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Question: Do you think the United Statesf decision to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan in August 2021 was the right decision or the wrong decision?
Choices: "Right decision" "Wrong decision"
Data: % of "Right decision"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States62.7%
2 Australia59.8%
3 France59.1%
4 Japan 57.5%
5 Canada55.9%
6 Sweden54.4%
7 Italy47.4%
8 Republic of Korea45.5%
9 United Kingdom44.1%
10 Germany43.2%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.485486 X +5.868
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 113239.025571 X -11040.788
Correlation coefficient (r)0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -5.048789 X +84.674
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.976331 X +0.432
Correlation coefficient (r)0.482
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.232

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 12.252550 X +4.611
Correlation coefficient (r)0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037