Table 2.2. Support for the political community
Country	Global regions
					North
	Western	Eastern			& Central	South
	Europe	Europe	Asia	Africa	America	America	Oceania
Azerbaijan		93
Turkey		92
Peru						86
Venezuela						85
Slovenia		85
Sweden	85
China			84
Philippines			83
Norway	81
Finland	78
USA					76
Dominican Rep.					75
Australia							73
Belarus		72
Croatia		71
Mexico					71
Puerto Rico					71
Yugoslavia		70
Armenia		70
Georgia		69
South Africa				69
Chile						67
Brazil						64
Moldova		63
Argentina						63
Ukraine		62
Taiwan			62
Russia		62
Nigeria				61
Switzerland	60
Estonia		58
Spain	58
Uruguay						56
Lithuania		54
Latvia		52
East Germany		37
West Germany	36
Japan			18
MEAN	66	67	62	65	73	71	73
Note. Support for political community: the variables 'fight for country (0/1) and 'national pride' (recoded 1,2 = 0; 3,4=1) are added to form a three-point scale of support for the political community: 1 =low support; 2=medium support; and 3 = high support. The proportion of citizens with high support for the political community are displayed in the table.
Source: World Values Surveys, 1994/7.
Source: Hans-Dieter Klingemann.  1999.  "Mapping Political Support in the 1990s: A Global Analysis."  Pp. 31-56 in Pippa Norris, ed., Critical Citizens. Global Support for Democratic Governance.  Oxford: Oxford University Press.