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Question: Generally, how would you describe taxes in this country today for those with high incomes? Taxes are...
Choices: "much too high" "too high" "about right" "too low" "much too low"
Data: % of "much too high" "too high"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Lithuania38.1%
2 Israel37.3%
3 France32.6%
4 Turkiye28.2%
5 Belgium27.6%
6 Australia26.6%
7 Denmark25.3%
8 United States23.5%
9 Latvia23.2%
10 Czech Republic21.9%
11 United Kingdom21.8%
12 Iceland19.8%
13 Japan17.8%
14 Slovakia17.4%
15 Sweden17.2%
16 Chile16.0%
17 New Zealand15.0%
18 Finland 13.9%
19 Slovenia13.3%
20 Norway12.0%
21 Hungary11.9%
22 Switzerland10.8%
23 Germany10.0%
24 Spain9.6%
25 Republic of Korea7.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.198436 X +6.725
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -24996.459320 X +50690.854
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -10.981972 X +82.505
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.487756 X +1.130
Correlation coefficient (r)0.579
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.335

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.769715 X +11.514
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003