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Question: Which statement comes closest to your view, even if none are exactly right? Democracy in the United States...?
Choices: "IS a good example for other countries to follow" "USED TO BE a good example, but has not been in recent years" "HAS NEVER BEEN a good example for other countries to follow"
Data: % of "USED TO BE a good example, but has not been in recent years"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan75.2%
2 Canada73.5%
3 Republic of Korea72.7%
4 United States 71.7%
5 Australia68.4%
6 Germany62.5%
7 Sweden61.2%
8 United Kingdom60.5%
9 France57.2%
10 Italy49.8%

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 = -0.730219 X +7.131
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 43917.137863 X +20265.884
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -0.496699 X +82.324
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -0.966047 X +2.110
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 38.684806 X -14.150
Correlation coefficient (r)0.701
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.491