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Question: Which problem, if any, do you think is the most important for your country as a whole?
Choices: "Air pollution" "Chemicals and pesticides" "Water shortage" "Water pollution" "Nuclear waste" "Domestic waste disposal" "Climate change" "Genetically modified foods" "Using up our natural resources" "None of these" ("Disorderly way of regional development" for Republic of Korea)
Data: % of "Using up our natural resources"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland33.6%
2 United States27.7%
3 Australia20.8%
4 Norway19.2%
4 United Kingdom19.2%
6 Netherlands17.7%
7 Philippines15.4%
8 Croatia15.3%
9 Portugal14.8%
10 Argentina14.2%
11 Canada14.0%
12 Denmark13.7%
13 Japan13.0%
14 Turkiye12.9%
15 Taiwan12.7%
16 Czech Republic12.6%
17 New Zealand12.3%
18 Sweden12.0%
19 Spain11.8%
19 Switzerland11.8%
21 Latvia11.3%
22 Finland 11.1%
23 France10.7%
24 Germany10.6%
25 Chile9.8%
26 Austria9.2%
27 Israel8.9%
28 Belgium8.2%
29 Slovakia7.5%
30 Russian Federation7.1%
31 Republic of Korea5.7%
32 Bulgaria5.1%
33 South Africa4.4%
34 Lithuania4.2%
35 Slovenia4.1%
36 Mexico1.4%

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 = 4.759451 X +6.015
Correlation coefficient (r)0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 186647.395848 X +16013.543
Correlation coefficient (r)0.505
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.255

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 23.136119 X +76.452
Correlation coefficient (r)0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -0.225066 X +1.686
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -26.081644 X +16.634
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075