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Question: Do you think the government of the United States respects the personal freedoms of its people or donft you think so?
Choices: "Yes, respects personal freedoms" "No, does not respect personal freedoms"
Data: % of "Yes, respects personal freedoms"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan81.9%
2 Republic of Korea77.4%
3 Germany70.6%
4 United States68.9%
5 Sweden68.2%
6 Italy67.7%
7 Spain67.2%
8 Japan 67.1%
9 Singapore66.3%
10 France64.3%
11 Canada62.7%
12 Netherlands61.8%
13 United Kingdom60.9%
14 Belgium58.2%
15 Greece57.0%
16 Australia54.3%
17 New Zealand52.3%

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 = -1.920371 X +7.907
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.351
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.123

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -39734.808835 X +73520.168
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 1.587861 X +81.008
Correlation coefficient (r)0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -2.248571 X +2.900
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.548
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.300

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 24.790905 X -5.689
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138