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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Private enterprise is the best way to solve the country's economic problems.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands71.0%
2 Portugal65.9%
3 Germany64.2%
4 Denmark58.7%
5 Chile57.3%
6 Austria56.7%
7 Syrian Arab Republic56.6%
8 Philippines55.9%
9 Czech Republic55.8%
10 Mexico53.6%
11 New Zealand52.7%
12 Slovenia51.3%
13 Israel50.9%
14 Canada48.8%
14 Uruguay48.8%
16 Ireland48.7%
17 Bulgaria48.6%
18 Finland 46.3%
19 Switzerland46.0%
20 Russian Federation44.9%
21 United States40.6%
22 Spain38.7%
23 Latvia38.5%
24 Norway36.3%
25 Japan9.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.081957 X +6.185
Correlation coefficient (r)0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -19136.691740 X +52296.651
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.190063 X +81.988
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.853537 X +1.272
Correlation coefficient (r)0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -13.890129 X +19.162
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086