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Question: Thinking about our economic situation, how would you describe the current economic situation in (survey country)
Choices: "Very good" "Somewhat good" "Somewhat bad" "Very bad"
Data: % of "Very good" "Somewhat good"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden70.7%
2 Germany53.5%
3 Canada37.0%
4 Australia35.0%
5 United States 32.2%
6 Republic of Korea17.0%
7 France16.6%
8 United Kingdom16.5%
9 Japan13.8%
10 Italy9.5%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Summer 2020.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.627051 X +6.163
Correlation coefficient (r)0.777
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.604

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 39191.572335 X +37102.583
Correlation coefficient (r)0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.145467 X +82.346
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 0.622774 X +1.291
Correlation coefficient (r)0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 1.544038 X +10.634
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004