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Question: Would you say that each of the following is doing a very good, somewhat good, somewhat bad, or very bad job dealing with global climate change? - [Survey public]
Choices: "Very good" "Somewhat good" "Somewhat bad" "Very bad"
Data: % of "Very good" "Somewhat good"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand78.7%
2 Singapore78.0%
3 Sweden72.9%
4 United Kingdom70.6%
5 Canada65.3%
6 Spain60.5%
7 Germany57.2%
8 France55.1%
9 Netherlands54.7%
10 Greece52.2%
11 Australia51.6%
12 Belgium50.0%
12 Italy50.0%
14 Taiwan48.5%
15 Republic of Korea48.2%
16 Japan 48.0%
17 United States47.5%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 221 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 data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.615788 X +5.717
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 55610.679583 X +15298.140
Correlation coefficient (r)0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 3.358057 X +80.051
Correlation coefficient (r)0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 0.225510 X +1.327
Correlation coefficient (r)0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -8.271366 X +15.053
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044