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Question: Do you agree or disagree that in your country, religion represents the past and not the future?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Nepal68.5%
2 Philippines56.5%
3 Austria50.6%
4 Denmark50.5%
5 Slovakia47.9%
6 Chile46.4%
7 Czech Republic41.8%
8 Slovenia41.4%
9 Norway40.3%
10 Hungary40.2%
11 Sweden40.1%
12 Mongolia39.7%
13 United Kingdom38.8%
14 South Africa38.6%
15 Finland 38.4%
15 France38.4%
17 Switzerland38.3%
18 Iceland38.2%
19 Cambodia37.1%
20 Spain36.7%
21 Turkiye36.5%
22 Japan36.3%
23 Germany34.4%
24 Israel33.5%
25 Italy32.8%
26 Suriname31.9%
27 Nigeria31.8%
28 Malawi29.9%
29 Sri Lanka29.5%
30 New Zealand29.0%
31 Lithuania28.6%
32 Algeria27.5%
33 Croatia26.1%
34 Republic of Korea25.9%
35 Thailand25.6%
36 Ghana25.1%
37 Russian Federation23.8%
38 Viet Nam21.5%
39 Bulgaria21.0%
40 Malaysia20.7%
41 United States19.1%
42 Kenya18.1%
43 Indonesia15.2%
44 Singapore14.8%
45 Georgia13.9%
46 Jordan10.6%
47 Taiwan7.2%

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 = 2.854933 X +5.118
Correlation coefficient (r)0.335
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = 32809.953613 X +17003.920
Correlation coefficient (r)0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 7.763731 X +73.930
Correlation coefficient (r)0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -1.035146 X +2.347
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 4.577287 X +10.106
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006