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Question: Now Ifm going to read a list of political leaders. For each, tell me how much confidence you have in each leader to do the right thing regarding world affairs. - German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Choices: "A lot of confidence" "Some confidence" "Not too much confidence" "No confidence at all"
Data: % of "A lot of confidence" "Some confidence"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden90.1%
2 Netherlands88.2%
3 Canada85.3%
4 Australia80.8%
5 Republic of Korea79.5%
6 Germany 79.0%
7 France76.9%
8 United Kingdom76.8%
9 Japan76.1%
10 Lithuania75.9%
11 Spain74.9%
12 United States71.1%
13 Israel60.8%
14 Poland50.3%
15 Italy49.2%
16 Mexico43.1%
17 Slovakia38.5%
18 Hungary32.5%
19 Czech Republic31.0%
20 Turkiye29.8%
21 Greece23.4%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.502296 X +5.611
Correlation coefficient (r)0.588
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.346

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 58576.335049 X +3056.027
Correlation coefficient (r)0.698
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.487

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 7.156023 X +75.820
Correlation coefficient (r)0.542
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.294

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.370228 X +1.762
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 10.393029 X +3.118
Correlation coefficient (r)0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219