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Question: Do you agree that people with very strong religious beliefs are often too intolerant of others?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland84.1%
2 Netherlands82.9%
3 Switzerland81.2%
4 New Zealand80.0%
5 Norway78.9%
6 Germany78.7%
7 Denmark78.6%
8 Australia77.9%
9 United Kingdom76.8%
10 Italy75.1%
11 Belgium71.6%
12 Slovenia71.1%
13 France70.6%
14 Ireland68.7%
15 United States67.9%
16 Sweden67.1%
17 Portugal65.7%
18 Poland64.6%
19 Spain63.8%
20 Austria63.2%
21 Chile62.4%
22 Mexico58.3%
23 Czech Republic57.8%
24 Republic of Korea57.1%
25 Japan 46.9%
26 Slovakia44.2%
27 Latvia40.9%
28 Turkiye39.7%
29 Hungary35.9%
30 Israel32.5%

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 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 2.306154 X +5.193
Correlation coefficient (r)0.597
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.356

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 92932.718725 X -15416.631
Correlation coefficient (r)0.533
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.284

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 12.274643 X +72.212
Correlation coefficient (r)0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.726402 X +2.074
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.008510 X +9.262
Correlation coefficient (r)0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002