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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...? - Military
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "The best"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea50.1%
2 United States45.8%
3 Taiwan41.9%
4 Greece37.3%
5 Singapore33.6%
6 Japan 31.4%
7 Spain29.1%
8 Italy29.0%
9 Sweden28.4%
10 Belgium26.6%
10 France26.6%
12 Canada23.0%
13 Germany20.8%
14 United Kingdom20.1%
15 New Zealand18.7%
16 Australia17.8%
17 Netherlands15.7%

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 = -2.658640 X +7.432
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.635
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.403
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -29936.176832 X +56383.029
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -4.272523 X +83.237
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -1.594008 X +1.912
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.581
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.338
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 20.144759 X +4.475
Correlation coefficient (r)0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205