demographic2020
Percentage point change in share of people who are religious (2010-2020)
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.
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Key Insights
Global Average
-1.7%
Median: -0.1%
Countries Covered
199
with available data
Highest
Mozambique
4.7%
Lowest
Australia
-17.5%
Top 5 Countries
1Mozambique4.7%
2Cote d'Ivoire4.4%
3Ghana4.2%
4Sao Tome and Principe2.8%
5South Africa2.7%
By Region
Africa0.7%(9 countries)
Other-0.5%(118 countries)
Asia-1.0%(27 countries)
Europe-5.3%(32 countries)
South America-6.7%(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (-17.5%)High (4.7%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: -1.7%)
Africa (9)
Other (118)
Asia (27)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
North America (4)
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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 4.7% |
| 2 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.4% |
| 3 | Ghana | 4.2% |
| 4 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.8% |
| 5 | South Africa | 2.7% |
| 6 | Guinea | 2.0% |
| 7 | Gabon | 2.0% |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 1.9% |
| 9 | Cuba | 1.9% |
| 10 | Albania | 1.9% |
| 11 | Moldova, Republic of | 1.1% |
| 12 | Cameroon | 1.0% |
| 13 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 0.9% |
| 14 | Malaysia | 0.8% |
| 15 | Kenya | 0.8% |
| 16 | Barbados | 0.7% |
| 17 | Burundi | 0.6% |
| 18 | Central African Republic | 0.5% |
| 19 | Argentina | 0.5% |
| 20 | Turkmenistan | 0.4% |
| 21 | Republic of the Congo | 0.4% |
| 22 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4% |
| 23 | Liberia | 0.4% |
| 24 | Belize | 0.4% |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 0.3% |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.2% |
| 27 | Guyana | 0.2% |
| 28 | Madagascar | 0.2% |
| 29 | Montenegro | 0.1% |
| 30 | Saint Lucia | 0.1% |
| 31 | Timor-Leste | 0.1% |
| 32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% |
| 33 | Macao | 0.1% |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 0.1% |
| 35 | Samoa | 0.1% |
| 36 | Guatemala | 0.1% |
| 37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% |
| 38 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1% |
| 39 | Bahamas | 0.1% |
| 40 | Thailand | 0.1% |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% |
| 43 | Bahrain | 0.0% |
| 44 | Libya | 0.0% |
| 45 | Nigeria | 0.0% |
| 46 | Mayotte | 0.0% |
| 47 | Philippines | 0.0% |
| 48 | Malawi | 0.0% |
| 49 | Guadeloupe | 0.0% |
| 50 | Western Sahara | 0.0% |
| 51 | Armenia | 0.0% |
| 52 | Jordan | 0.0% |
| 53 | Qatar | 0.0% |
| 54 | Zambia | 0.0% |
| 55 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0% |
| 56 | Cambodia | 0.0% |
| 57 | Yemen | 0.0% |
| 58 | Djibouti | 0.0% |
| 59 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.0% |
| 60 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0% |
| 61 | Maldives | 0.0% |
| 62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% |
| 63 | South Sudan | 0.0% |
| 64 | Indonesia | 0.0% |
| 65 | Myanmar | 0.0% |
| 66 | Somalia | 0.0% |
| 67 | Fiji | 0.0% |
| 68 | Pakistan | 0.0% |
| 69 | Nepal | 0.0% |
| 70 | Ethiopia | 0.0% |
| 71 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% |
| 72 | Afghanistan | 0.0% |
| 73 | Iraq | 0.0% |
| 74 | Comoros | 0.0% |
| 75 | Bangladesh | 0.0% |
| 76 | State of Palestine | 0.0% |
| 77 | Grenada | 0.0% |
| 78 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.0% |
| 79 | Tajikistan | -0.0% |
| 80 | Islamic Republic of Iran | -0.0% |
