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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 Olaf Scholz
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:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands87.5%
2 Sweden86.8%
3 Canada76.4%
4 Belgium75.8%
5 United Kingdom74.4%
6 Republic of Korea74.1%
7 Germany 73.4%
8 Australia72.0%
9 Japan68.6%
10 France68.4%
11 Spain67.7%
12 Italy64.7%
13 United States58.7%
14 Hungary49.5%
15 Poland48.6%
16 Israel46.4%
17 Greece41.1%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.654866 X +5.538
Correlation coefficient (r)0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 59989.354189 X +5780.396
Correlation coefficient (r)0.489
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.239

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 8.770640 X +75.484
Correlation coefficient (r)0.516
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.266

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.981415 X +2.156
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 11.571574 X +2.240
Correlation coefficient (r)0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129