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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 "Using up our natural resources"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland33.6%
2 United States27.7%
3 Australia20.8%
4 Norway19.2%
4 United Kingdom19.2%
6 Netherlands17.7%
7 Portugal14.8%
8 Canada14.0%
9 Denmark13.7%
10 Japan13.0%
11 Turkiye12.9%
12 Czech Republic12.6%
13 New Zealand12.3%
14 Sweden 12.0%
15 Spain11.8%
15 Switzerland11.8%
17 Latvia11.3%
18 Finland11.1%
19 France10.7%
20 Germany10.6%
21 Chile9.8%
22 Austria9.2%
23 Israel8.9%
24 Belgium8.2%
25 Slovakia7.5%
26 Republic of Korea5.7%
27 Lithuania4.2%
28 Slovenia4.1%
29 Mexico1.4%

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 = 2.216395 X +6.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 204282.197063 X +19626.291
Correlation coefficient (r)0.580
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.336

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 15.974788 X +78.308
Correlation coefficient (r)0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.425822 X +1.559
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -5.990881 X +11.275
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009