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Question: What is your personal attitude towards Buddhists?
Choices: "Very positive" "Somewhat positive" "Neither positive nor negative" "Somewhat negative" "Very negative"
Data: % of "Very positive" "Somewhat positive"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 51.0%
2 Republic of Korea47.6%
3 France47.1%
4 United Kingdom45.1%
4 United States45.1%
6 Sweden44.9%
7 Italy43.5%
8 Germany39.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.630551 X +11.064
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.631
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.398

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -113727.622338 X +99447.477
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 33.249140 X +66.626
Correlation coefficient (r)0.507
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.257

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.053873 X +2.389
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 82.575326 X -23.136
Correlation coefficient (r)0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168