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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 "Water pollution"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand27.3%
2 Mexico21.2%
3 Sweden19.7%
4 Finland19.6%
5 Canada18.5%
6 Portugal16.0%
7 Denmark 15.6%
8 Slovenia15.0%
9 Republic of Korea13.9%
10 Belgium12.7%
11 Latvia11.3%
12 France11.2%
13 United States10.8%
14 Slovakia10.5%
15 Chile9.4%
16 Turkiye9.3%
17 Norway8.8%
18 Israel8.4%
18 Spain8.4%
20 Lithuania8.2%
21 Czech Republic7.0%
22 Iceland6.2%
23 Austria5.7%
24 Netherlands5.5%
25 Australia5.3%
26 United Kingdom4.7%
27 Germany4.5%
28 Switzerland4.1%
29 Japan2.9%

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 = 0.288049 X +6.766
Correlation coefficient (r)0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -63047.508897 X +52150.718
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -5.174203 X +81.277
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.058851 X +1.593
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2.043965 X +13.028
Correlation coefficient (r)0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000