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Question: Generally, how would you describe taxes in this country today for those with high incomes? Taxes are...
Choices: "much too high" "too high" "about right" "too low" "much too low"
Data: % of "too low" "much too low"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea74.9%
2 Germany65.3%
3 Japan57.5%
4 United States52.0%
5 Sweden50.1%
6 Australia44.3%
7 France 42.1%
8 United Kingdom36.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.927855 X +7.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.551
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.304

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -43784.244323 X +73173.919
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.458552 X +79.996
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.966685 X +2.554
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.770
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.593

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 23.926368 X -0.610
Correlation coefficient (r)0.684
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.468