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Question: Which of these approaches do you think would be the best way of getting business and industry in your country to protect the environment?
Choices: "Heavy fines for businesses that damage the environment" "Use the tax system to reward businesses that protect the environment" "More information and education for businesses about the advantages of protecting the environment" "Can't choose"
Data: % of "Heavy fines for businesses that damage the environment"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Croatia53.9%
2 Thailand51.4%
3 Hungary49.7%
4 Republic of Korea49.6%
5 Russian Federation48.8%
6 Slovakia46.1%
7 China44.9%
8 Taiwan44.0%
9 Germany43.5%
10 South Africa42.2%
11 France41.2%
12 New Zealand41.0%
13 Australia40.9%
14 Austria40.0%
15 Italy38.5%
16 Philippines38.2%
17 United States37.9%
18 India37.4%
19 Iceland31.6%
20 Sweden31.1%
21 Spain30.1%
22 Slovenia29.8%
23 Lithuania28.7%
24 Denmark28.5%
25 Switzerland27.9%
26 Finland27.4%
27 Norway23.4%
28 Japan 20.3%

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 = -4.000103 X +8.026
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -161366.952108 X +100973.573
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.533
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.284

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -24.477788 X +87.902
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.378
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.143

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.094647 X +1.634
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 5.566339 X +9.484
Correlation coefficient (r)0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010