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Question: Thinking about [SURVEY PUBLIC], would you say each of the following aspects needs to be completely reformed, needs major changes, needs minor changes, or doesnft need to be changed? - The political system
Choices: "It needs to be completely reformed" "It needs major changes" "It needs minor changes" "It doesnft need to be changed"
Data: % of "It needs to be completely reformed" "It needs major changes"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy89.0%
2 Spain86.0%
3 Republic of Korea85.5%
4 United States85.2%
5 Greece78.6%
6 Belgium74.7%
7 France72.6%
8 Japan 66.4%
9 United Kingdom52.3%
10 Germany47.2%
11 Australia45.5%
12 Canada44.4%
13 Netherlands40.7%
14 Sweden28.5%
15 New Zealand23.5%

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 = -1.493532 X +7.592
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.750
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.562

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -23845.486579 X +63278.888
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.541054 X +82.912
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.216
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -0.483627 X +1.731
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 0.098078 X +10.167
Correlation coefficient (r)0.005
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000