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Question: Please tell me whether you completely agree, mostly agree, mostly disagree or completely disagree with the following statements. How about "Generally, the state is run for the benefit of all the people"?
Choices: "Completely agree" "Mostly agree" "Mostly disagree" "Completely disagree"
Data: % of "Completely agree" "Mostly agree"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia88.5%
2 Hungary80.4%
3 Czech Republic77.9%
4 Sweden75.6%
5 Netherlands72.8%
6 Turkiye69.1%
7 Poland62.0%
8 Canada60.0%
9 Australia56.0%
10 Germany52.9%
11 Republic of Korea52.7%
12 France48.1%
13 United States47.7%
14 Lithuania47.5%
15 Mexico47.0%
16 United Kingdom46.1%
17 Spain43.9%
18 Japan 43.2%
19 Israel39.0%
20 Italy32.8%
21 Greece17.7%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.150333 X +6.468
Correlation coefficient (r)0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -6062.005130 X +43036.896
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -5.328546 X +83.241
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.023893 X +1.544
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 5.687347 X +6.473
Correlation coefficient (r)0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041