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Question: Do you think that the world would be a better place if the people of your country acknowledged your country's shortcomings?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan86.9%
2 Republic of Korea77.6%
3 South Africa76.2%
4 Spain75.7%
5 Philippines75.4%
6 United States73.1%
7 Mexico72.3%
8 Portugal70.6%
9 India70.5%
10 France65.9%
11 Ireland63.6%
12 Slovenia63.5%
13 Estonia62.3%
14 Croatia59.8%
14 Georgia59.8%
16 United Kingdom58.0%
17 Switzerland57.8%
18 Czech Republic55.9%
19 Denmark54.6%
20 Iceland54.2%
21 Russian Federation51.3%
22 Hungary51.0%
23 Belgium49.4%
24 Japan48.2%
25 Israel47.9%
26 Finland 47.8%
26 Turkiye47.8%
28 Germany47.1%
29 Lithuania46.5%
30 Latvia46.3%
31 Norway39.0%
32 Slovakia37.6%
33 Sweden35.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 205 countries.
Source
ISSP 2013

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.223125 X +7.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -51736.230755 X +67936.623
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -11.418460 X +85.175
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.351393 X +1.487
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -1.073299 X +14.490
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000