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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan58.1%
2 United States36.6%
3 Australia34.0%
4 United Kingdom29.2%
5 Germany26.4%
6 France 25.9%
7 Canada23.6%
8 Sweden13.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.406588 X +7.514
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.844
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.712

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -28348.923968 X +61613.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.454206 X +81.263
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.714604 X +1.812
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5.190004 X +9.084
Correlation coefficient (r)0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077