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Question: Which problem, if any, do you think is the most important for your country as a whole?
Choices: "Air pollution" "Chemicals and pesticides" "Water shortage" "Water pollution" "Nuclear waste" "Domestic waste disposal" "Climate change" "Genetically modified foods" "Using up our natural resources" "None of these" ("Disorderly way of regional development" for Republic of Korea)
Data: % of "Air pollution"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile37.8%
2 Belgium36.2%
3 Czech Republic32.9%
4 Slovakia30.5%
5 Israel29.2%
6 Mexico27.1%
7 Portugal26.5%
8 Austria25.7%
9 Slovenia25.2%
10 Turkiye25.0%
11 Lithuania23.8%
12 Netherlands22.1%
13 Latvia20.3%
14 Republic of Korea20.2%
15 Norway18.8%
16 Switzerland18.1%
17 United States16.0%
18 Sweden15.7%
19 Spain15.3%
20 Germany14.3%
21 Iceland13.9%
22 Finland13.3%
23 Canada12.4%
24 France10.2%
25 Denmark9.9%
26 United Kingdom9.5%
27 Japan 8.4%
28 Australia4.8%
29 New Zealand4.6%

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 = -1.657449 X +7.092
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -109673.594098 X +67145.345
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.418
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.175

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -17.674311 X +83.805
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.714030 X +1.474
Correlation coefficient (r)0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.948533 X +11.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004