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Question: To what extent do you agree with the following statements? - Present economic differences between rich and poor countries are too large.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy90.4%
2 Slovenia90.2%
3 Switzerland 89.9%
4 Germany89.8%
5 Iceland89.1%
6 Japan88.6%
7 France87.6%
8 Austria85.9%
9 Norway84.8%
10 Lithuania84.1%
11 Israel82.1%
12 Sweden79.3%
13 Chile78.3%
14 Finland78.1%
15 United Kingdom75.8%
16 Denmark75.7%
17 New Zealand75.2%
18 Czech Republic74.8%
19 Australia74.3%
20 United States57.9%

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 = -0.856376 X +7.640
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -28565.285204 X +75533.794
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 14.805519 X +69.159
Correlation coefficient (r)0.457
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.209

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.568104 X +2.118
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -6.177356 X +15.487
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020