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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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan86.4%
2 India81.6%
3 South Africa78.3%
4 Norway72.2%
4 United States72.2%
6 Turkiye71.7%
7 Georgia67.1%
8 Finland 65.8%
9 Taiwan64.7%
10 Denmark63.9%
11 Philippines61.9%
12 Republic of Korea59.6%
13 United Kingdom55.9%
14 Russian Federation54.2%
15 Belgium53.4%
16 Israel52.9%
17 Germany50.5%
18 Sweden49.7%
19 Mexico43.5%
20 Switzerland42.6%
21 Ireland41.8%
22 Portugal40.8%
23 Slovakia40.6%
24 Czech Republic39.2%
25 France36.7%
26 Spain35.4%
27 Hungary33.1%
27 Iceland33.1%
29 Croatia32.7%
30 Latvia31.6%
31 Lithuania26.2%
32 Estonia25.3%
33 Slovenia17.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2013

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -1.526759 X +7.215
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -200.226843 X +37788.655
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -4.865645 X +81.059
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.542910 X +1.415
Correlation coefficient (r)0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -5.080188 X +16.439
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020