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Question: Which one of these do you think should be the country's highest priority?
Choices: "Maintain order in the nation" "Give people more say in government decisions" "Fight rising prices" "Protect freedom of speech"
Data: % of "Maintain order in the nation"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway57.6%
2 Sweden55.8%
3 Denmark53.7%
4 Switzerland51.0%
5 Mexico49.0%
6 Russian Federation47.7%
7 Chile45.1%
8 Turkiye44.8%
9 Slovakia40.9%
10 Netherlands39.4%
11 New Zealand38.8%
12 Philippines38.6%
13 Slovenia38.0%
14 United Kingdom37.6%
15 Belgium35.9%
16 Israel35.3%
17 Argentina32.9%
17 Czech Republic32.9%
19 Spain32.3%
20 South Africa31.8%
21 Taiwan31.6%
22 France31.5%
23 Japan31.3%
24 Bulgaria31.2%
25 Austria31.1%
26 United States30.4%
27 Finland 29.2%
28 Australia28.6%
29 Germany28.3%
30 Portugal26.0%
31 Croatia25.1%
32 Republic of Korea24.4%
33 Iceland24.2%
34 Latvia23.8%
35 Lithuania19.9%
36 Canada19.1%

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 = 0.844966 X +6.302
Correlation coefficient (r)0.112
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 49634.082740 X +21457.409
Correlation coefficient (r)0.208
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 1.652393 X +78.716
Correlation coefficient (r)0.038
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.717726 X +1.403
Correlation coefficient (r)0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -18.333637 X +19.932
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089