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Question: Which statement comes closest to your view, even if none are exactly right? Democracy in the United States...?
Choices: "IS a good example for other countries to follow" "USED TO BE a good example, but has not been in recent years" "HAS NEVER BEEN a good example for other countries to follow"
Data: % of "USED TO BE a good example, but has not been in recent years"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan75.2%
2 Canada73.5%
3 Republic of Korea72.7%
4 United States71.7%
5 Australia68.4%
6 New Zealand68.0%
7 Germany 62.5%
8 Sweden61.2%
9 Netherlands61.0%
10 United Kingdom60.5%
11 Belgium57.5%
12 France57.2%
13 Spain56.2%
14 Italy49.8%
15 Greece47.6%

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 = 0.726456 X +6.219
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 66354.746079 X +6937.050
Correlation coefficient (r)0.376
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -0.398481 X +82.217
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -0.397106 X +1.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 37.185063 X -13.150
Correlation coefficient (r)0.708
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.501