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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 "Domestic waste disposal"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea21.9%
2 United Kingdom18.7%
3 Slovenia15.8%
4 Czech Republic15.6%
5 Slovakia15.4%
6 Philippines15.2%
7 Lithuania13.6%
8 New Zealand12.6%
9 Bulgaria12.2%
9 Iceland12.2%
11 Croatia11.1%
12 Latvia11.0%
13 Chile10.2%
14 Mexico9.9%
15 Russian Federation8.1%
16 Argentina7.0%
17 Finland 6.9%
18 South Africa6.8%
19 France6.7%
20 Belgium6.2%
20 Japan6.2%
22 Austria6.1%
22 Portugal6.1%
24 Canada6.0%
25 Israel5.6%
26 United States4.8%
27 Australia4.5%
27 Sweden4.5%
29 Norway4.1%
30 Spain3.9%
31 Taiwan3.5%
32 Netherlands3.4%
33 Turkiye3.1%
34 Denmark2.8%
35 Germany2.6%
36 Switzerland2.3%

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 = -3.395322 X +6.891
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -190685.698088 X +55273.454
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.406
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.165

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -17.606248 X +80.828
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -0.888666 X +1.735
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 28.167491 X +10.981
Correlation coefficient (r)0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052