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Question: Do you believe in hell?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Indonesia99.3%
2 Algeria98.5%
3 Jordan97.7%
4 Turkiye95.3%
5 Ghana92.7%
5 Malawi92.7%
7 Nigeria90.9%
8 Malaysia89.8%
9 Kenya83.7%
10 Thailand83.2%
11 Philippines83.0%
12 Cambodia82.0%
13 Suriname78.9%
14 Georgia78.8%
14 Nepal78.8%
16 Singapore76.8%
17 Sri Lanka76.1%
18 United States71.3%
19 South Africa68.5%
20 Chile63.5%
21 Taiwan 59.9%
22 Israel57.9%
23 Croatia55.2%
24 Italy48.3%
25 Viet Nam45.3%
26 Russian Federation45.2%
27 Mongolia42.3%
28 New Zealand41.1%
29 Lithuania39.7%
30 Republic of Korea39.3%
31 Japan38.7%
32 Slovakia37.2%
33 Hungary34.1%
34 Slovenia33.9%
35 Austria30.1%
36 Bulgaria29.7%
37 Spain29.6%
38 United Kingdom25.9%
39 Switzerland22.6%
40 Czech Republic21.9%
41 Finland21.5%
42 France21.0%
43 Germany17.2%
44 Norway15.6%
45 Iceland13.2%
46 Denmark10.3%
47 Sweden9.1%

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 = -2.898472 X +7.621
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.790
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.624

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -61733.805702 X +61466.447
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.674
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.454

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -13.663936 X +83.963
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.611
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.373

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 1.707898 X +1.072
Correlation coefficient (r)0.589
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.347

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -10.679213 X +17.452
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206