Tweet
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:
17 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 Japan64.1%
15 Hungary62.6%
16 Republic of Korea48.5%
17 Israel 45.9%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 21 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 data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.385004 X +5.640
Correlation coefficient (r)0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 40282.431072 X +16645.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 3.942947 X +78.482
Correlation coefficient (r)0.210
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.725607 X +2.027
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -7.465680 X +15.363
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044