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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...? - Universities
Choices: "The best" "Above average" "Average" "Below average" "The worst"
Data: % of "The best"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Greece42.1%
2 Republic of Korea32.9%
3 Japan 25.7%
4 Taiwan23.7%
5 Singapore22.5%
6 France21.9%
7 Italy18.3%
8 Spain17.0%
9 Belgium15.9%
10 United States15.0%
11 Germany13.7%
12 Canada12.7%
13 Sweden12.0%
14 United Kingdom11.9%
15 New Zealand9.3%
16 Netherlands7.7%
17 Australia5.9%

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 = -3.901042 X +7.364
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.872
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.760
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -99662.679765 X +65718.728
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 0.832607 X +81.877
Correlation coefficient (r)0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -1.598281 X +1.744
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.570
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.325
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 0.659920 X +10.073
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000