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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 "Climate change"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan51.7%
2 Norway26.9%
3 Germany26.6%
4 Denmark25.4%
5 Austria 25.3%
6 Spain24.5%
7 Canada23.0%
8 Sweden21.3%
9 Finland20.6%
9 United Kingdom20.6%
11 Netherlands18.7%
12 Switzerland17.1%
13 Australia16.9%
14 Belgium14.0%
15 Republic of Korea13.3%
16 Iceland13.0%
17 New Zealand12.1%
18 Mexico10.2%
18 United States10.2%
20 Portugal9.2%
21 Slovakia8.9%
22 Czech Republic8.8%
23 Slovenia8.7%
24 Latvia8.1%
25 France7.0%
26 Turkiye5.7%
27 Chile5.6%
28 Lithuania5.0%
29 Israel2.4%

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 = 1.493758 X +6.560
Correlation coefficient (r)0.225
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 82589.332191 X +32033.633
Correlation coefficient (r)0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 14.034678 X +78.473
Correlation coefficient (r)0.532
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.283

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.442140 X +1.829
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.430
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.185

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.077442 X +13.243
Correlation coefficient (r)0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000