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Question: When it comes to each of the following areas, do you think the United States is the best, above average, average, below average, or the worst? How about the United Statesf...? - Healthcare system
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "Below average" "The worst"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia81.9%
2 Spain79.5%
3 Sweden78.2%
4 Belgium77.5%
5 France74.6%
6 United Kingdom71.1%
7 Germany70.6%
8 Netherlands69.0%
9 New Zealand67.6%
10 Canada67.3%
11 Italy66.0%
12 Republic of Korea43.2%
13 Singapore40.6%
14 United States39.9%
15 Greece37.8%
16 Japan 33.7%
17 Taiwan16.1%

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 = 1.262936 X +5.903
Correlation coefficient (r)0.602
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.362
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 12577.750684 X +40143.773
Correlation coefficient (r)0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 2.184005 X +80.662
Correlation coefficient (r)0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 0.800671 X +0.960
Correlation coefficient (r)0.510
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.260
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -5.605194 X +13.689
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048