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Question: Thinking about the political system in the United States, would you say it works very well, somewhat well, not too well, or not well at all?
Choices: "Very well" "Somewhat well" "Not too well" "Not well at all"
Data: % of "Very well" "Somewhat well"
Period:
Area:
16 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea83.1%
2 Greece73.5%
3 Japan 72.6%
4 Italy70.5%
4 Taiwan70.5%
6 Spain60.9%
7 France54.7%
8 Belgium51.7%
9 Germany49.5%
10 Singapore44.6%
11 United Kingdom43.0%
12 Netherlands40.4%
13 Sweden39.5%
14 Canada37.4%
15 Australia33.2%
16 New Zealand30.5%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 222 countries.
Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2021.

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -2.295400 X +7.880
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.876
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.767
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -70977.343852 X +83812.322
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.753
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.567
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 1.042752 X +81.861
Correlation coefficient (r)0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -1.105773 X +2.025
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.668
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.446
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 2.309718 X +8.694
Correlation coefficient (r)0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008