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Question: Which of these issues is the most important for your country today?
Choices: "Health care" "Education" "Crime" "The environment" "Immigration" "The economy" "Terrorism" "Poverty" "None of these" (some other choices for Korea)
Data: % of "The economy"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea49.0%
2 Japan40.9%
3 Thailand39.7%
4 Finland36.4%
5 Spain36.0%
6 Croatia28.2%
7 Italy26.0%
8 Lithuania24.7%
9 Denmark24.1%
10 Taiwan23.8%
11 New Zealand23.3%
12 Australia23.0%
13 Slovakia22.6%
14 United States21.6%
15 Russian Federation19.7%
16 India18.5%
17 Slovenia18.3%
18 Austria18.2%
19 Iceland16.4%
20 Norway16.0%
21 France13.2%
22 China12.3%
23 Philippines11.7%
24 Germany10.4%
25 South Africa 10.2%
26 Hungary10.0%
27 Switzerland8.2%
28 Sweden2.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 210 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.456250 X +6.599
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -40957.799125 X +48274.880
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 14.552533 X +75.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -1.902487 X +2.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 5.123354 X +10.493
Correlation coefficient (r)0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012