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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...? - Standard of living
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "Below average" "The worst"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden50.2%
2 Netherlands47.9%
3 Australia41.2%
4 Belgium35.9%
5 New Zealand32.2%
6 Germany30.5%
7 Canada29.0%
8 France25.2%
9 United Kingdom21.4%
10 Singapore16.9%
11 Greece16.7%
12 United States15.9%
13 Japan 15.8%
14 Spain15.5%
15 Italy14.6%
16 Republic of Korea8.9%
17 Taiwan6.2%

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 = 2.726846 X +5.977
Correlation coefficient (r)0.859
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.738
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 51367.848921 X +34838.725
Correlation coefficient (r)0.404
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.163
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 1.269675 X +81.693
Correlation coefficient (r)0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 1.427192 X +1.087
Correlation coefficient (r)0.676
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.457
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 1.093006 X +9.905
Correlation coefficient (r)0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001