Importance of religion by country

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

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

Methodology

The table below is based on the 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/districts

Country/district Yes, important[1] No, unimportant[1]
 Afghanistan97%3%
 Albania39%53%
 Algeria95%4%
 Argentina66%33%
 Armenia73%25%
 Azerbaijan50%49%
Bahrain94%4%
Bangladesh99%1%
 Belarus34%56%
Bolivia89%10%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina77%21%
 Brazil87%13%
 Burundi98%2%
 Cambodia96%3%
 Cameroon96%4%
 Canada42%57%
 Chad95%5%
 Chile70%29%
 Colombia83%16%
 Comoros97%2%
 Costa Rica79%19%
Cote d'Ivoire88%12%
 Croatia70%28%
 Cyprus75%24%
 Democratic Republic of the Congo94%5%
 Denmark19%80%
Dominican Republic87%13%
 Djibouti96%2%
 Ecuador82%17%
 Egypt97%2%
 El Salvador83%16%
 Estonia16%78%
 France30%69%
 Georgia81%16%
 Germany40%59%
 Ghana95%5%
 Greece71%28%
Guatemala88%9%
Honduras84%15%
 Hong Kong24%74%
 Hungary39%58%
 India90%9%
 Indonesia99%0%
 Iraq84%11%
 Ireland54%46%
 Israel51%48%
 Italy72%25%
 Japan24%75%
 Kazakhstan43%58%
Kenya94%6%
Kosovo90%8%
Kuwait91%6%
 Kyrgyzstan72%25%
 Latvia39%58%
Lebanon87%12%
 Lithuania42%49%
 Luxembourg39%59%
 Malawi99%1%
 Malaysia96%3%
 Mali95%4%
Malta86%10%
 Mauritania98%2%
 Mexico73%25%
 Moldova72%19%
Montenegro71%28%
 Morocco97%1%
  Nepal93%6%
 Nicaragua84%15%
 Niger99%0%
 Nigeria96%3%
 North Macedonia76%22%
 Pakistan92%6%
Palestine93%7%
Panama88%11%
 Paraguay92%8%
 Peru84%14%
 Philippines96%4%
 Poland75%19%
 Qatar95%4%
 Romania84%12%
 Russia34%56%
 Rwanda95%5%
 Saudi Arabia93%4%
 Senegal96%4%
 Serbia54%44%
 Singapore70%29%
 Slovenia47%52%
South Africa85%15%
South Korea43%56%
 Spain49%50%
 Sri Lanka99%1%
Sudan93%7%
 Sweden17%82%
 Switzerland41%57%
Syria89%9%
Tajikistan85%12%
Tanzania89%11%
 Thailand97%2%
Tunisia93%5%
 Turkey82%15%
Turkmenistan80%18%
Uganda93%7%
 Ukraine46%48%
United Arab Emirates91%8%
 United Kingdom27%73%
 United States65%34%
 Uruguay41%59%
 Uzbekistan51%46%
 Venezuela79%21%
 Vietnam30%69%
 Yemen99%1%
 Zambia95%5%
Zimbabwe88%12%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Crabtree, Steve (31 August 2010). "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