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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...? - Technological achievements
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "The best"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Japan 26.9%
3 France25.6%
4 Italy24.1%
5 United Kingdom18.2%
6 United States16.8%
7 Canada14.6%
9 Germany11.6%

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 = -3.903636 X +7.352
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.790
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.624

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -154616.205539 X +81171.447
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.590
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.348

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 22.459911 X +77.093
Correlation coefficient (r)0.629
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.396

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.273933 X +1.528
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.076
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.389048 X +10.127
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003