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Question: Do you think the United Statesf decision to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan in August 2021 was the right decision or the wrong decision?
Choices: "Right decision" "Wrong decision"
Data: % of "Right decision"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland77.2%
2 Israel69.3%
3 Greece66.7%
4 Hungary63.2%
5 United States62.7%
6 Australia59.8%
7 France59.1%
8 Belgium58.7%
9 Japan57.5%
10 Canada55.9%
11 Sweden54.4%
12 Spain51.9%
13 Netherlands48.0%
14 Italy47.4%
15 Republic of Korea45.5%
16 United Kingdom44.1%
17 Germany 43.2%

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 = -0.294873 X +6.809
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -38260.042718 X +67509.551
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -11.640641 X +87.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.476
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.227

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.809173 X +0.475
Correlation coefficient (r)0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -5.177577 X +12.898
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.112
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013