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Question: Do you agree that life does not serve any purpose?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States91.3%
2 Slovenia89.4%
3 Bulgaria88.2%
4 Kenya88.0%
5 Hungary87.8%
6 Czech Republic87.4%
7 Finland85.4%
8 Spain85.2%
9 Cambodia84.9%
10 Malaysia84.7%
11 Japan84.3%
12 Sri Lanka83.2%
13 Italy82.7%
14 New Zealand82.3%
15 Georgia82.1%
16 Malawi82.0%
17 Iceland 81.5%
18 France80.8%
19 Taiwan80.4%
20 Croatia79.2%
21 Austria78.9%
22 Germany78.7%
23 United Kingdom78.6%
24 Singapore78.0%
25 Republic of Korea77.2%
26 Indonesia76.4%
27 Norway76.2%
28 Lithuania75.8%
29 Jordan75.3%
30 Philippines74.5%
31 Nepal73.6%
32 Chile71.3%
33 Viet Nam71.1%
34 Mongolia70.2%
35 Turkiye69.0%
36 Suriname68.7%
37 Russian Federation68.5%
38 Israel67.0%
39 Switzerland65.4%
40 Denmark64.2%
41 Ghana61.5%
42 Algeria60.2%
43 Sweden57.2%
44 Thailand52.9%
45 South Africa52.5%
46 Nigeria49.7%
47 Slovakia41.9%

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 = 0.355186 X +5.768
Correlation coefficient (r)0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 40818.979558 X -443.850
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 15.334112 X +64.782
Correlation coefficient (r)0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -2.045783 X +3.478
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -2.632078 X +12.169
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003