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Question: Do you believe in heaven?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Indonesia 99.9%
2 Algeria98.8%
3 Jordan98.6%
4 Ghana97.1%
5 Kenya97.0%
6 Philippines95.7%
7 Turkiye95.6%
8 Malawi93.7%
9 Nigeria91.3%
10 Malaysia90.4%
11 Suriname86.9%
12 South Africa86.1%
13 Thailand82.9%
14 Nepal82.3%
15 United States80.8%
16 Georgia79.6%
17 Cambodia78.4%
18 Singapore77.6%
19 Chile76.0%
20 Sri Lanka71.0%
21 Croatia60.5%
22 Israel59.4%
23 Taiwan56.3%
24 Italy55.5%
25 New Zealand52.3%
26 Mongolia47.7%
27 Japan46.0%
28 Russian Federation45.9%
29 Switzerland43.3%
30 Austria41.7%
31 Lithuania41.6%
31 Slovakia41.6%
33 Hungary41.1%
34 Viet Nam40.9%
35 Republic of Korea40.5%
36 Spain40.2%
36 United Kingdom40.2%
38 Slovenia38.6%
39 Iceland36.4%
40 Finland36.1%
41 Germany32.7%
42 Bulgaria31.5%
43 France29.4%
44 Norway28.6%
45 Czech Republic28.2%
46 Denmark24.2%
47 Sweden22.5%

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 = -3.001903 X +7.864
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -61838.248254 X +65408.781
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.601
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.361

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -15.180658 X +85.776
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.604
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.365

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 1.941107 X +0.819
Correlation coefficient (r)0.596
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.355

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -12.175577 X +19.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213