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Question: Do you think the United Statesf decision to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan in August 2021 was the right decision or the wrong decision?
Choices: "Right decision" "Wrong decision"
Data: % of "Right decision"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland77.2%
2 Israel69.3%
3 Greece66.7%
4 Hungary63.2%
5 United States62.7%
6 Australia59.8%
7 France59.1%
8 Belgium58.7%
9 Japan57.5%
10 Canada55.9%
11 Sweden54.4%
12 Spain51.9%
13 Netherlands48.0%
14 Italy47.4%
15 Republic of Korea45.5%
16 United Kingdom 44.1%
17 Germany43.2%

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 = -0.294873 X +6.809
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -33383.017182 X +62388.740
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -15.084514 X +89.700
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.783920 X +0.547
Correlation coefficient (r)0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -5.177577 X +12.898
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.112
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013