Environment is the most serious problem (%)

QoG code: wvs_epmpp

Percent of replies mentioning "Environmental pollution" to the question: "I'm going to read out some problems. Please indicate which of the following problems you consider the most serious one for the world as a whole?". A higher score means that more people prioritize the environment over other serious world problems. A lower score means that fewer people prioritize the environment over other serious world problems.

Dataset
Integrated Values Surveys (WVS/EVS trend 1981-2022)
Type of variable
Continuous
Last updated by source
2022-12-14

Categories

Environment

Find this variable in

Environmental Indicators - 2021 Original dataset

Country coverage

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  • Algeria
  • Andorra
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Cyprus (1975-)
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia (1993-)
  • Finland
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Haiti
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Korea, South
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Malaysia (1966-)
  • Mali
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Morocco
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Norway
  • Pakistan (1971-)
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Qatar
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Serbia
  • Singapore
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Year coverage

This variable has information from 2005 to 2016.