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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...? - Military
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "The best"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea50.1%
2 United States45.8%
3 Greece37.3%
4 Japan31.4%
5 Spain29.1%
6 Italy29.0%
7 Sweden 28.4%
8 Belgium26.6%
8 France26.6%
10 Canada23.0%
11 Germany20.8%
12 United Kingdom20.1%
13 New Zealand18.7%
14 Australia17.8%
15 Netherlands15.7%

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 = -2.836204 X +7.471
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.639
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.408

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -33431.575370 X +55673.956
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -4.913053 X +83.310
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.491375 X +1.900
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 20.783265 X +4.402
Correlation coefficient (r)0.463
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.214