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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Economic growth always harm the environment
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan70.5%
2 Mexico49.2%
3 Philippines47.9%
4 Chile45.8%
5 Argentina41.3%
6 Portugal39.0%
7 Switzerland38.5%
8 Republic of Korea38.1%
9 Bulgaria37.5%
10 Finland 37.3%
11 South Africa36.3%
12 Slovenia35.3%
13 Austria33.9%
14 Slovakia33.4%
14 Turkiye33.4%
16 Japan33.0%
17 Israel32.8%
18 France31.9%
19 Lithuania30.6%
20 Russian Federation29.8%
21 Germany28.9%
22 Czech Republic28.8%
23 Latvia26.0%
23 Spain26.0%
25 Netherlands25.2%
26 Denmark23.3%
27 Belgium22.3%
28 Croatia19.6%
29 Canada17.4%
30 United States17.3%
31 Australia16.7%
32 New Zealand16.5%
33 United Kingdom15.3%
34 Norway14.6%
35 Sweden14.1%
36 Iceland6.1%

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 = -2.582773 X +7.386
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -96340.949076 X +68299.628
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.505
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.255

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -15.412062 X +83.808
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.950923 X +1.380
Correlation coefficient (r)0.263
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -6.012573 X +15.178
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010