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Question: When it comes to each of the following areas, do you think the United States is the best, above average, average, below average, or the worst? How about the United Statesf...? - Standard of living
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "Below average" "The worst"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden50.2%
2 Australia 41.2%
3 Germany30.5%
4 Canada29.0%
5 France25.2%
6 United Kingdom21.4%
7 United States15.9%
8 Japan15.8%
9 Italy14.6%
10 Republic of Korea8.9%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2021. For the United States, "American Trends Panel Wave 82" February 2-7, 2021.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 2.867685 X +5.930
Correlation coefficient (r)0.893
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.797

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 52611.029761 X +35635.793
Correlation coefficient (r)0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 3.334404 X +81.157
Correlation coefficient (r)0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.454480 X +1.111
Correlation coefficient (r)0.631
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.398

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -6.865076 X +12.835
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037