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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:
2 United States45.8%
3 Japan31.4%
4 Italy29.0%
6 France26.6%
7 Canada23.0%
8 Germany20.8%
9 United Kingdom20.1%

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 data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.727271 X +6.788
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 100128.405662 X +22598.061
Correlation coefficient (r)0.574
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.329

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -13.186977 X +85.220
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.456284 X +1.346
Correlation coefficient (r)0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 25.182981 X +2.384
Correlation coefficient (r)0.660
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.436