Tweet
Question: Do you believe in life after death?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines86.7%
2 Uruguay80.5%
3 Cyprus80.1%
4 Poland77.7%
5 Ireland77.3%
6 Chile76.8%
7 Italy72.6%
8 Portugal 72.4%
9 Syrian Arab Republic70.8%
10 Canada68.2%
11 Slovakia64.7%
12 Israel62.6%
13 New Zealand62.5%
14 Austria60.0%
15 Netherlands59.8%
16 United States59.4%
17 Spain55.4%
18 Norway52.5%
19 Latvia51.5%
20 Japan51.4%
20 Switzerland51.4%
22 France50.7%
23 Czech Republic44.3%
24 Slovenia42.1%
25 Denmark41.2%
26 Russian Federation40.3%
27 Hungary39.2%
28 Germany35.0%
29 Bulgaria34.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.258369 X +6.772
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -15056.649360 X +49317.073
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.369597 X +79.177
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.570795 X +1.312
Correlation coefficient (r)0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -17.044245 X +22.166
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.472
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.223