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Question: Which of the following statements comes closest to your opinion?
Choices: "It is not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values" "It is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values"
Data: % of "It is not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden92.2%
2 Australia86.5%
3 France81.7%
4 Spain81.1%
5 United Kingdom79.9%
6 Netherlands79.1%
7 Canada77.9%
8 Italy77.3%
9 Belgium76.8%
10 Germany71.6%
11 Poland70.6%
12 Greece67.5%
13 United States67.1%
14 Japan 64.1%
15 Hungary62.6%
16 Singapore57.9%
17 Republic of Korea48.5%
18 Israel45.9%
19 Malaysia20.8%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 219 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.322248 X +5.690
Correlation coefficient (r)0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 37764.563768 X +17868.110
Correlation coefficient (r)0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 7.505008 X +75.761
Correlation coefficient (r)0.397
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.446859 X +1.857
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.476451 X +9.395
Correlation coefficient (r)0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000