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Question: In general, do you think that pollution of the country's rivers, lakes and streams is for the environment...
Choices: "extremely dangerous" "very dangerous" "somewhat dangerous" "not very dangerous" "not dangerous at all"
Data: % of "extremely dangerous" "very dangerous"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia83.0%
2 Spain 79.6%
3 Germany78.9%
4 Slovenia76.0%
5 New Zealand74.9%
6 Australia73.2%
7 United States72.0%
8 Italy71.8%
9 France67.8%
10 Austria65.6%
10 Sweden65.6%
12 Lithuania62.2%
13 Switzerland58.7%
14 Republic of Korea58.6%
15 Finland57.9%
16 Japan57.8%
17 Denmark55.0%
18 Hungary53.6%
19 Norway45.7%
20 Iceland42.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.644151 X +7.884
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -96912.543901 X +113237.149
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -5.557379 X +84.673
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.037845 X +1.544
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -8.841053 X +17.093
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.244
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060