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Question: Generally speaking, do you think your country is better than most other countries?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia82.6%
2 Canada79.6%
3 United States78.8%
4 Japan 76.2%
5 United Kingdom49.4%
6 Republic of Korea44.3%
7 France41.8%
8 Sweden40.9%
9 Germany38.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.045907 X +6.771
Correlation coefficient (r)0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 22990.141996 X +37738.267
Correlation coefficient (r)0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.779348 X +82.305
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.007232 X +1.491
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.005
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.827200 X +17.629
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027