| 81 | Egypt | -0.0% |
| 82 | Morocco | -0.0% |
| 83 | India | -0.0% |
| 84 | Lebanon | -0.0% |
| 85 | Mauritania | -0.0% |
| 86 | Kuwait | -0.0% |
| 87 | North Korea | -0.0% |
| 88 | Bhutan | -0.0% |
| 89 | Senegal | -0.0% |
| 90 | Mauritius | -0.0% |
| 91 | Eritrea | -0.0% |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | -0.0% |
| 93 | Reunion | -0.0% |
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | -0.0% |
| 95 | Solomon Islands | -0.0% |
| 96 | Curaçao | -0.0% |
| 97 | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.0% |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | -0.1% |
| 99 | Kiribati | -0.1% |
| 100 | Botswana | -0.1% |
| 101 | Puerto Rico | -0.1% |
| 102 | Oman | -0.1% |
| 103 | Tunisia | -0.1% |
| 104 | French Guiana | -0.1% |
| 105 | Uganda | -0.1% |
| 106 | Cyprus | -0.1% |
| 107 | Rwanda | -0.1% |
| 108 | French Polynesia | -0.1% |
| 109 | Seychelles | -0.1% |
| 110 | Honduras | -0.2% |
| 111 | Algeria | -0.2% |
| 112 | Guam | -0.2% |
| 113 | Panama | -0.2% |
| 114 | Lesotho | -0.2% |
| 115 | Lithuania | -0.3% |
| 116 | El Salvador | -0.3% |
| 117 | Aruba | -0.3% |
| 118 | Vanuatu | -0.3% |
| 119 | Tonga | -0.3% |
| 120 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | -0.3% |
| 121 | Taiwan, Province of China | -0.3% |
| 122 | Martinique | -0.3% |
| 123 | Sudan | -0.4% |
| 124 | Togo | -0.4% |
| 125 | Chad | -0.4% |
| 126 | Benin | -0.5% |
| 127 | New Caledonia | -0.5% |
| 128 | Georgia | -0.6% |
| 129 | Slovakia | -0.6% |
| 130 | Romania | -0.7% |
| 131 | Suriname | -0.7% |
| 132 | Israel | -0.8% |
| 133 | Nicaragua | -0.8% |
| 134 | Niger | -1.0% |
| 135 | Greece | -1.1% |
| 136 | Mali | -1.1% |
| 137 | Venezuela | -1.3% |
| 138 | United Republic of Tanzania | -1.3% |
| 139 | Bulgaria | -1.6% |
| 140 | Angola | -1.6% |
| 141 | Haiti | -1.8% |
| 142 | Jamaica | -1.9% |
| 143 | Ukraine | -1.9% |
| 144 | Croatia | -2.0% |
| 145 | Hungary | -2.0% |
| 146 | Denmark | -2.1% |
| 147 | Eswatini | -2.2% |
| 148 | People's Republic of China | -2.2% |
| 149 | Peru | -2.3% |
| 150 | Türkiye | -2.3% |
| 151 | Costa Rica | -2.6% |
| 152 | Colombia | -2.7% |
| 153 | Malta | -2.7% |
| 154 | Serbia | -2.8% |
| 155 | Hong Kong | -3.2% |
| 156 | Singapore | -3.3% |
| 157 | Mongolia | -3.4% |
| 158 | Azerbaijan | -3.7% |
| 159 | Paraguay | -3.8% |
| 160 | Iceland | -4.0% |
| 161 | Ecuador | -4.1% |
| 162 | Czech Republic | -4.3% |
| 163 | Germany | -4.3% |
| 164 | Dominican Republic | -4.7% |
| 165 | Luxembourg | -5.1% |
| 166 | Japan | -5.3% |
| 167 | Brazil | -5.4% |
| 168 | Namibia | -5.4% |
| 169 | Vietnam | -5.5% |
| 170 | Bolivia | -5.6% |
| 171 | Mexico | -5.8% |
| 172 | Slovenia | -5.8% |
| 173 | Latvia | -6.0% |
| 174 | Poland | -6.0% |
| 175 | Italy | -6.5% |
| 176 | Portugal | -6.6% |
| 177 | South Korea | -6.9% |
| 178 | Belgium | -7.0% |
| 179 | Cape Verde | -7.0% |
| 180 | Russian Federation | -7.2% |
| 181 | New Zealand | -7.2% |
| 182 | Spain | -7.4% |
| 183 | Sweden | -7.4% |
| 184 | Norway | -7.8% |
| 185 | France | -8.2% |
| 186 | Finland | -8.5% |
| 187 | Netherlands | -8.6% |
| 188 | Belarus | -8.8% |
| 189 | Austria | -8.9% |
| 190 | Guinea-Bissau | -9.2% |
| 191 | Ireland | -9.5% |
| 192 | Switzerland | -10.7% |
| 193 | Canada | -10.8% |
| 194 | United Kingdom | -11.4% |
| 195 | Estonia | -12.1% |
| 196 | United States of America | -13.3% |
| 197 | Uruguay | -16.1% |
| 198 | Chile | -16.7% |
| 199 | Australia | -17.5% |
Showing 199 of 199 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).
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