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Question: What best describes you?
Choices: "I follow a religion and consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural." "I follow a religion, but don't consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural." "I don't follow a religion, but consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural." "I don't follow a religion and don't consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural."
Data: % of "I follow a religion and consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural." and "I don't follow a religion, but consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural."
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malawi89.6%
2 Georgia83.8%
3 Nepal 74.3%
4 Kenya74.1%
5 Ghana71.7%
6 Philippines69.5%
7 Indonesia66.7%
8 United States66.2%
9 Nigeria64.0%
10 Turkiye63.3%
11 Viet Nam63.2%
12 Suriname59.7%
13 South Africa59.5%
14 Chile57.4%
15 Sri Lanka57.1%
16 New Zealand52.0%
17 Taiwan48.6%
18 Jordan48.1%
19 Mongolia43.7%
20 Slovenia43.6%
21 Croatia43.2%
22 Italy42.4%
23 Israel42.0%
24 Finland41.2%
25 Singapore39.5%
26 Japan38.7%
27 Switzerland38.5%
28 Iceland38.4%
29 Austria37.8%
30 Malaysia37.6%
31 Thailand36.6%
32 Cambodia35.7%
32 United Kingdom35.7%
34 Czech Republic34.3%
34 France34.3%
36 Spain33.3%
37 Lithuania31.4%
37 Norway31.4%
39 Russian Federation30.9%
40 Slovakia30.6%
41 Denmark30.4%
42 Germany28.8%
43 Algeria26.6%
44 Sweden26.3%
45 Hungary25.1%
46 Republic of Korea23.1%
47 Bulgaria18.3%

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 = -3.216667 X +7.527
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -66545.498309 X +58444.053
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -21.111984 X +86.243
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.569
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.324

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 2.719531 X +0.750
Correlation coefficient (r)0.566
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.320

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -12.746377 X +17.504
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107