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Question: Which problem, if any, affects you and your family the most?
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" ("Noises" for Republic of Korea)
Data: % of "Chemicals and pesticides"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France24.4%
2 Denmark22.8%
3 Canada17.6%
4 New Zealand16.2%
4 Taiwan16.2%
6 Slovenia15.3%
7 Japan14.1%
8 Lithuania13.9%
9 United States13.0%
10 Finland 12.9%
11 Australia12.7%
12 Republic of Korea12.3%
13 Netherlands12.2%
14 Latvia11.8%
15 Croatia11.7%
15 Slovakia11.7%
17 Belgium10.3%
17 Bulgaria10.3%
19 Portugal10.1%
20 Sweden9.8%
21 Chile9.3%
22 Germany9.1%
23 Czech Republic8.8%
24 Turkiye8.7%
25 Spain8.5%
26 Iceland8.1%
27 Austria7.7%
28 Mexico7.5%
28 Switzerland7.5%
30 Argentina7.4%
31 Russian Federation7.0%
32 Norway6.3%
33 Israel5.9%
34 Philippines5.8%
35 United Kingdom4.9%
36 South Africa3.4%

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 = 4.015427 X +6.161
Correlation coefficient (r)0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 100576.343817 X +27992.341
Correlation coefficient (r)0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 33.875796 X +75.635
Correlation coefficient (r)0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -2.670384 X +1.947
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 23.086640 X +10.920
Correlation coefficient (r)0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029