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Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in culture and the arts? Remember that if you say "much more", it might require a tax increase to pay for it.
Choices: "Spend much more" "Spend more" "Spend the same as now" "Spend less" "Spend much less"
Data: % of "Spend much more" "Spend more"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany29.0%
2 Republic of Korea27.0%
3 United States21.6%
4 Japan21.4%
5 Australia16.2%
6 France 15.4%
7 Sweden14.9%
8 United Kingdom12.9%

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 2 countries.
Source
ISSP 2016

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.982252 X +7.454
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -54879.335554 X +60889.108
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.513118 X +82.521
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.120380 X +2.132
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.574
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.329
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 33.747462 X +5.359
Correlation coefficient (r)0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205