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Question: How much confidence do you have in churches and religious organizations?
Choices: "Complete confidence" "A great deal of confidence" "Some confidence" "Very little confidence" "No confidence at all"
Data: % of "Complete confidence" "A great deal of confidence" "Some confidence"
Period:
Area:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sri Lanka96.3%
2 Indonesia93.7%
3 Tanzania92.1%
4 South Africa91.0%
5 Philippines89.3%
6 Taiwan83.1%
7 Poland80.0%
8 United States78.9%
9 Kenya78.8%
10 Russian Federation77.9%
11 Dominican Republic76.0%
12 Ukraine75.7%
13 Portugal74.9%
14 Turkiye74.3%
15 Cyprus73.1%
16 Finland 72.8%
17 Italy71.6%
18 Ireland69.7%
19 Chile69.0%
20 Denmark68.7%
21 Latvia68.5%
22 Republic of Korea67.7%
23 Venezuela67.2%
24 Mexico65.9%
25 Norway65.3%
26 New Zealand64.7%
27 Slovakia64.6%
28 Switzerland63.9%
29 United Kingdom62.8%
30 Netherlands60.6%
31 Germany60.4%
32 Croatia58.4%
33 Hungary57.9%
34 Austria57.2%
35 Sweden56.2%
36 Australia55.3%
37 Slovenia55.1%
37 Spain55.1%
39 Israel54.4%
40 Uruguay54.3%
41 France51.4%
42 Belgium49.1%
43 Czech Republic42.0%
44 Japan38.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 194 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -4.109735 X +9.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.579
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.335

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -79651.322059 X +87730.158
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -24.569917 X +94.728
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.644
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.415

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 2.073816 X +0.393
Correlation coefficient (r)0.419
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -10.243322 X +19.145
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044