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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...? - Universities
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "The best"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea32.9%
2 Japan 25.7%
3 France21.9%
4 Italy18.3%
5 United States15.0%
6 Germany13.7%
7 Canada12.7%
8 Sweden12.0%
9 United Kingdom11.9%
10 Australia5.9%

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 = -4.470595 X +7.415
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.855
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.731

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -128277.839089 X +70737.833
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 8.168387 X +80.611
Correlation coefficient (r)0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -2.683873 X +1.935
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.715
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.511

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 30.840157 X +5.857
Correlation coefficient (r)0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281