The Guardian reports on a multi-national survey by the Ipsos Mori market research company, comparing people's perception of a number of national statistics with the actual statistics. There's also an interactive quiz which allows you to feel superior to your countrymen. Some of the findings:
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday December 03 2015, @03:04PM
https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3664/Perils-of-Perception-2015.aspx [ipsos-mori.com]
https://www.ipsos-mori.com/Assets/Docs/Polls/ipsos-perils-of-perception-charts-2015.pdf [ipsos-mori.com]
United States was 5th most accurate out of 28 countries. 5 other countries weren't included for some reason (see references to 33 countries)
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @08:25PM
Interesting and not surprising that the US was held up as the first example of large inaccuracy in views and slanted as the fifth, leaving ambiguity and adding spin to make their story fit the "Ignorant American" view of bigots.