Importance of religion by country

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

Results of a 2008/2009 Gallup poll on whether respondents said that religion was "important in [their] daily life."[1][2]
  90%-100%
  80%-89%
  70%-79%
  60%-69%
  50%-59%
  40%-49%
  30%-39%
  20%-29%
  10%-19%
  0%-9%
  No data

Methodology

The table below is based upon global Gallup Poll in 2009 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]

Countries
Rank Country Yes, important[1] No, unimportant[1]
1 Estonia14%86%
2 Sweden15%85%
3 Denmark19%81%
4 Czech Republic[lower-alpha 1]21%75%
5 Norway[lower-alpha 1]22%78%
6 Japan24%75%
7 Hong Kong24%74%
8 United Kingdom27%73%
9 Finland[lower-alpha 1]28%70%
10 Vietnam30%69%
11 France30%69%
12 Australia[lower-alpha 1]32%68%
13 Netherlands[lower-alpha 1]33%67%
14 New Zealand[lower-alpha 1]33%66%
15 Belgium[lower-alpha 1]33%58%
16 Cuba[lower-alpha 1]34%64%
17 Bulgaria[lower-alpha 1]34%62%
18 Russia34%66%
19 Belarus34%56%
20 Luxembourg39%59%
21 Azerbaijan39%53%
22 Hungary39%58%
23 Latvia39%58%
24 Germany40%59%
25 Uruguay41%59%
26  Switzerland41%57%
27 Canada42%57%
28 Lithuania42%49%
29 South Korea43%56%
30 Taiwan45%54%
31 Ukraine46%48%
32 Slovenia47%52%
33 Slovakia[lower-alpha 1]47%52%
34 Spain49%51%
35 Albania50%49%
36 Israel51%48%
37 Kazakhstan53%48%
38 Serbia54%44%
39 Ireland54%46%
40 Austria[lower-alpha 1]55%43%
41 Uzbekistan59%38%
42 Belize[lower-alpha 1]62%33%
43 Argentina65%34%
44 United States69%31%
45 Nicaragua70%30%
46 Croatia70%28%
47 Chile70%29%
48 Singapore70%29%
49 Jamaica[lower-alpha 1]70%30%
50 Montenegro71%28%
51 Greece71%28%
52 Portugal[lower-alpha 1]72%26%
53 Italy72%25%
54 Moldova72%19%
55 Kyrgyzstan72%25%
56 Iran[lower-alpha 1]73%27%
57 Mexico73%25%
58 Poland75%19%
60 Cyprus75%25%
61 North Macedonia76%22%
63 Botswana[lower-alpha 1]77%23%
64 Bosnia and Herzegovina77%21%
65 Venezuela79%21%
66 Costa Rica79%20%
67 Armenia79%19%
68 Turkmenistan80%18%
69 Togo[lower-alpha 1]80%13%
70 Georgia81%16%
71 Turkey82%15%
72 Ecuador82%17%
73 Colombia83%16%
74 Peru84%14%
75 Iraq84%11%
76 Romania84%12%
77 South Africa85%15%
79 Tajikistan85%12%
80 Haiti[lower-alpha 1]85%12%
81 Mozambique[lower-alpha 1]86%14%
82 Malta86%10%
83 Brazil87%13%
84 Dominican Republic87%13%
85 Lebanon87%12%
86 Zimbabwe88%12%
87 Cote d'Ivoire88%12%
88 Burkina Faso[lower-alpha 1]88%12%
89 Panama88%11%
90 Angola[lower-alpha 1]88%11%
91 Guatemala88%9%
92 Tanzania89%11%
93 Bolivia89%10%
94 Syria89%9%
95 India90%10%
96 United Arab Emirates91%8%
97 Kuwait91%6%
98 Namibia[lower-alpha 1]92%9%
99 Trinidad and Tobago[lower-alpha 1]92%8%
100 Paraguay92%8%
101 Pakistan92%8%
102 State of Palestine93%7%
103 Sudan93%7%
104 Uganda93%7%
105 Madagascar[lower-alpha 1]93%7%
106 Benin[lower-alpha 1]93%7%
107   Nepal93%6%
108 Tunisia93%5%
109 Saudi Arabia93%4%
110 Central African Republic[lower-alpha 1]94%6%
111 Kenya94%6%
112 Liberia[lower-alpha 1]94%6%
113 Democratic Republic of the Congo94%5%
114 Bahrain94%4%
115 Ghana95%5%
116 Zambia95%5%
117 Qatar95%4%
118 Algeria95%4%
119 Chad95%5%
120 Rwanda95%5%
121 Republic of the Congo[lower-alpha 1]95%5%
122 Mali95%3%
123 Philippines96%4%
124 Cameroon96%4%
125 Malaysia96%3%
126 Nigeria96%3%
127 Cambodia96%3%
128 Senegal96%4%
129 Jordan[lower-alpha 1]96%4%
130 Myanmar[lower-alpha 1]97%3%
131 Afghanistan97%3%
132 Laos[lower-alpha 1]97%3%
133 Guinea[lower-alpha 1]97%3%
134 Morocco97%2%
135 Egypt97%2%
136 Comoros97%2%
137 Thailand97%2%
138 Burundi98%2%
139 Djibouti98%2%
140 Mauritania98%2%
141 Sri Lanka99%1%
142 Malawi99%1%
143 Indonesia99%1%
144 Yemen99%1%
145 Niger100%0%
146 Ethiopia100%0%
147 Somalia[lower-alpha 1]100%0%
148 Bangladesh100%0%
149 Oman100%0%
  1. Data from an older 2008 survey[2]

See also

General:

References
  1. Crabtree, Steve. "Religiosity Highest in World's Poorest Nations". Gallup. Retrieved 27 May 2015. (in which numbers have been rounded)
  2. GALLUP WorldView - data accessed on 17 January 2009
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