social2020

Engaged in religious/spiritual activities

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data100 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
42.8%
Median: 44.4%
Countries Covered
100
with available data
Highest
Nigeria
79.6%
Lowest
Bulgaria
6.7%
Top 5 Countries
1Nigeria79.6%
2Sri Lanka79.5%
3Kenya78.9%
4Mali78.0%
5Zambia77.4%
By Region
Africa60.6%(7 countries)
Other52.7%(37 countries)
South America48.6%(7 countries)
North America44.4%(3 countries)
Asia43.3%(17 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (6.7%)High (79.6%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 42.8%)

Africa (7)
Other (37)
South America (7)
North America (3)
Asia (17)
Europe (27)
Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Nigeria79.6%
2Sri Lanka79.5%
3Kenya78.9%
4Mali78.0%
5Zambia77.4%
6El Salvador73.4%
7Benin73.4%
8Indonesia73.0%
9Republic of the Congo72.3%
10Burkina Faso71.7%
11Gabon70.8%
12Dominican Republic69.4%
13Nicaragua69.0%
14Malaysia68.6%
15Senegal66.9%
16Ethiopia66.6%
17Uganda64.0%
18Cameroon63.6%
19Zimbabwe63.3%
20South Africa62.4%
21Cote d'Ivoire60.9%
22Ecuador60.2%
23Colombia60.0%
24Paraguay59.6%
25Ireland59.2%
26Myanmar58.5%
27United Republic of Tanzania58.5%
28Ghana57.6%
29Mauritius56.8%
30United States of America56.4%
31Islamic Republic of Iran56.3%
32Peru56.2%
33Guinea55.9%
34Costa Rica55.4%
35Venezuela54.6%
36Lao People's Democratic Republic54.2%
37Brazil53.7%
38Bahrain51.5%
39Egypt50.7%
40Philippines49.4%
41United Arab Emirates49.2%
42Thailand48.8%
43Argentina48.5%
44Moldova, Republic of47.8%
45Mexico47.6%
46Bolivia47.5%
47India46.7%
48Bangladesh46.6%
49Georgia44.8%
50Romania44.5%
51Cyprus44.3%
52United Kingdom40.9%
53Kyrgyzstan38.6%
54Bosnia and Herzegovina38.4%
55Italy37.2%
56The Republic of North Macedonia36.5%
57Kazakhstan36.4%
58Nepal36.4%
59Albania36.2%
60Hong Kong34.0%
61Austria33.6%
62Portugal32.4%
63Uruguay31.8%
64Jordan31.1%
65Iraq31.0%
66Chile29.4%
67Canada29.2%
68Morocco28.4%
69Türkiye28.3%
70Tunisia28.1%
71Poland27.9%
72Malta27.7%
73Greece27.5%
74Croatia27.3%
75Ukraine27.2%
76Vietnam26.9%
77Slovakia26.9%
78Hungary26.7%
79Mongolia24.0%
80New Zealand23.6%
81Lebanon22.0%
82Switzerland20.1%
83Australia19.4%
84People's Republic of China18.8%
85South Korea18.6%
86Spain18.2%
87Russian Federation17.5%
88Uzbekistan17.4%
89France17.2%
90Latvia16.9%
91Denmark16.1%
92Czech Republic15.8%
93Norway14.5%
94Belgium14.5%
95Estonia13.4%
96Netherlands12.7%
97Germany12.4%
98Finland11.1%
99Sweden9.4%
100Bulgaria6.7%
Showing 100 of 100 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).

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