As part of its Global Attitudes Project, Pew surveys people in 44 countries about their feelings on the economy, and the responses this year show that it's all a matter of perspective.
Here's the full question:
Here are the percentages by country who believe their nation's economic situation is good:
The Chinese are extremely positive, so is Vietnam and Germany. But also, 71 percent in Bangladesh rated their economy as good. Per capita annual income just crossed the $1,000 mark there. That's compared to about $55,000 in the United States, where only 40 percent believe the economy is good.
Here's the chart from Pew on who thinks their nation's economy is bad. It's pretty much the inverse of the above chart. Greece tops the list. Americans feel worse about the U.S. economy than Pakistanis, Russians, Senegalese, and people in lots of other less prosperous nations feel about theirs.
It's all relative.
