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Question: Do you believe in life after death?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye92.1%
2 United States80.1%
3 Chile72.1%
4 Italy65.7%
5 Israel60.8%
6 New Zealand59.7%
7 Iceland58.1%
8 Austria56.9%
9 Switzerland54.9%
10 Japan52.3%
11 Slovakia51.3%
12 Lithuania49.9%
13 Finland 47.2%
14 Slovenia46.7%
15 Spain45.9%
16 United Kingdom44.8%
17 France44.7%
18 Republic of Korea43.0%
19 Germany41.0%
20 Norway38.2%
21 Hungary37.4%
22 Czech Republic36.1%
23 Sweden34.7%
24 Denmark34.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.849374 X +7.690
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.434
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.188

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -25989.290458 X +59031.639
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -5.252185 X +83.290
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.487013 X +1.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -8.862567 X +14.923
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085