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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 "Chemicals and pesticides"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France30.1%
2 Denmark21.1%
3 Slovenia18.7%
4 Lithuania16.9%
5 New Zealand16.2%
6 Netherlands14.7%
7 Croatia12.3%
8 Canada12.2%
9 Slovakia12.1%
10 Bulgaria11.2%
11 Latvia11.1%
12 Sweden11.0%
12 Taiwan11.0%
14 Belgium10.9%
15 Finland 9.9%
16 Turkiye9.6%
17 Czech Republic9.1%
18 United States9.0%
19 Australia8.9%
20 Iceland8.7%
20 Spain8.7%
22 Mexico8.5%
23 Chile8.2%
24 Argentina8.1%
25 Portugal7.7%
26 Russian Federation7.5%
27 Switzerland6.8%
28 Austria6.6%
29 Norway6.1%
30 United Kingdom6.0%
31 Republic of Korea5.9%
32 Germany5.4%
33 Japan5.3%
34 Israel5.2%
35 Philippines5.0%
36 South Africa3.5%

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 = 2.771999 X +6.317
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 33268.213524 X +35621.549
Correlation coefficient (r)0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 13.266582 X +77.945
Correlation coefficient (r)0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -0.781121 X +1.738
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 11.412969 X +12.252
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010