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Question: Do you think discrimination against people based on their race or ethnicity is a very serious problem, somewhat serious problem, not too serious problem or not a problem at all in the United States?
Choices: "Very serious problem" "Somewhat serious problem" "Not too serious problem" "Not a problem at allVery strong conflicts"
Data: % of "Very serious problem" "Somewhat serious problem"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand95.9%
2 Japan95.5%
3 Canada93.5%
4 Netherlands92.2%
4 Republic of Korea92.2%
6 United Kingdom91.8%
7 Australia 91.6%
8 Spain91.1%
9 Germany90.6%
10 Belgium90.2%
11 Italy89.9%
12 Sweden89.6%
13 France89.2%
14 Greece86.4%
15 United States76.3%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 23 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2021. For the United States, "American Trends Panel Wave 82" February 2-7, 2021.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 0.642098 X +6.096
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -142728.140121 X +177678.305
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.434
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.188

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 28.688748 X +56.032
Correlation coefficient (r)0.827
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.684

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.545015 X +2.831
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -3.787228 X +13.650
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002