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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 "Air pollution"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria39.7%
2 Chile37.8%
3 Belgium36.2%
4 Czech Republic32.9%
5 Taiwan32.1%
6 Slovakia30.5%
7 Russian Federation30.4%
8 Israel29.2%
9 Mexico27.1%
10 Portugal26.5%
11 Austria25.7%
12 Slovenia25.2%
13 South Africa25.1%
14 Turkiye25.0%
15 Philippines24.5%
16 Lithuania23.8%
17 Netherlands22.1%
18 Latvia20.3%
19 Republic of Korea20.2%
20 Argentina19.7%
21 Norway18.8%
22 Switzerland18.1%
23 United States16.0%
24 Sweden15.7%
25 Croatia15.5%
26 Spain15.3%
27 Germany14.3%
28 Iceland13.9%
29 Finland 13.3%
30 Canada12.4%
31 France10.2%
32 Denmark9.9%
33 United Kingdom9.5%
34 Japan8.4%
35 Australia4.8%
36 New Zealand4.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -3.569322 X +7.350
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -125591.877093 X +65362.330
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.488
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.238

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -21.889198 X +83.822
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.458
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.210

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.896847 X +1.473
Correlation coefficient (r)0.216
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 1.231358 X +13.166
Correlation coefficient (r)0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000