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Question: To what extent do you agree with the following statements? - Present economic differences between rich and poor countries are too large.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria96.0%
2 Taiwan90.8%
3 Italy90.4%
4 Slovenia90.2%
5 Switzerland89.9%
6 Germany89.8%
7 Iceland89.1%
8 Japan88.6%
9 Russian Federation88.4%
10 Thailand88.0%
11 Suriname87.7%
12 Croatia87.6%
12 France87.6%
14 Austria85.9%
15 Norway84.8%
16 Lithuania84.1%
17 Israel82.1%
18 Sweden79.3%
19 Chile78.3%
20 Finland78.1%
21 Venezuela76.5%
22 United Kingdom75.8%
23 Denmark75.7%
24 New Zealand75.2%
25 Czech Republic74.8%
26 Australia74.3%
27 Philippines72.5%
28 South Africa71.1%
29 United States57.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.
Source
ISSP 2019

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.936548 X +7.408
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -28447.519089 X +62453.619
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 11.347565 X +69.480
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -1.364596 X +2.833
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 10.260478 X +4.955
Correlation coefficient (r)0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018