Irreligion in Switzerland

Religion in Switzerland - 2010 Census[1]

  Roman Catholicism (38.6%)
  Swiss Reformed (28.0%)
  No religion (20.1%)
  Other Christian groups (5.5%)
  Islam (4.5%)
  Other (3.3%)

According to the 2001 Swiss Census poll, 4.3% identified as having no religion.[2][3]

Regarding personal belief, the 2005 Eurobarometer poll found that 48% of Swiss citizens expressed belief "that there is a God", 39% expressed belief in "some sort of spirit or life force", while 9% answered that that they did not believe that "there is any sort of spirit, God, or life force".[4] Religion has declined in Switzerland.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Swiss Department of the Interior, Press release, p. 13
  2. ↑ Bovay, Claude; Raphaël Broquet (December 2004), "Introduction", Recensement fédéral de la population 2000 (pdf) (in French), Neuchâtel: Federal Statistical Office, p. 12, ISBN 3-303-16074-0, retrieved 29 July 2012 Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
  3. ↑ "Non-believers mushroom in Switzerland". Swissinfo. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  4. ↑ "Eurobarometer on Social Values, Science and technology 2005 - page 11" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  5. ↑ "Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism" (PDF). Gallup. Retrieved 2012-09-02.


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