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Question: Do you agree that life is meaningful to you only because God exists?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malawi95.8%
2 Kenya94.1%
3 Jordan93.7%
4 Ghana86.9%
5 Turkiye83.7%
6 Nigeria81.9%
7 Nepal80.9%
8 Indonesia79.6%
9 Philippines77.4%
10 Malaysia75.3%
11 Suriname72.1%
12 Algeria71.6%
13 South Africa67.7%
14 Georgia53.9%
15 United States44.7%
16 Singapore43.0%
17 Chile42.5%
18 Mongolia39.4%
19 Cambodia37.9%
20 Israel35.2%
21 Taiwan34.0%
22 Slovakia28.2%
23 Sri Lanka27.9%
24 Russian Federation26.9%
25 Croatia24.5%
26 Italy24.2%
27 New Zealand24.0%
28 Lithuania19.9%
29 Viet Nam19.8%
30 Thailand19.7%
31 France17.4%
32 Austria17.3%
33 Republic of Korea16.8%
34 Switzerland14.8%
35 Spain14.4%
36 United Kingdom14.3%
37 Germany12.6%
38 Slovenia12.5%
39 Bulgaria11.8%
40 Finland11.6%
41 Iceland11.5%
42 Czech Republic11.4%
43 Hungary10.2%
44 Norway9.5%
45 Denmark9.0%
46 Japan 8.4%
47 Sweden6.2%

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 = -2.552173 X +7.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -54052.332616 X +49277.094
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -18.170506 X +82.681
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.731
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.534

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 1.970531 X +1.239
Correlation coefficient (r)0.707
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.500

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -3.366339 X +11.502
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.178
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032