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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:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia92.9%
2 United States92.2%
3 Croatia89.5%
3 Czech Republic89.5%
5 Uruguay87.9%
6 New Zealand87.8%
7 Australia87.6%
8 Latvia87.2%
9 Japan 87.1%
10 Finland86.2%
11 Ireland85.9%
12 Spain84.9%
13 Hungary83.4%
14 Poland83.1%
15 United Kingdom83.0%
16 Kenya82.4%
17 France82.1%
17 Indonesia82.1%
19 Austria81.6%
20 Portugal81.5%
20 Taiwan81.5%
22 Switzerland81.4%
23 Norway81.3%
24 Netherlands80.9%
25 Republic of Korea80.8%
26 Germany80.2%
27 Venezuela79.3%
28 Italy79.2%
29 Russian Federation79.0%
30 Cyprus77.9%
31 Denmark77.0%
32 Chile76.4%
33 Sri Lanka75.4%
34 Ukraine75.3%
35 Mexico73.9%
36 Belgium73.3%
37 Israel70.6%
38 South Africa68.1%
39 Turkiye67.9%
40 Philippines66.9%
41 Tanzania66.7%
42 Sweden63.7%
43 Slovakia58.3%
44 Dominican Republic55.9%

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 = 3.029387 X +3.894
Correlation coefficient (r)0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 94642.945249 X -40881.797
Correlation coefficient (r)0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 22.376851 X +59.557
Correlation coefficient (r)0.311
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -2.972694 X +4.146
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 13.153928 X -0.245
Correlation coefficient (r)0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047