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Question: In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Where would you place yourself on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means the left and 10 means the right?
Choices: 0 "Left" - 10 "Right"
Data: % of 0-2
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden23.6%
2 Spain18.1%
3 Slovenia17.5%
4 Denmark17.3%
5 France16.9%
6 Netherlands15.5%
7 Chile15.3%
8 Slovakia15.0%
9 Belgium14.4%
10 Czech Republic14.2%
11 Israel13.6%
12 Turkiye13.4%
13 Australia13.2%
14 Hungary13.1%
14 Norway13.1%
16 United Kingdom12.7%
17 Austria12.4%
18 Iceland12.2%
19 Lithuania10.9%
20 United States10.8%
21 Germany10.4%
22 Finland 9.8%
23 Poland9.0%
24 Switzerland8.3%
25 Republic of Korea4.6%
26 Japan4.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 3.502733 X +6.332
Correlation coefficient (r)0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -11007.696548 X +47648.620
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.425364 X +80.467
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.005
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 3.056802 X +1.211
Correlation coefficient (r)0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -35.119916 X +15.226
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124