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Question: Do you think that there are more important things to do in life than protect the environment?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel56.5%
2 Portugal52.4%
3 Chile52.1%
4 Philippines49.7%
5 Bulgaria49.0%
6 Slovenia44.9%
7 Mexico44.0%
8 Spain43.5%
9 Netherlands41.2%
10 Latvia40.6%
11 Russian Federation38.4%
12 Japan34.9%
13 Finland 30.9%
14 Czech Republic28.5%
15 Ireland25.3%
16 Austria23.7%
17 United Kingdom22.2%
18 Canada21.9%
19 Norway20.3%
20 United States20.0%
21 Denmark18.4%
22 Germany17.3%
23 New Zealand17.2%
24 Switzerland14.0%
25 Sweden12.9%

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 data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.105850 X +7.785
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.625
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.391

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -134176.926631 X +88714.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.699
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.489

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -10.497823 X +83.302
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.031916 X +1.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -8.799926 X +15.098
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059