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Question: Do you think discrimination against people based on their race or ethnicity is a very serious problem, somewhat serious problem, not too serious problem or not a problem at all in [Survey public]?
Choices: "Very serious problem" "Somewhat serious problem" "Not too serious problem" "Not a problem at allVery strong conflicts"
Data: % of "Very serious problem" "Somewhat serious problem"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy82.0%
2 France80.2%
3 United States76.3%
4 Germany74.3%
5 Sweden72.3%
6 United Kingdom70.6%
7 Greece70.5%
8 Canada69.3%
9 Netherlands67.7%
10 Australia65.1%
11 Belgium63.5%
12 New Zealand62.3%
13 Republic of Korea57.2%
14 Spain57.1%
15 Japan 45.2%
16 Singapore41.9%
17 Taiwan17.7%

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 = 0.650803 X +6.246
Correlation coefficient (r)0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 10044.927403 X +41309.167
Correlation coefficient (r)0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -8.619848 X +87.711
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.511
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.261

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 1.303406 X +0.600
Correlation coefficient (r)0.553
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.306

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -10.330195 X +17.005
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073