Share who say religion is "very important"
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 46.1%)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2022; 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 | Qatar | 98.9% |
| 2 | Indonesia | 98.1% |
| 3 | Libya | 97.9% |
| 4 | Egypt | 97.3% |
| 5 | Yemen | 95.8% |
| 6 | Maldives | 95.7% |
| 7 | Jordan | 95.4% |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 94.2% |
| 9 | Nigeria | 93.4% |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 92.8% |
| 11 | Ghana | 91.1% |
| 12 | Algeria | 90.7% |
| 13 | Tunisia | 90.6% |
| 14 | Pakistan | 89.6% |
| 15 | Morocco | 89.0% |
| 16 | Philippines | 88.9% |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 88.7% |
| 18 | Mali | 88.2% |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 87.7% |
| 20 | Iraq | 87.6% |
| 21 | State of Palestine | 87.5% |
| 22 | Kenya | 86.7% |
| 23 | El Salvador | 86.5% |
| 24 | Kuwait | 86.5% |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 82.9% |
| 26 | Myanmar | 81.0% |
| 27 | Trinidad and Tobago | 78.5% |
| 28 | United Republic of Tanzania | 77.8% |
| 29 | Zambia | 75.7% |
| 30 | Uganda | 73.5% |
| 31 | Malaysia | 72.4% |
| 32 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 70.5% |
| 33 | Georgia | 69.6% |
| 34 | Puerto Rico | 64.9% |
| 35 | India | 64.2% |
| 36 | Lebanon | 64.1% |
| 37 | Montenegro | 63.1% |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 63.1% |
| 39 | Nicaragua | 60.0% |
| 40 | Türkiye | 60.0% |
| 41 | Malta | 58.7% |
| 42 | Bolivia | 58.4% |
| 43 | Colombia | 58.4% |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.0% |
| 45 | South Africa | 55.8% |
| 46 | Greece | 54.8% |
| 47 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 53.7% |
| 48 | Ecuador | 53.6% |
| 49 | Armenia | 52.7% |
| 50 | Guatemala | 51.5% |
| 51 | Cyprus | 50.5% |
| 52 | Mexico | 50.5% |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 49.6% |
| 54 | Romania | 48.2% |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 45.1% |
| 56 | Brazil | 45.1% |
| 57 | Peru | 44.6% |
| 58 | Thailand | 41.8% |
| 59 | Rwanda | 40.3% |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.8% |
| 61 | Venezuela | 39.2% |
| 62 | Poland | 37.3% |
| 63 | United States of America | 37.1% |
| 64 | Singapore | 34.0% |
| 65 | Moldova, Republic of | 32.9% |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 28.7% |
| 67 | Haiti | 28.0% |
| 68 | Ireland | 27.7% |
| 69 | Serbia | 25.3% |
| 70 | Italy | 24.9% |
| 71 | Albania | 24.4% |
| 72 | Argentina | 24.3% |
| 73 | Slovakia | 22.2% |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 21.9% |
| 75 | Chile | 20.7% |
| 76 | Croatia | 20.6% |
| 77 | Portugal | 20.1% |
| 78 | Belarus | 19.7% |
| 79 | Ukraine | 19.5% |
| 80 | Uruguay | 19.5% |
| 81 | Russian Federation | 17.4% |
| 82 | Spain | 17.2% |
| 83 | Luxembourg | 16.8% |
| 84 | Hungary | 16.1% |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 15.9% |
| 86 | United Kingdom | 15.6% |
| 87 | Taiwan, Province of China | 15.5% |
| 88 | Canada | 15.5% |
| 89 | New Zealand | 14.5% |
| 90 | France | 14.3% |
| 91 | Austria | 13.9% |
| 92 | Australia | 13.8% |
| 93 | Germany | 13.5% |
| 94 | Belgium | 13.2% |
| 95 | Iceland | 13.2% |
| 96 | Vietnam | 12.3% |
| 97 | Lithuania | 12.2% |
| 98 | Netherlands | 11.9% |
| 99 | Slovenia | 11.5% |
| 100 | Switzerland | 11.3% |
| 101 | Norway | 11.2% |
| 102 | Finland | 11.0% |
| 103 | Hong Kong | 10.7% |
| 104 | South Korea | 10.3% |
| 105 | Sweden | 9.5% |
| 106 | Andorra | 9.5% |
| 107 | Latvia | 8.8% |
| 108 | Mongolia | 8.8% |
| 109 | Czech Republic | 7.7% |
| 110 | Macao | 6.6% |
| 111 | Estonia | 6.5% |
| 112 | Denmark | 5.7% |
| 113 | Japan | 4.6% |
| 114 | People's Republic of China | 3.3% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2022).
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