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Question: Thinking about our economic situation, how would you describe the current economic situation in (survey country)
Choices: "Very good" "Somewhat good" "Somewhat bad" "Very bad"
Data: % of "Very good" "Somewhat good"
Period:
Area:
14 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark75.4%
2 Sweden70.7%
3 Netherlands59.7%
4 Germany53.5%
5 Canada37.0%
6 Australia35.0%
7 United States32.2%
8 Belgium31.0%
9 Republic of Korea17.0%
10 France16.6%
11 United Kingdom16.5%
12 Japan13.8%
13 Spain12.6%
14 Italy9.5%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 224 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Summer 2020.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 1.792007 X +6.154
Correlation coefficient (r)0.867
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.752

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 41036.293478 X +37897.115
Correlation coefficient (r)0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -1.793179 X +82.573
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 0.397461 X +1.291
Correlation coefficient (r)0.346
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -0.276158 X +10.603
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000