ISSP — extended dashboard
Weighted attitudes across the ISSP Environment module (2020), broken down by country, sex and age with 95% confidence intervals — trust, media, the environment and what people will give up for it.
Men–women gap: · n/s · ** p<0.05 · *** p<0.01. Cells with fewer than 40 respondents are hidden.
Society & values
Interpersonal trust 34%±0.5
Most people can be trusted (top-2 of a 5-point scale). Weighted average across 27 countries, 2020. Bars show 95% confidence intervals.
By country
Norway70±2.7
Iceland67±2.7
Denmark60±3.1
Austria56±3.7
Sweden52±2.3
New Zealand51±4.3
Finland46±3.0
Switzerland42±1.5
Australia40±3.7
Thailand35±2.5
Germany32±2.4
South Korea32±3.0
India28±3.2
United States28±2.6
Slovenia26±2.7
France26±2.8
Lithuania25±2.5
Spain24±1.8
Croatia23±2.6
Taiwan22±2.0
Hungary21±2.8
Russia21±2.0
Italy21±2.4
South Africa21±2.4
Japan20±2.0
Philippines18±2.0
Slovakia14±2.5
By sex gap sig.: ***
Men35±0.8
Women ***32±0.7
By age
15–2527±1.8
26–4032±1.1
41–6035±0.8
61+36±0.9
Politics & democracy
Trust in parliament 42%±0.5
Above-midpoint trust in the national parliament (0–10 scale). Weighted average across 28 countries, 2020. Bars show 95% confidence intervals.
By country
China93±1.1
Norway72±2.7
Switzerland65±1.4
Sweden61±2.2
Finland60±3.0
Denmark59±3.1
India56±3.5
New Zealand55±4.3
Iceland49±2.9
Germany48±2.5
Philippines46±2.6
Hungary40±3.4
Austria40±3.7
Australia38±3.7
South Africa34±2.8
Italy33±2.7
France30±3.0
Thailand29±2.4
Taiwan23±2.1
Russia22±2.1
South Korea20±2.5
Spain20±1.7
Japan19±2.0
Slovenia18±2.3
Lithuania18±2.2
Slovakia17±2.7
United States17±2.1
Croatia12±2.1
By sex gap sig.: ·
Men42±0.8
Women ·42±0.7
By age
15–2542±1.9
26–4040±1.1
41–6041±0.8
61+44±0.9
Media
Trust in the news media 39%±0.5
Above-midpoint trust in the news media (0–10 scale). Weighted average across 28 countries, 2020. Bars show 95% confidence intervals.
By country
Finland66±2.9
China61±2.2
Philippines57±2.6
Norway55±2.9
Sweden54±2.3
Thailand52±2.6
India52±3.5
Denmark50±3.1
South Korea48±3.2
South Africa45±3.0
Iceland45±2.9
Switzerland41±1.5
Austria40±3.7
Germany38±2.5
Slovenia36±2.9
Italy35±2.8
Lithuania34±2.7
Croatia32±2.9
New Zealand30±3.9
Japan30±2.4
Slovakia26±3.1
United States24±2.4
Hungary24±2.9
Russia22±2.1
Australia22±3.2
France21±2.6
Spain19±1.7
Taiwan17±1.8
By sex gap sig.: ·
Men39±0.8
Women ·39±0.7
By age
15–2540±1.9
26–4038±1.1
41–6039±0.8
61+40±0.9
Environment & values
Concern for the environment 65%±0.5
Concerned about environmental issues (top-2 of a 5-point scale). Weighted average across 28 countries, 2020. Bars show 95% confidence intervals.
By country
Spain81±1.6
Slovenia80±2.4
Japan77±2.2
New Zealand76±3.7
Philippines75±2.2
Switzerland72±1.4
Germany71±2.3
France71±2.9
Italy71±2.6
Australia70±3.5
Russia70±2.3
India69±3.2
Austria65±3.5
South Korea65±3.0
Taiwan65±2.3
Iceland64±2.8
United States63±2.8
Lithuania63±2.7
China63±2.1
Finland62±3.0
Denmark60±3.1
Norway60±2.9
Sweden59±2.2
Croatia57±3.1
Hungary56±3.4
Thailand47±2.6
South Africa45±3.0
Slovakia43±3.5
By sex gap sig.: ***
Men62±0.8
Women ***68±0.7
By age
15–2562±1.8
26–4064±1.1
41–6066±0.8
61+68±0.9
Consumption & lifestyle
Willing to pay more (green) 38%±0.5
Very or fairly willing to pay much higher prices to protect the environment. Weighted average across 28 countries, 2020. Bars show 95% confidence intervals.
By country
India65±3.3
Switzerland56±1.5
China50±2.2
Japan48±2.6
Germany48±2.5
South Korea47±3.2
Norway47±3.0
Taiwan47±2.4
Australia45±3.8
Iceland44±2.9
France42±3.2
United States42±2.8
Sweden41±2.2
Denmark40±3.1
New Zealand37±4.1
South Africa32±2.9
Austria32±3.5
Finland31±2.8
Italy31±2.7
Slovenia29±2.8
Philippines27±2.3
Hungary22±2.9
Russia21±2.1
Thailand21±2.1
Spain20±1.7
Croatia19±2.4
Lithuania13±2.0
Slovakia12±2.3
By sex gap sig.: ·
Men38±0.8
Women ·38±0.7
By age
15–2537±1.8
26–4039±1.1
41–6038±0.8
61+38±0.9