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Question: Generally, how would you describe taxes in this country today for those with high incomes? Taxes are...
Choices: "much too high" "too high" "about right" "too low" "much too low"
Data: % of "much too high" "too high"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy70.1%
2 South Africa57.9%
3 Philippines45.6%
4 Israel45.5%
5 Suriname36.7%
6 Bulgaria31.2%
7 Venezuela28.7%
8 Thailand26.5%
9 Australia24.6%
10 Denmark24.3%
11 New Zealand24.2%
12 United Kingdom23.9%
13 Germany23.6%
13 Sweden23.6%
15 Japan21.4%
16 Chile20.9%
17 United States19.8%
18 Finland19.1%
19 France17.2%
20 Austria16.6%
21 Lithuania16.0%
22 Iceland15.9%
23 Norway13.4%
24 Czech Republic13.1%
25 Croatia11.7%
26 Slovenia11.6%
27 Switzerland10.9%
28 Taiwan9.8%
29 Russian Federation8.9%

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 = -1.514149 X +7.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -55543.053528 X +52654.219
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -11.135243 X +81.595
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.260898 X +1.395
Correlation coefficient (r)0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -12.642338 X +16.556
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083