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Question: Do you think that the earth simply cannot continue to support population growth at its present rate?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland78.1%
2 Mexico72.7%
3 Spain72.6%
4 New Zealand70.2%
5 Australia69.0%
6 United Kingdom67.6%
7 Slovenia66.8%
8 Denmark65.8%
9 Netherlands64.7%
9 Norway64.7%
11 Germany64.4%
12 Belgium62.9%
13 France62.4%
14 Switzerland 61.4%
15 Canada60.8%
16 Sweden60.5%
17 Iceland58.4%
18 Austria53.6%
19 United States53.1%
20 Japan52.4%
21 Chile48.1%
22 Turkiye45.9%
23 Portugal45.8%
24 Slovakia45.1%
25 Israel44.4%
26 Czech Republic42.3%
27 Republic of Korea41.8%
28 Lithuania36.4%
29 Latvia31.3%

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 = 2.392587 X +5.395
Correlation coefficient (r)0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 74877.046792 X +2732.516
Correlation coefficient (r)0.379
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 11.840935 X +73.554
Correlation coefficient (r)0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.121424 X +1.683
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -10.349758 X +16.446
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088