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Question: Do you think that the world would be a better place if people from other countries were more like those of your country?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria 58.7%
2 Canada44.7%
3 Ireland43.3%
4 United States40.3%
5 Australia38.4%
6 New Zealand33.5%
7 Poland32.7%
8 Spain32.4%
9 United Kingdom30.9%
10 Japan29.8%
11 Slovenia28.4%
12 Hungary23.7%
12 Latvia23.7%
14 Norway23.3%
15 Italy21.8%
16 Germany19.8%
17 Sweden19.3%
18 Slovakia17.4%
19 Netherlands16.6%
20 Czech Republic15.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 1995

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.356400 X +6.605
Correlation coefficient (r)0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 75299.947293 X +24937.811
Correlation coefficient (r)0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 7.018869 X +78.116
Correlation coefficient (r)0.225
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.256653 X +1.624
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 2.283779 X +9.529
Correlation coefficient (r)0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008