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Question: Which of these issues is the most important for your country today?
Choices: "Health care" "Education" "Crime" "The environment" "Immigration" "The economy" "Terrorism" "Poverty" "None of these" (some other choices for Korea)
Data: % of "The environment"
Period:
Area:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway15.6%
2 Switzerland13.5%
3 Canada13.4%
4 Denmark10.5%
4 Sweden10.5%
6 Australia9.3%
7 Taiwan9.0%
8 New Zealand8.6%
9 Belgium7.8%
10 Iceland7.6%
11 Austria7.1%
11 Finland 7.1%
11 Netherlands7.1%
14 Germany6.5%
15 France6.4%
16 Russian Federation5.0%
17 Czech Republic4.8%
17 Mexico4.8%
19 United States4.3%
20 Japan4.1%
21 United Kingdom3.3%
22 Israel3.0%
22 Spain3.0%
24 Slovenia2.9%
25 South Africa2.6%
26 Philippines2.4%
26 Slovakia2.4%
28 Bulgaria2.1%
29 Croatia2.0%
30 Latvia1.8%
31 Chile1.5%
32 Turkiye1.2%
33 Lithuania0.9%
33 Portugal0.9%
35 Argentina0.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 203 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 12.716980 X +5.918
Correlation coefficient (r)0.669
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.448

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 488389.178905 X +12167.324
Correlation coefficient (r)0.804
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.646

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 55.439353 X +76.176
Correlation coefficient (r)0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -2.627594 X +1.825
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 4.439172 X +12.733
Correlation coefficient (r)0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001