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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 "The best"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States12.4%
3 Italy8.4%
4 France 6.7%
5 Japan5.6%
6 United Kingdom4.3%
7 Germany3.0%
8 Canada2.7%

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 data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.746979 X +6.691
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 227131.655234 X +36749.322
Correlation coefficient (r)0.502
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.252

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -30.532419 X +83.394
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.933897 X +1.355
Correlation coefficient (r)0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 34.412665 X +7.341
Correlation coefficient (r)0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121