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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 "The best"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States12.4%
2 Greece11.4%
3 Republic of Korea9.4%
4 Italy8.4%
5 France6.7%
6 Spain6.5%
7 Japan 5.6%
8 Singapore5.5%
9 Taiwan4.5%
10 United Kingdom4.3%
11 Germany3.0%
12 Canada2.7%
13 Belgium2.4%
14 New Zealand1.2%
15 Australia1.1%
16 Netherlands1.0%
17 Sweden0.9%

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 = -8.740242 X +7.104
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.761
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.579
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -119888.741416 X +53785.953
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -22.157649 X +83.168
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -2.989790 X +1.614
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -1.318754 X +10.259
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000