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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 "Climate change"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan51.7%
2 Norway26.9%
3 Germany26.6%
4 Denmark25.4%
5 Austria25.3%
6 Spain24.5%
7 Canada23.0%
8 Sweden21.3%
9 Finland 20.6%
9 United Kingdom20.6%
11 Taiwan19.3%
12 Netherlands18.7%
13 Switzerland17.1%
14 Australia16.9%
15 Philippines14.8%
16 Belgium14.0%
17 Republic of Korea13.3%
18 Iceland13.0%
19 New Zealand12.1%
20 Croatia10.4%
21 Mexico10.2%
21 United States10.2%
23 Portugal9.2%
24 Slovakia8.9%
25 Czech Republic8.8%
26 Slovenia8.7%
27 South Africa8.4%
28 Latvia8.1%
29 Russian Federation8.0%
30 France7.0%
31 Bulgaria6.8%
32 Argentina6.1%
33 Turkiye5.7%
34 Chile5.6%
35 Lithuania5.0%
36 Israel2.4%

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 = 2.621766 X +6.212
Correlation coefficient (r)0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 110289.459232 X +22655.404
Correlation coefficient (r)0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 21.356049 X +76.159
Correlation coefficient (r)0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -1.591785 X +1.892
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.403
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -2.767477 X +13.827
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002