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Question: Do you agree that immigrants are generally good for your country's economy?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland59.7%
2 Portugal56.9%
3 United States54.2%
4 Norway52.8%
5 Iceland51.8%
6 Republic of Korea50.7%
7 Germany50.3%
8 Sweden 49.2%
9 Ireland48.9%
10 Spain44.9%
11 Slovenia39.5%
12 Denmark39.3%
13 Japan38.6%
14 France33.8%
15 United Kingdom31.2%
16 Belgium28.2%
16 Finland28.2%
18 Israel27.8%
19 Latvia27.6%
20 Mexico27.4%
21 Estonia25.4%
22 Turkiye23.2%
23 Lithuania19.0%
24 Hungary17.4%
25 Czech Republic16.4%
26 Slovakia14.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2013

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 1.036444 X +6.310
Correlation coefficient (r)0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 125174.403620 X -592.630
Correlation coefficient (r)0.639
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.408

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 18.007110 X +73.124
Correlation coefficient (r)0.631
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.398

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.696297 X +1.883
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.678100 X +10.437
Correlation coefficient (r)0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000