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Share of the population who are Christians
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
53.7percentage
Median: 67.7percentage
Countries Covered
199
with available data
Highest
Timor-Leste
99.5percentage
Lowest
Afghanistan
0.0percentage
Top 5 Countries
1Timor-Leste99.5percentage
2Moldova, Republic of99.5percentage
3Papua New Guinea99.1percentage
4Micronesia, Federated States of98.8percentage
5Romania98.5percentage
By Region
South America78.7percentage(7 countries)
North America74.6percentage(4 countries)
Europe70.6percentage(32 countries)
Other57.2percentage(118 countries)
Africa49.5percentage(9 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0percentage)High (99.5percentage)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 53.7percentage)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Other (118)
Africa (9)
Oceania (2)
Asia (27)
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 | Timor-Leste | 99.5percentage |
| 2 | Moldova, Republic of | 99.5percentage |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 99.1percentage |
| 4 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 98.8percentage |
| 5 | Romania | 98.5percentage |
| 6 | Zambia | 98.3percentage |
| 7 | Tonga | 97.8percentage |
| 8 | Samoa | 97.6percentage |
| 9 | Bahamas | 97.6percentage |
| 10 | Kiribati | 97.6percentage |
| 11 | Lesotho | 97.3percentage |
| 12 | Armenia | 97.3percentage |
| 13 | Rwanda | 97.0percentage |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 96.3percentage |
| 15 | Martinique | 96.0percentage |
| 16 | Guadeloupe | 95.9percentage |
| 17 | Solomon Islands | 95.0percentage |
| 18 | Burundi | 95.0percentage |
| 19 | Peru | 94.5percentage |
| 20 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 94.5percentage |
| 21 | Guam | 94.0percentage |
| 22 | Seychelles | 94.0percentage |
| 23 | Paraguay | 93.5percentage |
| 24 | French Polynesia | 93.4percentage |
| 25 | Eswatini | 93.2percentage |
| 26 | Angola | 93.0percentage |
| 27 | Republic of the Congo | 92.2percentage |
| 28 | Lithuania | 92.2percentage |
| 29 | Guatemala | 92.0percentage |
| 30 | Saint Lucia | 91.7percentage |
| 31 | Serbia | 91.5percentage |
| 32 | Philippines | 91.5percentage |
| 33 | Poland | 91.2percentage |
| 34 | Panama | 91.2percentage |
| 35 | Croatia | 90.9percentage |
| 36 | Central African Republic | 90.7percentage |
| 37 | Curaçao | 90.6percentage |
| 38 | Namibia | 90.5percentage |
| 39 | Greece | 89.5percentage |
| 40 | Mexico | 89.2percentage |
| 41 | Bolivia | 88.9percentage |
| 42 | Puerto Rico | 88.8percentage |
| 43 | Haiti | 88.7percentage |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 88.7percentage |
| 45 | Malta | 88.6percentage |
| 46 | Ecuador | 88.5percentage |
| 47 | Honduras | 88.5percentage |
| 48 | Argentina | 88.5percentage |
| 49 | Georgia | 88.2percentage |
| 50 | Venezuela | 88.1percentage |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 87.9percentage |
| 52 | Uganda | 87.7percentage |
| 53 | Reunion | 87.5percentage |
| 54 | Grenada | 87.5percentage |
| 55 | Malawi | 87.4percentage |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 87.2percentage |
| 57 | El Salvador | 87.1percentage |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 86.3percentage |
| 59 | Colombia | 86.2percentage |
| 60 | Kenya | 85.7percentage |
| 61 | South Africa | 85.3percentage |
| 62 | Liberia | 85.2percentage |
| 63 | Belarus | 85.1percentage |
