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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...? - Entertainment, including movies, music and television
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "The best"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 34.1%
2 United States30.1%
3 Italy28.9%
4 Republic of Korea25.0%
5 France23.3%
6 Canada22.2%
7 Sweden22.0%
8 United Kingdom20.7%
9 Germany19.1%
10 Australia17.1%

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 = -5.115149 X +7.895
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.658
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.433

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -75835.332585 X +67320.668
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -3.186984 X +82.773
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -2.096358 X +1.987
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 14.104276 X +7.680
Correlation coefficient (r)0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027