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Question: Which best describes your beliefs about God?
Choices: "I don't believe in God now and I never have" "I don't believe in God now, but I used to" "I believe in God now, but I didn't use to" "I believe in God now and I always have"
Data: % of "I don't believe in God now, but I used to"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland26.6%
2 Switzerland24.4%
3 Finland23.5%
4 France22.1%
5 United Kingdom22.0%
6 Austria21.8%
7 Norway20.9%
8 Germany19.8%
9 Denmark19.5%
10 Spain19.4%
11 Republic of Korea17.4%
12 Slovakia16.9%
13 Slovenia16.4%
14 New Zealand15.7%
14 Sweden15.7%
16 Italy15.0%
17 Czech Republic13.5%
18 Japan10.3%
19 Hungary9.6%
20 United States9.3%
21 Lithuania7.0%
22 Israel 6.7%
23 Chile5.6%
24 Turkiye2.3%

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 = 6.784021 X +5.711
Correlation coefficient (r)0.641
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.411

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 202545.899074 X +12950.748
Correlation coefficient (r)0.602
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.362

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 20.456632 X +77.570
Correlation coefficient (r)0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.999282 X +1.905
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.364
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 8.336347 X +11.859
Correlation coefficient (r)0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009