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Question: Over the next 12 months, do you expect the economic situation in our country to improve a lot, improve a little, remain the same, worsen a little, or worsen a lot?
Choices: "Improve a lot" "Improve a little" "Remain the same" "Worsen a little" "Worsen a lot"
Data: % of "Improve a lot" "Improve a little"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States55.6%
2 Canada50.6%
3 Germany48.8%
4 Australia44.8%
5 United Kingdom38.4%
6 France 33.8%
6 Italy33.8%
8 Sweden30.2%
9 Japan23.2%
10 Republic of Korea20.5%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.855122 X +5.950
Correlation coefficient (r)0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 96540.832476 X +12274.046
Correlation coefficient (r)0.790
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.624

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -13.733069 X +87.214
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.704
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.496

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.400578 X +0.947
Correlation coefficient (r)0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -11.899492 X +15.618
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.305
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.093