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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...? - Entertainment, including movies, music and television
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "The best"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Greece36.6%
2 Japan34.1%
3 United States30.1%
4 Italy28.9%
5 Republic of Korea 25.0%
6 Belgium24.5%
7 Spain23.8%
8 France23.3%
9 Canada22.2%
10 Sweden22.0%
11 United Kingdom20.7%
12 Netherlands19.7%
13 Germany19.1%
14 New Zealand17.9%
15 Australia17.1%

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 = -5.806047 X +8.089
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.758
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.575

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -118416.480116 X +75118.877
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -6.372892 X +83.484
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.695635 X +1.895
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -8.287896 X +12.243
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011