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Question: Do you think that the world would be a better place if people from other countries were more like those of your country?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria58.7%
2 Canada44.7%
3 Philippines 44.3%
4 Ireland43.3%
5 Bulgaria41.3%
6 United States40.3%
7 Australia38.4%
8 New Zealand33.5%
9 Poland32.7%
10 Spain32.4%
11 United Kingdom30.9%
12 Japan29.8%
13 Slovenia28.4%
14 Russian Federation25.0%
15 Hungary23.7%
15 Latvia23.7%
17 Norway23.3%
18 Italy21.8%
19 Germany19.8%
20 Sweden19.3%
21 Slovakia17.4%
22 Netherlands16.6%
23 Czech Republic15.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 215 countries.

Source
ISSP 1995

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.183001 X +6.698
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 33730.853304 X +31298.461
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.846245 X +79.616
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.321003 X +1.459
Correlation coefficient (r)0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -9.375272 X +15.606
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046