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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - It is the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people with high incomes and those with low incomes
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia85.3%
2 Portugal84.5%
3 Lithuania83.1%
4 Bulgaria81.9%
5 Israel80.9%
6 Argentina79.6%
7 Turkiye79.2%
8 Spain78.9%
9 Latvia78.6%
10 Russian Federation77.8%
11 Slovakia75.4%
12 France75.2%
13 Belgium74.0%
14 Finland 73.3%
15 Croatia71.9%
16 Mexico70.1%
17 Republic of Korea69.0%
18 South Africa68.8%
19 Taiwan68.4%
20 Austria68.3%
21 Netherlands65.5%
22 Iceland64.8%
23 Philippines62.6%
24 Germany61.5%
25 Denmark60.2%
26 Chile59.6%
27 Sweden59.1%
28 Czech Republic58.0%
29 Switzerland56.7%
30 Norway55.8%
31 United Kingdom54.8%
32 Japan54.2%
33 Canada53.0%
34 Australia46.3%
35 New Zealand44.2%
36 United States30.3%

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 = -2.556361 X +8.314
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.432
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -102174.609554 X +107456.319
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.547
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.299

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -8.978111 X +85.312
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.396786 X +1.392
Correlation coefficient (r)0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 5.276154 X +9.889
Correlation coefficient (r)0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012