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Question: Do you believe in heaven?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Indonesia99.7%
2 Turkiye97.7%
3 Kenya96.8%
4 Philippines93.1%
5 Tanzania91.3%
6 Dominican Republic87.5%
7 South Africa86.6%
8 United States85.1%
9 Ireland84.7%
10 Venezuela82.8%
11 Chile82.0%
12 Mexico81.0%
13 Poland73.5%
14 Cyprus68.4%
15 Italy68.1%
16 Israel64.8%
17 Uruguay62.5%
18 Sri Lanka61.1%
19 United Kingdom61.0%
20 Taiwan60.8%
21 Croatia60.7%
22 Slovakia59.8%
23 New Zealand55.2%
24 Ukraine54.4%
25 Portugal52.9%
26 Japan 49.4%
27 Russian Federation48.7%
28 Austria48.5%
28 Republic of Korea48.5%
30 Switzerland48.1%
31 Australia48.0%
32 Spain45.3%
33 Finland45.0%
34 Netherlands44.1%
35 Slovenia39.5%
36 Latvia38.5%
37 Norway38.1%
38 Hungary35.6%
39 Germany34.7%
40 Denmark30.3%
41 France28.6%
42 Sweden27.7%
43 Czech Republic24.0%
44 Belgium21.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 194 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -2.175780 X +7.590
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -51078.348495 X +64521.728
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -16.963245 X +87.366
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.611
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.373

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 1.461363 X +0.923
Correlation coefficient (r)0.494
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.244

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -7.720454 X +14.765
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108