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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 "Water pollution"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand27.3%
2 Argentina25.8%
3 Mexico21.2%
4 Sweden19.7%
5 Finland 19.6%
6 Canada18.5%
7 South Africa17.4%
8 Russian Federation17.1%
9 Croatia16.4%
10 Portugal16.0%
11 Denmark15.6%
12 Slovenia15.0%
13 Republic of Korea13.9%
14 Belgium12.7%
15 Taiwan11.7%
16 Latvia11.3%
17 France11.2%
18 United States10.8%
19 Slovakia10.5%
20 Chile9.4%
21 Turkiye9.3%
22 Norway8.8%
23 Israel8.4%
23 Spain8.4%
25 Lithuania8.2%
26 Bulgaria7.6%
27 Czech Republic7.0%
27 Philippines7.0%
29 Iceland6.2%
30 Austria5.7%
31 Netherlands5.5%
32 Australia5.3%
33 United Kingdom4.7%
34 Germany4.5%
35 Switzerland4.1%
36 Japan2.9%

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 = -1.316195 X +6.757
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -96841.823845 X +50458.034
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -13.990970 X +80.954
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.638026 X +1.583
Correlation coefficient (r)0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 11.601830 X +12.051
Correlation coefficient (r)0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014