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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...? - Military
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "The best"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea 50.1%
2 United States45.8%
3 Japan31.4%
4 Italy29.0%
5 Sweden28.4%
6 France26.6%
7 Canada23.0%
8 Germany20.8%
9 United Kingdom20.1%
10 Australia17.8%

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 = -1.957718 X +7.228
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.511
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.261

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -9065.457986 X +51586.779
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -5.482070 X +83.606
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.257
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.547519 X +1.932
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 32.366007 X +1.617
Correlation coefficient (r)0.759
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.576