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Question: Now Ifm going to read a list of political leaders. For each, tell me how much confidence you have in each leader to do the right thing regarding world affairs. - German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Choices: "A lot of confidence" "Some confidence" "Not too much confidence" "No confidence at all"
Data: % of "A lot of confidence" "Some confidence"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden90.1%
2 Netherlands88.2%
3 Canada85.3%
4 Australia80.8%
5 Republic of Korea79.5%
6 Germany79.0%
7 France76.9%
8 United Kingdom76.8%
9 Japan76.1%
10 Lithuania75.9%
11 Spain74.9%
12 United States 71.1%
13 Israel60.8%
14 Poland50.3%
15 Italy49.2%
16 Mexico43.1%
17 Slovakia38.5%
18 Hungary32.5%
19 Czech Republic31.0%
20 Turkiye29.8%
21 Greece23.4%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes Survey" Spring 2019.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 1.502296 X +5.611
Correlation coefficient (r)0.588
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.346

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 60440.659231 X -475.321
Correlation coefficient (r)0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 10.974630 X +72.666
Correlation coefficient (r)0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.318531 X +1.791
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 10.393029 X +3.118
Correlation coefficient (r)0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219