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Question: How important is religion in your life?
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not too important" "Not at all important"
Data: % of "Very important" "Somewhat important"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malaysia94.7%
2 Poland71.9%
3 Singapore69.6%
4 Israel65.1%
5 Greece62.3%
6 Italy54.9%
7 Hungary50.5%
8 Republic of Korea49.1%
9 Canada48.6%
10 Spain43.9%
11 Germany43.8%
12 United Kingdom42.4%
13 Belgium40.3%
14 Netherlands39.7%
15 France36.8%
16 Japan 33.5%
17 Australia33.0%
18 Sweden26.9%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 220 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -1.204591 X +7.201
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -40799.592454 X +62643.295
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -10.659109 X +86.560
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.269621 X +1.407
Correlation coefficient (r)0.102
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -9.701977 X +14.346
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152