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Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in education? Remember that if you say "much more", it might require a tax increase to pay for it.
Choices: "Spend much more" "Spend more" "Spend the same as now" "Spend less" "Spend much less"
Data: % of "Spend much more" "Spend more"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain89.5%
2 Germany87.8%
3 Chile86.6%
4 Israel86.3%
5 Turkiye83.8%
6 Latvia82.6%
7 Hungary81.7%
8 United States78.4%
9 New Zealand76.3%
10 Iceland74.4%
11 Australia72.0%
12 United Kingdom71.6%
13 Slovakia69.7%
14 Belgium67.7%
15 Slovenia67.1%
16 Sweden66.6%
17 Switzerland64.7%
18 Lithuania63.6%
19 Japan58.3%
20 Republic of Korea56.9%
21 Norway55.5%
22 France55.4%
23 Finland 54.8%
24 Denmark54.4%
25 Czech Republic52.5%

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 = -1.734434 X +7.958
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -58120.880712 X +86583.813
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.284
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -8.211020 X +86.091
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.802506 X +1.062
Correlation coefficient (r)0.264
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -13.655134 X +20.566
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.379
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144