Importance of religion by country

This page charts a list of countries by importance of religion.

Methodology

The table below is based upon global Gallup Poll research which asked "Is religion important in your daily life?". Percentages for "yes" and "no" answers are listed below; they often do not add up to 100% because some answered "don't know" or did not answer.[1]

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 (~135 million).[2][3][4][5]

Countries

CountryYes, important[1]No, unimportant[1]
 Estonia14%84%
 Sweden17%82%
 Denmark19%80%
 Japan24%75%
 Hong Kong24%74%
 United Kingdom27%73%
 Vietnam30%69%
 France30%69%
 Russia34%60%
 Belarus34%56%
 Luxembourg39%59%
 Hungary39%58%
 Albania39%53%
 Latvia39%58%
 Germany40%59%
 Uruguay41%59%
  Switzerland41%57%
 Kazakhstan43%48%
 Canada42%57%
 Lithuania42%49%
 South Korea43%56%
 Ukraine46%48%
 Slovenia47%52%
 Spain49%50%
 Azerbaijan50%49%
 Uzbekistan51%46%
 Israel51%48%
 Serbia54%44%
 Ireland54%46%
 United States65%34%
 Argentina66%33%
 Croatia70%28%
 Chile70%29%
 Singapore70%29%
 Montenegro71%28%
 Greece71%28%
 Italy72%25%
 Moldova72%19%
 Kyrgyzstan72%25%
 Mexico73%25%
 Armenia73%25%
 Poland75%19%
 Cyprus75%24.5%
 Macedonia76%22%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina77%21%
 Venezuela79%21%
 Costa Rica79%19.5%
 Turkmenistan80%18%
 Georgia81%16%
 Turkey82%15%
 Ecuador82%17%
 Colombia83%16%
 El Salvador83%16%
 Peru84%14%
 Iraq84%11%
 Nicaragua84%15%
 Romania84%12%
 Pakistan92%+6%
 Saudi Arabia93%+4%
 Democratic Republic of the Congo94%5%
 Ghana95%5%
 Zambia95%5%
 Qatar95%4%
 Algeria95%4%
 Chad95%5%
 Rwanda95%5%
 Mali95%4%
 Cameroon96%4%
 Malaysia96%3%
 Nigeria96%3%
 Philippines96%4%
 Cambodia96%3%
 Senegal96%4%
 Afghanistan97%3%
 Morocco97%2%
 Egypt97%2%
 Comoros97%2%
 Thailand97%2%
 Burundi98%2%
 Djibouti98%2%
 Mauritania98%2%
 Somalia98%2%
 Bangladesh99%+0%
 Sri Lanka99%1%
 Malawi99%1%
 Indonesia99%0%
 Yemen99%1%
 Niger99%+0%

See also

General:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Crabtree, Steve. "Religiosity Highest in World's Poorest Nations". Gallup. Retrieved 27 May 2015. (in which numbers have been rounded)
  2. ↑ http://www.pewforum.org/2012/08/09/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-executive-summary/
  3. ↑ "Western Europe most critical region about religion - San Diego Jewish World". Sdjewishworld.com. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  4. ↑ Nicola Anderson. "Just 46pc of us believe religion plays positive role". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  5. ↑ "UK among most sceptical in world about religion". Telegraph. 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
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