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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:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Greece42.1%
2 Republic of Korea32.9%
3 Japan25.7%
4 France21.9%
5 Italy18.3%
6 Spain17.0%
7 Belgium 15.9%
8 United States15.0%
9 Germany13.7%
10 Canada12.7%
11 Sweden12.0%
12 United Kingdom11.9%
13 New Zealand9.3%
14 Netherlands7.7%
15 Australia5.9%

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 = -3.944397 X +7.365
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.870
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.757

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -110161.698198 X +65545.777
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.736
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.542

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 0.329207 X +81.876
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.498802 X +1.744
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.564
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.318

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 0.875406 X +10.074
Correlation coefficient (r)0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000