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Question: Do you believe in life after death?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Indonesia93.0%
2 Turkiye92.1%
3 Jordan91.3%
4 Philippines89.7%
5 Kenya89.5%
6 Malawi87.2%
7 Malaysia86.4%
8 Nigeria81.8%
9 United States80.1%
10 Suriname79.9%
11 Ghana79.2%
12 Sri Lanka77.5%
13 Cambodia75.2%
14 Thailand74.0%
15 Singapore73.0%
16 South Africa72.7%
17 Chile72.1%
18 Algeria70.5%
19 Georgia70.4%
20 Italy65.7%
21 Israel60.8%
22 Croatia59.8%
23 New Zealand59.7%
24 Iceland58.1%
25 Taiwan57.0%
26 Austria56.9%
27 Nepal56.6%
28 Mongolia55.4%
29 Switzerland54.9%
30 Japan 52.3%
31 Slovakia51.3%
32 Lithuania49.9%
33 Russian Federation47.4%
34 Finland47.2%
35 Slovenia46.7%
36 Spain45.9%
37 Viet Nam45.5%
38 United Kingdom44.8%
39 France44.7%
40 Republic of Korea43.0%
41 Germany41.0%
42 Norway38.2%
43 Hungary37.4%
44 Czech Republic36.1%
45 Sweden34.7%
46 Denmark34.5%
47 Bulgaria32.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 191 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -3.571507 X +8.220
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -67910.973322 X +70193.859
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -20.890676 X +88.521
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 2.375294 X +0.538
Correlation coefficient (r)0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -6.948546 X +14.482
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052