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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to impose strict laws to make industry do less damage to the environment?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan96.9%
2 Suriname96.8%
3 Slovenia96.2%
4 Spain95.6%
5 Croatia95.3%
6 Chile95.2%
7 Venezuela95.0%
8 Georgia94.8%
9 Iceland94.6%
10 Hungary94.1%
11 France94.0%
12 Thailand93.6%
13 Germany93.4%
14 Slovakia93.3%
15 Belgium91.7%
16 New Zealand91.6%
17 India90.9%
18 Russian Federation90.8%
18 South Africa90.8%
20 United States90.4%
21 Australia90.2%
21 Turkiye90.2%
23 Norway90.1%
24 Denmark89.5%
24 Israel89.5%
26 Switzerland89.3%
27 Lithuania89.0%
28 United Kingdom88.2%
29 Republic of Korea88.1%
30 Latvia87.9%
31 Philippines87.5%
32 Czech Republic87.3%
33 Sweden87.0%
34 Finland 85.3%
35 Japan85.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 203 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -6.114688 X +11.998
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -232781.165724 X +247775.795
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -28.380829 X +104.291
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1.610033 X +0.244
Correlation coefficient (r)0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -12.410123 X +25.189
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003