Tweet
Question: Which statement comes closest to your view, even if none are exactly right? Democracy in the United States...?
Choices: "IS a good example for other countries to follow" "USED TO BE a good example, but has not been in recent years" "HAS NEVER BEEN a good example for other countries to follow"
Data: % of "USED TO BE a good example, but has not been in recent years"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 75.2%
2 Canada73.5%
3 Republic of Korea72.7%
4 United States71.7%
5 Australia68.4%
6 New Zealand68.0%
6 Singapore68.0%
8 Taiwan65.3%
9 Germany62.5%
10 Sweden61.2%
11 Netherlands61.0%
12 United Kingdom60.5%
13 Belgium57.5%
14 France57.2%
15 Spain56.2%
16 Italy49.8%
17 Greece47.6%

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 = 0.604946 X +6.274
Correlation coefficient (r)0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 90091.975251 X -9388.349
Correlation coefficient (r)0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 2.487203 X +80.453
Correlation coefficient (r)0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -0.438473 X +1.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 36.037941 X -12.581
Correlation coefficient (r)0.694
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.482