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Question: Do you agree that life is meaningful to you only because God exists?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye83.7%
2 United States44.7%
3 Chile42.5%
4 Israel35.2%
5 Slovakia28.2%
6 Italy24.2%
7 New Zealand24.0%
8 Lithuania19.9%
9 France17.4%
10 Austria17.3%
11 Republic of Korea16.8%
12 Switzerland14.8%
13 Spain14.4%
14 United Kingdom14.3%
15 Germany12.6%
16 Slovenia12.5%
17 Finland11.6%
18 Iceland11.5%
19 Czech Republic11.4%
20 Hungary10.2%
21 Norway9.5%
22 Denmark9.0%
23 Japan 8.4%
24 Sweden6.2%

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 = -2.104861 X +7.167
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -46159.631926 X +55138.485
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -8.397188 X +82.309
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.653443 X +1.468
Correlation coefficient (r)0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -9.430822 X +12.281
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130