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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"
Data: % of "Water pollution"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand20.6%
2 Sweden16.0%
3 India15.1%
3 South Africa15.1%
5 Slovenia15.0%
6 China14.9%
7 Denmark13.9%
8 Finland13.4%
9 Croatia12.0%
10 Russian Federation11.6%
11 Slovakia11.3%
12 Norway10.4%
13 Hungary9.0%
14 United States8.0%
15 Republic of Korea7.6%
15 Taiwan7.6%
17 Austria6.5%
18 Italy6.2%
19 Switzerland5.6%
20 Lithuania5.4%
21 Philippines4.5%
22 Germany4.4%
23 France4.2%
24 Australia3.8%
25 Spain3.4%
26 Japan 2.0%
27 Iceland1.7%
28 Thailand1.2%

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 = -1.207596 X +6.608
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -59191.042404 X +44716.978
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -31.084896 X +81.414
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.025096 X +1.506
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 23.991790 X +9.438
Correlation coefficient (r)0.247
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061