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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:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan83.9%
2 Australia83.0%
3 United States81.2%
4 New Zealand78.1%
5 Canada76.5%
6 Ireland71.1%
7 Austria69.0%
8 Norway67.2%
9 Philippines 59.4%
10 Bulgaria57.5%
11 United Kingdom55.6%
12 Sweden47.6%
13 Netherlands45.6%
14 Russian Federation41.8%
15 Poland38.7%
16 Germany36.9%
17 Italy36.8%
18 Spain36.1%
19 Latvia32.2%
20 Slovenia27.8%
21 Hungary26.5%
22 Slovakia23.2%
23 Czech Republic21.9%

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

No data for 215 countries.
Source
ISSP 1995

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.833989 X +6.207
Correlation coefficient (r)0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 66759.993262 X +6865.797
Correlation coefficient (r)0.560
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.314
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 6.770561 X +75.831
Correlation coefficient (r)0.364
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.061073 X +1.526
Correlation coefficient (r)0.053
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -3.807287 X +14.717
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027