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Question: How satisfied are you with the way democracy is working in (survey country)
Choices: "Very satisfied" "Somewhat satisfied" "Not too satisfied" "Not at all satisfied"
Data: % of "Very satisfied" "Somewhat satisfied"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden74.7%
2 India73.8%
3 Netherlands73.3%
4 Canada69.7%
5 Germany68.2%
6 Poland67.6%
7 Philippines65.2%
8 Indonesia60.9%
9 Lithuania60.8%
10 Australia59.4%
11 Czech Republic58.5%
12 Kenya57.6%
13 Republic of Korea54.1%
14 Slovakia53.3%
15 Israel52.2%
16 Turkiye48.8%
17 Hungary 48.5%
18 France47.3%
19 Japan45.1%
20 Brazil41.4%
21 Mexico40.9%
22 United States39.6%
23 Argentina38.2%
24 South Africa37.4%
25 Ukraine36.0%
26 Spain35.7%
27 Italy32.2%
28 Lebanon31.9%
29 Russian Federation31.8%
30 Tunisia30.8%
31 United Kingdom29.7%
32 Nigeria29.5%
33 Bulgaria27.4%
34 Greece26.4%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 2.326482 X +4.864
Correlation coefficient (r)0.341
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 37462.568564 X +9483.391
Correlation coefficient (r)0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 8.176987 X +72.075
Correlation coefficient (r)0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.631487 X +2.128
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.123
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 4.733902 X +7.342
Correlation coefficient (r)0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015