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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:
1 Republic of Korea 39.9%
2 Japan26.9%
3 France25.6%
4 Italy24.1%
5 United Kingdom18.2%
6 United States16.8%
7 Canada14.6%
8 Sweden11.7%
9 Germany11.6%
10 Australia11.3%

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 = -3.878484 X +7.433
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.857
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.734

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -112305.314995 X +71470.277
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.711
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.506

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 7.562163 X +80.482
Correlation coefficient (r)0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -2.446669 X +1.970
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.752
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.566

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 24.668688 X +6.149
Correlation coefficient (r)0.490
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.240