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Question: About how often do you pray?
Choices: "Never" "Less than once a year" "About once or twice a year" "Several times a year" "About once a month" "2-3 times a month" "Nearly every week" "Every week" "Several times a week" "Once a day" "Several times a day"
Data: % of "Every week" "Several times a week" "Once a day" "Several times a day"
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Indonesia97.9%
2 Kenya96.1%
3 Philippines93.5%
4 Ghana91.0%
5 Jordan89.0%
6 Nigeria84.8%
7 Sri Lanka77.8%
8 United States73.8%
9 Malaysia73.0%
10 Suriname72.6%
11 Algeria72.5%
12 South Africa72.1%
13 Turkiye70.8%
14 Malawi68.7%
15 Georgia66.4%
16 Chile58.1%
17 Singapore56.3%
18 Italy50.4%
19 Nepal48.3%
20 Thailand47.4%
21 Croatia46.2%
22 Israel45.3%
23 New Zealand36.3%
24 Spain33.3%
25 Austria32.9%
26 Slovakia31.5%
27 Bulgaria27.5%
28 Republic of Korea27.4%
29 Viet Nam26.8%
30 Switzerland26.6%
31 Slovenia26.4%
32 Finland26.0%
33 Lithuania25.5%
34 Iceland25.2%
35 Germany24.5%
36 United Kingdom24.2%
37 France23.5%
37 Hungary23.5%
37 Russian Federation23.5%
40 Japan 22.5%
40 Taiwan22.5%
42 Norway17.7%
43 Cambodia16.1%
43 Czech Republic16.1%
45 Mongolia14.6%
46 Sweden14.5%
47 Denmark12.6%

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 = -2.409561 X +7.125
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.615
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.378

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -49221.503754 X +50940.775
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -16.220080 X +83.154
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.586
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.343

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 1.755633 X +1.189
Correlation coefficient (r)0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -4.636006 X +12.346
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048