frequently?
Choices: Open-ended
Data: % of Martial arts (e.g. "Boxing" "Wrestling" "Judo")
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines31.3%
2 Hungary9.2%
3 Japan 8.6%
4 Russian Federation8.5%
5 Mexico6.1%
6 Poland5.7%
7 Germany5.1%
8 Argentina3.9%
9 Republic of Korea3.8%
10 Croatia3.7%
11 South Africa3.4%
12 Latvia3.2%
13 Bulgaria2.7%
14 United Kingdom2.4%
15 Israel2.3%
16 Taiwan2.1%
17 Sweden2.0%
18 Uruguay1.9%
19 Ireland1.8%
20 Slovenia1.6%
21 Chile1.5%
21 United States1.5%
23 Austria1.3%
24 Switzerland1.2%
25 Slovakia1.0%
26 Czech Republic0.9%
27 Finland0.8%
28 Norway0.7%
29 France0.5%
29 New Zealand0.5%
31 Belgium0.4%
31 Cyprus0.4%
33 Australia0.2%
34 Dominican Republic0.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. 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 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -3.323862 X +6.642
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -179993.549777 X +44190.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -39.255557 X +79.359
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.404
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.163

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 2.538328 X +1.601
Correlation coefficient (r)0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -14.922794 X +11.498
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027