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Question: When children today in (survey country) grow up, do you think they will be better off or worse off financially than their parents?
Choices: "Better off" "Worse off"
Data: % of "Better off"
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Nigeria 60.5%
2 South Africa46.9%
3 Tunisia33.9%
4 Kenya33.2%

Note
Those who answer "Same"/ Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 54 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 2.109329 X +3.879
Correlation coefficient (r)0.586
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.343

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -305.610554 X +3871.573
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -53.023825 X +85.682
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.789
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.623

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 8.229014 X -0.330
Correlation coefficient (r)0.745
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.555

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 9.454935 X +7.013
Correlation coefficient (r)0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019