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Question: How often do you visit a holy place for religious reasons such as going to shrine/temple/church/mosque? Please do not count attending regular religious services at your usual place of worship, if you have one.
Choices: "Never" "Less than once a year" "About once or twice a year" "Several times a year" "About once a month or more"
Data: % of "About once or twice a year" "Several times a year" "About once a month or more"
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Nepal87.0%
2 Thailand81.8%
3 Indonesia70.7%
4 Nigeria68.8%
5 Suriname67.1%
6 Sri Lanka59.9%
7 Philippines59.8%
8 South Africa59.0%
9 Taiwan56.9%
10 Singapore55.7%
11 Cambodia55.3%
12 Georgia50.9%
13 Kenya49.8%
14 Ghana47.8%
15 Italy45.6%
16 Malaysia44.0%
17 Israel42.9%
18 Chile39.9%
19 Lithuania38.8%
20 Mongolia37.9%
21 Spain37.7%
22 Iceland33.6%
23 Viet Nam33.2%
24 Bulgaria33.0%
25 Republic of Korea32.9%
26 Turkiye32.5%
27 Finland31.7%
28 Switzerland31.3%
29 France31.1%
30 Jordan30.9%
31 Croatia30.3%
31 New Zealand30.3%
33 United States30.0%
34 United Kingdom25.4%
35 Czech Republic23.4%
36 Hungary23.1%
37 Slovenia21.7%
38 Sweden21.4%
39 Denmark20.5%
40 Norway18.9%
41 Japan 16.7%
42 Austria16.2%
43 Algeria14.7%
44 Slovakia13.3%
45 Malawi11.5%
46 Russian Federation9.0%
47 Germany7.9%

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 = -1.758316 X +6.691
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -54673.075311 X +49117.954
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -16.125308 X +81.688
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 1.096313 X +1.591
Correlation coefficient (r)0.255
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -1.076598 X +10.602
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001