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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:
2 Japan25.7%
3 France21.9%
4 Italy18.3%
5 United States15.0%
6 Germany13.7%
7 Canada12.7%
9 United Kingdom11.9%

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 data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.790594 X +7.399
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.852
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.726

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -160927.680333 X +78137.828
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 22.165947 X +77.740
Correlation coefficient (r)0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.518651 X +1.563
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 13.465462 X +7.167
Correlation coefficient (r)0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042