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Question: Thinking about the political system in the United States, would you say it works very well, somewhat well, not too well, or not well at all?
Choices: "Very well" "Somewhat well" "Not too well" "Not well at all"
Data: % of "Very well" "Somewhat well"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea83.1%
2 Japan72.6%
3 Italy70.5%
4 France54.7%
5 Germany 49.5%
6 United Kingdom43.0%
7 Sweden39.5%
8 Canada37.4%
9 Australia33.2%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2021.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.285402 X +7.874
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.928
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.861

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -60056.542421 X +78148.487
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.938
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.880

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.698868 X +81.183
Correlation coefficient (r)0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.357836 X +2.188
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.785
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.616

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 9.923440 X +5.390
Correlation coefficient (r)0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141