Tweet
Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in the military and defence? Remember that if you say "much more", it might require a tax increase to pay for it.
Choices: "Spend much more" "Spend more" "Spend the same as now" "Spend less" "Spend much less"
Data: % of "Spend much more" "Spend more"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States44.3%
2 Sweden42.7%
2 United Kingdom42.7%
4 Republic of Korea39.5%
5 Australia29.7%
6 Germany28.6%
7 Japan 27.3%
8 France27.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.627089 X +6.197
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 50514.698068 X +33416.194
Correlation coefficient (r)0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -15.320048 X +87.263
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.529
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.280

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.465459 X +1.662
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 12.495169 X +10.745
Correlation coefficient (r)0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026