Importance of religion by country
This page charts a list of countries by importance of religion.
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Methodology[edit]
The methodology in the country table is based upon global Gallup Poll research.[1] The Gallup poll has a broad question: the question "Is religion important in your daily life?" was asked; the "yes" and "no" answers are represented below. Discrepancies are due to the "Don't Know" and "Refused" answers.
In terms of demographics, India ranks as the country with the largest number of highly religious people in the world, with an estimated 960 million to 1 billion believers. China, although its number is less than a fifth of its total population (~18-19%), ranks second, with an estimated 240-260 million believers, followed by Indonesia (~235 million), the United States (~205 million), Pakistan (~175 million), Brazil (~168 million), Nigeria (~163 million) and Bangladesh (~161 million).[2][3][4]
Countries[edit]
| Country | Yes, important | No, unimportant |
|---|---|---|
 Estonia |
16% | 78% |
 Sweden |
17% | 82% |
 Denmark |
19% | 80% |
 Japan |
24% | 75% |
 Hong Kong |
24% | 74% |
 United Kingdom |
27% | 73% |
 Vietnam |
30% | 69% |
 France |
30% | 69% |
 Russia |
34% | 60% |
 Belarus |
34% | 56% |
 Luxembourg |
39% | 59% |
 Hungary |
39% | 58% |
 Albania |
39% | 53% |
 Latvia |
39% | 58% |
 Germany |
40% | 59% |
 Uruguay |
41% | 59% |
 Switzerland |
41% | 57% |
 Kazakhstan |
43% | 48% |
 Canada |
42% | 57% |
 Lithuania |
42% | 49% |
 South Korea |
43% | 56% |
 Ukraine |
46% | 48% |
 Slovenia |
47% | 52% |
 Spain |
49% | 50% |
 Azerbaijan |
50% | 49% |
 Uzbekistan |
51% | 46% |
 Israel |
51% | 48% |
 Serbia |
54% | 44% |
 Ireland |
54% | 46% |
 United States |
65% | 34% |
 Argentina |
66% | 33% |
 Croatia |
70% | 28% |
 Chile |
70% | 29% |
 Singapore |
70% | 29% |
 Montenegro |
71% | 28% |
 Greece |
71% | 28% |
 Italy |
72% | 25% |
 Moldova |
72% | 19% |
 Kyrgyzstan |
72% | 25% |
 Mexico |
73% | 25% |
 Armenia |
73% | 25% |
 Poland |
75% | 19% |
 Cyprus |
75% | 24.5% |
 Macedonia |
76% | 22% |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
77% | 21% |
 Venezuela |
79% | 21% |
 Costa Rica |
79% | 19.5% |
 Turkmenistan |
80% | 18% |
 Georgia |
81% | 16% |
 Turkey |
82% | 15% |
 Ecuador |
82% | 17% |
 Colombia |
83% | 16% |
 El Salvador |
83% | 16% |
 Peru |
84% | 14% |
 Iraq |
84% | 11% |
 Nicaragua |
84% | 15% |
 Romania |
84% | 12% |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
94% | 5% |
 Ghana |
95% | 5% |
 Zambia |
95% | 5% |
 Qatar |
95% | 4% |
 Algeria |
95% | 4% |
 Chad |
95% | 5% |
 Rwanda |
95% | 5% |
 Mali |
95% | 4% |
 Cameroon |
96% | 4% |
 Malaysia |
96% | 3% |
 Nigeria |
96% | 3% |
 Philippines |
96% | 4% |
 Cambodia |
96% | 3% |
 Senegal |
96% | 4% |
 Afghanistan |
97% | 3% |
 Morocco |
97% | 2% |
 Egypt |
97% | 2% |
 Comoros |
97% | 2% |
 Thailand |
97% | 2% |
 Burundi |
98% | 2% |
 Djibouti |
98% | 2% |
 Mauritania |
98% | 2% |
 Somaliland |
98% | 2% |
 Sri Lanka |
99% | 1% |
 Malawi |
99% | 1% |
 Indonesia |
99% | 0% |
 Yemen |
99% | 1% |
 Bangladesh |
99%+ | 0% |
 Niger |
99%+ | 0% |
See also[edit]
General:
References[edit]
- ^ Crabtree, Steve. "Religiosity Highest in World's Poorest Nations". Gallup. Retrieved 27 May 2015. (in which numbers have been rounded)
- ^ "Western Europe most critical region about religion - San Diego Jewish World". Sdjewishworld.com. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
- ^ Nicola Anderson. "Just 46pc of us believe religion plays positive role". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
- ^ "UK among most sceptical in world about religion". Telegraph. 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
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