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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 "Domestic waste disposal"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom26.9%
2 Republic of Korea21.6%
3 Slovakia19.6%
4 New Zealand17.4%
5 Japan15.9%
6 Bulgaria15.6%
7 Slovenia15.0%
8 Belgium14.6%
9 Czech Republic14.3%
10 Argentina14.1%
11 Philippines13.8%
12 Finland 13.5%
13 Iceland13.4%
14 Chile13.1%
15 Croatia12.5%
16 Austria12.1%
17 France11.5%
17 Mexico11.5%
19 South Africa11.4%
20 Norway11.1%
21 Canada10.9%
22 Russian Federation10.3%
23 Lithuania10.2%
24 Australia9.9%
24 Israel9.9%
26 Latvia9.5%
27 Taiwan8.7%
28 Portugal8.4%
28 Spain8.4%
30 Denmark8.0%
31 Netherlands7.9%
32 Sweden7.0%
33 Turkiye6.1%
34 United States5.3%
35 Germany5.1%
36 Switzerland2.8%

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 = -2.027841 X +6.842
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -128017.437138 X +54228.347
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.070722 X +79.294
Correlation coefficient (r)0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -1.076130 X +1.787
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 9.470680 X +12.287
Correlation coefficient (r)0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005