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Question: In your opinion, about how many politicians are involved in corruption?
Choices: "Almost none" "A few" "Some" "Quite a lot" "Almost all"
Data: % of "Quite a lot" "Almost all"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain87.4%
2 Chile84.2%
3 Lithuania77.7%
4 Slovenia74.2%
5 Republic of Korea72.0%
6 Hungary69.8%
7 Slovakia67.4%
8 Turkiye64.3%
9 Latvia62.1%
10 Israel61.5%
11 Czech Republic47.6%
12 United States42.5%
13 France39.4%
14 Japan 36.2%
15 Belgium36.1%
16 Iceland34.1%
17 Germany27.1%
18 United Kingdom25.6%
19 Finland22.2%
20 Australia20.7%
21 Sweden14.8%
22 New Zealand14.2%
23 Norway10.8%
24 Switzerland7.6%
25 Denmark4.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.427570 X +7.368
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.606
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.367

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -68139.645687 X +77456.582
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.760
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.578

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.137945 X +83.001
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.040310 X +1.562
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.012639 X +10.074
Correlation coefficient (r)0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015