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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...? - Standard of living
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "The best"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States12.4%
2 Greece11.4%
3 Republic of Korea9.4%
4 Italy8.4%
5 France6.7%
6 Spain6.5%
7 Japan5.6%
8 United Kingdom 4.3%
9 Germany3.0%
10 Canada2.7%
11 Belgium2.4%
12 New Zealand1.2%
13 Australia1.1%
14 Netherlands1.0%
15 Sweden0.9%

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 = -8.785211 X +7.127
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.770
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.593

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -130798.141064 X +53018.505
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -22.409978 X +83.084
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -2.932566 X +1.633
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.225538 X +10.290
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000