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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...? - Technological achievements
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "The best"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Greece45.2%
2 Republic of Korea39.9%
3 Taiwan34.0%
4 Singapore29.6%
5 Japan 26.9%
6 France25.6%
7 Italy24.1%
8 Spain22.4%
9 Belgium18.7%
10 United Kingdom18.2%
11 United States16.8%
12 Canada14.6%
13 New Zealand14.1%
14 Sweden11.7%
15 Germany11.6%
16 Australia11.3%
17 Netherlands8.9%

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 = -3.451195 X +7.415
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.870
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.757
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -86754.886272 X +66716.133
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.546
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.298
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 1.955841 X +81.610
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -1.669030 X +1.814
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.650
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.423
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 0.475257 X +10.090
Correlation coefficient (r)0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000