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Question: Over the next 12 months, do you expect the economic situation in our country to improve a lot, improve a little, remain the same, worsen a little, or worsen a lot?
Choices: "Improve a lot" "Improve a little" "Remain the same" "Worsen a little" "Worsen a lot"
Data: % of "Improve a lot" "Improve a little"
Period:
Area:
14 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States55.6%
2 Canada50.6%
3 Germany48.8%
4 Spain46.4%
5 Australia44.8%
6 United Kingdom38.4%
7 Denmark37.0%
8 France33.8%
8 Italy33.8%
10 Sweden30.2%
11 Belgium28.2%
12 Netherlands26.3%
13 Japan 23.2%
14 Republic of Korea20.5%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 24 countries.

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

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 0.769909 X +6.484
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 60358.242874 X +27304.124
Correlation coefficient (r)0.458
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.210

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -10.019132 X +85.704
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.558
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.311

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 0.795043 X +1.200
Correlation coefficient (r)0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -13.571714 X +15.526
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117