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Question: Do you agree that many of the claims about environmental threats are exaggerated?
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines53.6%
2 Slovakia42.5%
3 Taiwan41.5%
4 India38.0%
5 South Africa36.0%
6 Russian Federation35.4%
7 Lithuania27.0%
8 Thailand25.5%
9 China23.7%
10 Australia23.5%
11 Italy23.4%
12 Denmark22.5%
13 Iceland22.4%
14 Croatia22.1%
14 Hungary22.1%
14 Republic of Korea22.1%
17 United States21.8%
18 Norway21.6%
19 Spain20.8%
20 Austria19.8%
21 Switzerland19.3%
22 New Zealand18.7%
23 Germany16.1%
24 Finland15.4%
24 Sweden15.4%
26 France15.0%
27 Slovenia14.0%
28 Japan 12.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 210 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -3.829173 X +7.446
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -134124.181683 X +72542.700
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -47.975083 X +90.166
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.773
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.598

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 2.254559 X +1.055
Correlation coefficient (r)0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.357998 X +11.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000