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Question: I'm going to read you a list of things that may be problems for (survey country). For each one, please tell me if you think it is a very serious problem, somewhat serious problem, not too serious problem, or not a problem at all. - Economic competition with China
Choices: "Very serious problem" "Somewhat serious problem" "Not too serious of a problem" "Not a problem at all"
Data: % of "Very serious problem" "Somewhat serious problem"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea88.6%
2 United States85.6%
3 Japan 84.9%
4 Australia80.5%
5 Netherlands76.0%
6 Canada75.6%
7 France74.3%
8 Spain73.2%
9 United Kingdom71.4%
10 Belgium70.4%
11 Poland69.7%
12 Italy69.4%
13 Germany67.2%
14 Sweden65.5%
15 Greece65.3%
16 Israel62.0%
17 Malaysia61.7%
18 Singapore58.7%
19 Hungary37.7%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 219 countries.
Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.549326 X +6.214
Correlation coefficient (r)0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 44997.146866 X +12207.535
Correlation coefficient (r)0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 12.195958 X +72.345
Correlation coefficient (r)0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.015950 X +2.264
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 14.893650 X -0.763
Correlation coefficient (r)0.402
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162