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Question: I'm going to read you a list of things that may be problems for (survey country). For each one, please tell me if you think it is a very serious problem, somewhat serious problem, not too serious problem, or not a problem at all. - Economic competition with China
Choices: "Very serious problem" "Somewhat serious problem" "Not too serious of a problem" "Not a problem at all"
Data: % of "Very serious problem" "Somewhat serious problem"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea88.6%
2 United States85.6%
3 Japan84.9%
4 Australia80.5%
5 Netherlands76.0%
6 Canada75.6%
7 France74.3%
8 Spain73.2%
9 United Kingdom71.4%
10 Belgium70.4%
11 Poland69.7%
12 Italy69.4%
13 Germany67.2%
14 Sweden 65.5%
15 Greece65.3%
16 Israel62.0%
17 Hungary37.7%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.273086 X +6.446
Correlation coefficient (r)0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 58953.716226 X +1232.495
Correlation coefficient (r)0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 12.245167 X +72.373
Correlation coefficient (r)0.482
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.232

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -1.271818 X +2.470
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 14.670532 X -0.545
Correlation coefficient (r)0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149