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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 "The best"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Greece12.0%
2 Singapore6.9%
3 United States6.6%
4 Japan 5.8%
4 Taiwan5.8%
6 Italy4.0%
6 Republic of Korea4.0%
8 France2.9%
9 Germany2.7%
10 Belgium2.4%
11 Canada2.3%
12 United Kingdom2.1%
13 New Zealand1.6%
13 Spain1.6%
15 Sweden1.3%
16 Netherlands1.1%
17 Australia0.8%

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 = -10.235472 X +7.042
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.710
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.504
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -118372.820679 X +52099.896
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -21.050196 X +82.789
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -2.951453 X +1.567
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -24.025655 X +11.063
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027