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May 10: Religion Around The World

Decline of Religion
A recent Gallup Poll survey explored religious beliefs of over 66.000 people in 68 countries across the world. 

The results showed that:

62% consider themselves to be religious, while 25% think of themselves as non-religious and 9% consider themselves atheists. 

Levels of religiosity seem to be inversely proportional to income and education levels.

While 66% of people with low income affirm to be religious, this percentage drops to 50% among people with high income.

The same trend is verified in relation to education levels: 83% of people with lower education level are religious against 49% of higher level.

Most religious countries:

Thailand is the most religious country, with almost its entire population 98% declaring to be religious.

Next to Thailand, the countries that stand out as most religious are Nigeria (97%), Kosovo, India, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Papua New Guinea (all of them with 94%), Fiji (92%), Armenia (92%) and Philippines (90%). 

Least religious countries: 

On the opposite end, China is the least religious country, with 67% claiming to be atheists  - over twice the percentage found in any other country- and a further of 23% defining themselves as non-religious. Only 9% are religious. 

Following China among the least religious countries we find Sweden, Czech Republic and United Kingdom with 7 out of 10 people who said to be atheist or non-religious (18% and 55% in Sweden, 25% and 47% in Czech Republic, 11% and 58% in the United Kingdom).

It seems education is the key to the decline of religion but I wonder if that applies in the United States, where religion seems to propagate at the very highest levels of society.

These results can be compared with a similar survey in 2016.


Posted by roger in Decline of Religion

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