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Question: Do you believe in nirvana ? being reborn in this world again and again?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
43 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sri Lanka83.0%
2 Turkiye71.4%
3 Japan 58.2%
4 Taiwan50.4%
5 Philippines35.6%
6 Chile33.0%
7 Tanzania31.5%
8 Mexico31.0%
9 Dominican Republic29.6%
9 Republic of Korea29.6%
11 United States27.9%
12 Russian Federation26.8%
13 Slovenia26.3%
14 Portugal26.1%
15 Ireland25.5%
16 Austria23.0%
17 Ukraine22.4%
18 Italy21.3%
19 Indonesia20.0%
20 Israel19.5%
21 New Zealand18.7%
22 Venezuela18.6%
23 Uruguay18.5%
24 Switzerland17.7%
25 Croatia15.5%
26 Spain15.2%
27 Cyprus14.7%
27 Latvia14.7%
29 Australia14.4%
30 Netherlands14.2%
31 United Kingdom14.1%
32 Hungary14.0%
32 Kenya14.0%
34 Poland13.3%
35 Slovakia12.3%
36 Finland11.2%
37 Czech Republic11.0%
38 Norway10.7%
39 France10.1%
40 Germany9.0%
40 Sweden9.0%
42 Denmark7.4%
43 Belgium6.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 195 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -2.996515 X +7.012
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.543
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.295

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -55706.411828 X +47720.466
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data42
Regression equation
Y = -4.967206 X +78.765
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data42
Regression equation
Y = 0.482793 X +1.668
Correlation coefficient (r)0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data42
Regression equation
Y = -1.528320 X +10.206
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003