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Question: Thinking about the political system in the United States, would you say it works very well, somewhat well, not too well, or not well at all?
Choices: "Very well" "Somewhat well" "Not too well" "Not well at all"
Data: % of "Very well" "Somewhat well"
Period:
Area:
14 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea83.1%
2 Greece73.5%
3 Japan72.6%
4 Italy70.5%
5 Spain60.9%
6 France54.7%
7 Belgium51.7%
8 Germany 49.5%
9 United Kingdom43.0%
10 Netherlands40.4%
11 Sweden39.5%
12 Canada37.4%
13 Australia33.2%
14 New Zealand30.5%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 24 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2021.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -2.485972 X +7.988
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.911
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.830

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -62155.159655 X +79171.997
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.841
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.707

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 0.511615 X +82.022
Correlation coefficient (r)0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -1.058670 X +1.978
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 2.293058 X +8.708
Correlation coefficient (r)0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007