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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 "Air pollution"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile37.8%
2 Belgium36.2%
3 Czech Republic32.9%
4 Slovakia30.5%
5 Israel29.2%
6 Mexico27.1%
7 Portugal26.5%
8 Austria25.7%
9 Slovenia25.2%
10 Turkiye25.0%
11 Lithuania23.8%
12 Netherlands22.1%
13 Latvia20.3%
14 Republic of Korea20.2%
15 Norway18.8%
16 Switzerland18.1%
17 United States16.0%
18 Sweden15.7%
19 Spain15.3%
20 Germany14.3%
21 Iceland13.9%
22 Finland13.3%
23 Canada12.4%
24 France10.2%
25 Denmark9.9%
26 United Kingdom9.5%
27 Japan 8.4%
28 Australia4.8%
29 New Zealand4.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.546053 X +7.296
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -111701.844363 X +67023.392
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -13.312447 X +83.309
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.886596 X +1.426
Correlation coefficient (r)0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.192455 X +13.293
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000