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Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in the environment? 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 Republic of Korea63.3%
2 Germany59.6%
3 United States47.8%
4 Japan47.2%
5 Australia47.1%
6 Sweden46.3%
7 United Kingdom41.6%
8 France 40.8%

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 = -2.165181 X +7.731
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -47510.977137 X +73404.340
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.095897 X +80.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.832914 X +2.908
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.708
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.501

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 32.047983 X -3.730
Correlation coefficient (r)0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341