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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...? - Standard of living
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "Below average" "The worst"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
3 Germany30.5%
4 Canada29.0%
5 France25.2%
6 United Kingdom21.4%
7 United States15.9%
8 Japan15.8%
9 Italy14.6%

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 = 2.922073 X +5.948
Correlation coefficient (r)0.663
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.440

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 11748.682675 X +48176.287
Correlation coefficient (r)0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.729018 X +82.108
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.645244 X +1.334
Correlation coefficient (r)0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.535418 X +10.447
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008