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Question: How interested would you say you personally are in politics?
Choices: "Very interested" "Fairly interested" "Not very interested" "Not at all interested"
Data: % of "Very interested" "Somewhat interested"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany77.7%
2 Norway66.0%
3 Netherlands65.3%
4 Japan63.3%
5 Denmark62.2%
6 Australia61.9%
7 Austria 61.7%
8 Switzerland61.4%
9 France57.6%
9 Sweden57.6%
11 United States57.4%
12 United Kingdom56.6%
13 Lithuania51.3%
14 Iceland50.3%
15 Czech Republic49.6%
16 Israel49.4%
17 Belgium49.2%
18 Republic of Korea48.1%
19 Finland44.3%
20 Spain39.3%
21 Poland36.8%
22 Slovakia36.4%
23 Slovenia35.9%
24 Hungary30.6%
25 Turkiye29.6%
26 Chile13.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 2.807465 X +5.382
Correlation coefficient (r)0.578
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.334

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 113648.577510 X -11573.957
Correlation coefficient (r)0.723
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.523

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 8.404332 X +76.422
Correlation coefficient (r)0.447
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.200

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.158131 X +1.668
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 4.752509 X +11.162
Correlation coefficient (r)0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015