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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:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Greece45.2%
2 Republic of Korea39.9%
3 Japan26.9%
4 France25.6%
5 Italy24.1%
6 Spain22.4%
7 Belgium18.7%
8 United Kingdom18.2%
9 United States16.8%
10 Canada14.6%
11 New Zealand14.1%
12 Sweden11.7%
13 Germany11.6%
14 Australia 11.3%
15 Netherlands8.9%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 23 countries.

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 data15
Regression equation
Y = -3.751441 X +7.451
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.890
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.792

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -107016.737793 X +68420.992
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.769
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.591

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 1.254795 X +81.674
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.553505 X +1.803
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.628
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.394

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 0.811211 X +10.059
Correlation coefficient (r)0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000