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Question: Do you agree that many of the claims about environmental threats are exaggerated?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Latvia45.2%
2 Australia40.3%
3 Czech Republic39.5%
3 United Kingdom39.5%
5 New Zealand38.2%
6 Norway38.1%
7 Iceland37.7%
8 France37.3%
9 United States35.6%
10 Mexico34.9%
11 Spain33.2%
12 Portugal33.1%
13 Lithuania31.8%
14 Republic of Korea31.0%
15 Germany30.6%
16 Austria30.3%
17 Slovakia29.8%
18 Switzerland29.7%
19 Belgium28.8%
20 Netherlands28.2%
21 Denmark27.8%
22 Slovenia27.2%
23 Turkiye26.9%
24 Finland 25.6%
24 Israel25.6%
26 Canada24.9%
27 Sweden24.4%
28 Chile23.1%
29 Japan19.4%

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 = 0.380523 X +6.647
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 41292.063057 X +32608.991
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -15.897945 X +85.376
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.036034 X +1.602
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 5.411820 X +8.798
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006