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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Economic growth always harm the environment
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico49.2%
2 Chile 45.8%
3 Portugal39.0%
4 Switzerland38.5%
5 Republic of Korea38.1%
6 Finland37.3%
7 Slovenia35.3%
8 Austria33.9%
9 Slovakia33.4%
9 Turkiye33.4%
11 Japan33.0%
12 Israel32.8%
13 France31.9%
14 Lithuania30.6%
15 Germany28.9%
16 Czech Republic28.8%
17 Latvia26.0%
17 Spain26.0%
19 Netherlands25.2%
20 Denmark23.3%
21 Belgium22.3%
22 Canada17.4%
23 United States17.3%
24 Australia16.7%
25 New Zealand16.5%
26 United Kingdom15.3%
27 Norway14.6%
28 Sweden14.1%
29 Iceland6.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.301933 X +7.411
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -131698.665032 X +82492.382
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -12.095939 X +83.726
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.226492 X +1.677
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -4.142730 X +11.669
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010