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Question: Do you believe in reincarnation ? 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:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye91.1%
2 Sri Lanka68.2%
3 Taiwan64.0%
4 Israel58.2%
5 Japan 56.4%
6 Philippines53.7%
7 Chile47.4%
7 South Africa47.4%
9 Mexico47.2%
10 Dominican Republic44.5%
11 Venezuela42.9%
12 Austria37.5%
13 Latvia36.9%
14 Portugal36.2%
15 Russian Federation35.7%
16 Uruguay34.2%
17 Kenya33.1%
17 United States33.1%
19 Ireland32.3%
20 Ukraine31.3%
21 Switzerland30.8%
22 Slovenia30.3%
23 New Zealand28.9%
24 Italy27.7%
25 Republic of Korea27.6%
26 Netherlands26.2%
27 Hungary26.0%
28 United Kingdom24.9%
29 Australia24.6%
30 Tanzania23.2%
31 Poland22.7%
32 Croatia22.4%
33 Spain22.3%
34 Germany21.8%
34 Slovakia21.8%
36 Sweden20.8%
37 Finland20.5%
37 France20.5%
39 Denmark19.7%
40 Norway18.0%
41 Czech Republic16.4%
42 Indonesia15.0%
43 Belgium13.7%
44 Cyprus11.8%

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 194 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -1.960876 X +6.951
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -51388.023501 X +51316.879
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -8.237172 X +79.980
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 0.786281 X +1.534
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -3.064719 X +11.179
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008