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Question: Do you think people with high incomes should pay a larger % of their income in taxes than those with low incomes, the same share, or a smaller share?
Choices: "Much larger share" "Larger" "The same share" "Smaller" "Much smaller share"
Data: % of "Much larger share" "Larger"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 90.2%
2 Austria84.8%
3 France84.0%
4 Germany83.5%
5 Italy82.6%
6 Finland82.1%
6 Switzerland82.1%
8 Slovenia81.7%
9 Norway80.3%
10 Iceland78.0%
11 United Kingdom77.6%
12 Lithuania73.6%
13 Sweden72.8%
13 United States72.8%
15 Australia72.1%
16 Israel71.5%
17 New Zealand70.9%
18 Chile69.9%
19 Denmark64.4%
20 Czech Republic55.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.516719 X +8.102
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 31139.346165 X +28395.008
Correlation coefficient (r)0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 15.176152 X +69.626
Correlation coefficient (r)0.465
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.216

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.599586 X +2.879
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 2.891420 X +8.234
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004