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Question: What do you think about a system where experts, not elected officials, make decisions according to what they think is best for the country as a way of governing our country?
Choices: "Very good" "Somewhat good" "Somewhat bad" "Very bad"
Data: % of "Very good" "Somewhat good"
Period:
Area:
16 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary86.4%
2 Mexico75.3%
3 Republic of Korea70.1%
4 Poland67.8%
5 Spain60.4%
6 Japan59.3%
7 Germany58.6%
8 Italy57.6%
9 Greece56.2%
10 Australia54.0%
11 Sweden 52.7%
12 Israel51.5%
13 United Kingdom50.6%
14 Canada49.1%
15 Netherlands45.1%
16 France43.4%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 22 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2023.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -2.409968 X +8.036
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -105156.174606 X +102714.192
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.755
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.570

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -16.696498 X +90.939
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.696
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.484

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -0.977006 X +2.081
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 8.117820 X +4.376
Correlation coefficient (r)0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045