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Question: Do you agree that life is only meaningful if you provide the meaning yourself?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cambodia97.4%
2 Nepal95.6%
3 Mongolia90.0%
4 Sri Lanka89.5%
5 Taiwan89.4%
6 Malawi87.3%
7 Viet Nam87.1%
8 Austria85.4%
9 Denmark84.5%
10 France84.0%
11 Germany83.9%
12 Indonesia82.9%
13 Hungary82.8%
14 Switzerland82.3%
15 Spain82.1%
16 Slovenia81.0%
17 Republic of Korea80.9%
18 Ghana79.6%
19 Malaysia79.1%
20 Georgia78.9%
21 Philippines77.8%
22 Japan 76.4%
23 Sweden75.3%
24 Kenya75.2%
25 Lithuania75.1%
26 Singapore75.0%
27 Czech Republic74.6%
28 Jordan74.1%
29 Suriname74.0%
30 Russian Federation73.6%
31 Chile72.6%
32 Italy71.4%
33 Israel70.5%
34 Algeria69.7%
35 Nigeria69.2%
36 Norway69.1%
37 Thailand68.2%
38 South Africa67.0%
39 Turkiye66.1%
40 Iceland64.1%
41 Croatia61.3%
42 Finland59.4%
43 United Kingdom56.4%
44 Slovakia55.7%
45 Bulgaria53.1%
46 New Zealand50.5%
47 United States48.4%

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 = -2.693614 X +8.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -61121.826053 X +74264.924
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -8.651369 X +82.107
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 0.979909 X +1.270
Correlation coefficient (r)0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -0.684895 X +10.710
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000