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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Modern science will solve our environmental problems with little change to our way of life
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Thailand56.1%
2 India53.9%
3 China52.3%
4 Philippines48.7%
5 Russian Federation46.7%
6 South Africa46.5%
7 Taiwan38.2%
8 Hungary33.4%
9 Denmark31.2%
10 Slovakia29.4%
11 Italy25.4%
12 Lithuania23.8%
13 Republic of Korea23.5%
14 Austria23.3%
15 Croatia22.7%
16 Germany21.2%
17 New Zealand20.6%
18 Norway19.4%
19 Australia15.7%
20 United States15.5%
21 Iceland14.1%
22 Spain11.3%
23 Slovenia10.9%
24 Switzerland10.8%
25 France8.9%
26 Sweden8.8%
27 Finland7.8%
28 Japan 3.8%

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 = -3.238832 X +7.337
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.657
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.432

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -111165.717282 X +68163.915
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.636
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.404

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -27.333747 X +85.560
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.729
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.531

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.660223 X +1.430
Correlation coefficient (r)0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.795587 X +11.394
Correlation coefficient (r)0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001