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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 "Most people are better off in a free market economy, even though some people are rich and some are poor"?
Choices: "Completely agree" "Mostly agree" "Mostly disagree" "Completely disagree"
Data: % of "Completely agree" "Mostly agree"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland83.6%
2 Republic of Korea82.7%
3 Nigeria82.4%
4 India79.9%
5 United States77.7%
6 Sweden74.8%
7 Israel74.7%
8 Kenya74.5%
9 Germany74.1%
10 Hungary73.2%
11 United Kingdom72.8%
12 Australia72.7%
12 Philippines72.7%
14 Czech Republic72.5%
15 Indonesia70.3%
16 Canada70.2%
17 Italy66.0%
18 Turkiye65.8%
19 South Africa63.4%
20 Slovakia62.5%
21 Greece62.4%
22 Spain 62.2%
23 Netherlands61.3%
24 France60.4%
25 Lebanon60.1%
26 Brazil57.2%
27 Ukraine56.9%
28 Lithuania55.6%
29 Tunisia54.6%
30 Russian Federation54.5%
31 Bulgaria52.3%
32 Japan45.7%
33 Mexico42.2%
34 Argentina29.5%

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 = 0.409995 X +5.724
Correlation coefficient (r)0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 41981.226711 X -1842.558
Correlation coefficient (r)0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -2.860114 X +77.107
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1.665024 X +0.773
Correlation coefficient (r)0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 2.805247 X +7.804
Correlation coefficient (r)0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003