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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland33.6%
2 United States27.7%
3 Australia20.8%
4 Norway19.2%
4 United Kingdom19.2%
6 Netherlands17.7%
7 Portugal14.8%
8 Canada14.0%
9 Denmark13.7%
10 Japan 13.0%
11 Turkiye12.9%
12 Czech Republic12.6%
13 New Zealand12.3%
14 Sweden12.0%
15 Spain11.8%
15 Switzerland11.8%
17 Latvia11.3%
18 Finland11.1%
19 France10.7%
20 Germany10.6%
21 Chile9.8%
22 Austria9.2%
23 Israel8.9%
24 Belgium8.2%
25 Slovakia7.5%
26 Republic of Korea5.7%
27 Lithuania4.2%
28 Slovenia4.1%
29 Mexico1.4%

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 = 3.527064 X +6.348
Correlation coefficient (r)0.353
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 177072.161777 X +22577.040
Correlation coefficient (r)0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 11.630400 X +79.220
Correlation coefficient (r)0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.120910 X +1.615
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -17.625148 X +15.503
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044