| 64 | New Caledonia | 85.1percentage |
| 65 | Portugal | 85.1percentage |
| 66 | Nicaragua | 84.8percentage |
| 67 | Sao Tome and Principe | 84.4percentage |
| 68 | French Guiana | 84.2percentage |
| 69 | Gabon | 83.7percentage |
| 70 | Vanuatu | 83.5percentage |
| 71 | Ukraine | 83.4percentage |
| 72 | Botswana | 82.3percentage |
| 73 | Aruba | 81.4percentage |
| 74 | Ireland | 81.2percentage |
| 75 | Brazil | 80.7percentage |
| 76 | Italy | 80.5percentage |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 79.5percentage |
| 78 | Cape Verde | 78.3percentage |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 77.6percentage |
| 80 | Barbados | 77.3percentage |
| 81 | Latvia | 77.3percentage |
| 82 | Denmark | 76.9percentage |
| 83 | Montenegro | 76.0percentage |
| 84 | Iceland | 74.9percentage |
| 85 | Belize | 74.4percentage |
| 86 | Madagascar | 74.2percentage |
| 87 | Slovakia | 73.7percentage |
| 88 | Hungary | 72.4percentage |
| 89 | Finland | 72.3percentage |
| 90 | Norway | 71.4percentage |
| 91 | Ghana | 71.3percentage |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.0percentage |
| 93 | Russian Federation | 69.9percentage |
| 94 | Cameroon | 69.8percentage |
| 95 | Fiji | 69.5percentage |
| 96 | Spain | 69.5percentage |
| 97 | Jamaica | 68.6percentage |
| 98 | Chile | 68.3percentage |
| 99 | Austria | 68.2percentage |
| 100 | Cyprus | 67.7percentage |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 65.9percentage |
| 102 | Guyana | 65.9percentage |
| 103 | Slovenia | 65.4percentage |
| 104 | United Republic of Tanzania | 64.7percentage |
| 105 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 64.7percentage |
| 106 | United States of America | 64.0percentage |
| 107 | Switzerland | 61.6percentage |
| 108 | Ethiopia | 61.6percentage |
| 109 | Mozambique | 61.3percentage |
| 110 | Sweden | 60.8percentage |
| 111 | Cuba | 60.7percentage |
| 112 | South Sudan | 60.5percentage |
| 113 | Togo | 56.9percentage |
| 114 | Germany | 56.2percentage |
| 115 | Canada | 53.3percentage |
| 116 | Benin | 53.2percentage |
| 117 | Suriname | 52.8percentage |
| 118 | Estonia | 52.6percentage |
| 119 | Belgium | 51.0percentage |
| 120 | United Kingdom | 49.4percentage |
| 121 | Australia | 46.8percentage |
| 122 | Eritrea | 46.7percentage |
| 123 | France | 46.5percentage |
| 124 | Cote d'Ivoire | 44.9percentage |
| 125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.7percentage |
| 126 | Uruguay | 44.5percentage |
| 127 | Nigeria | 43.4percentage |
| 128 | New Zealand | 40.3percentage |
| 129 | Chad | 38.9percentage |
| 130 | Netherlands | 35.1percentage |
| 131 | Mauritius | 32.9percentage |
| 132 | South Korea | 32.0percentage |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 28.0percentage |
| 134 | Lebanon | 27.9percentage |
| 135 | Czech Republic | 26.4percentage |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 21.7percentage |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 19.8percentage |
| 138 | Kazakhstan | 19.3percentage |
| 139 | Singapore | 18.8percentage |
| 140 | Hong Kong | 18.7percentage |
| 141 | Albania | 17.8percentage |
| 142 | United Arab Emirates | 14.3percentage |
| 143 | Bahrain | 13.7percentage |
| 144 | Qatar | 12.5percentage |
| 145 | Guinea | 11.7percentage |
| 146 | Kuwait | 10.5percentage |
| 147 | Indonesia | 10.3percentage |
| 148 | Macao | 10.1percentage |
| 149 | Malaysia | 9.2percentage |
| 150 | Vietnam | 8.3percentage |
| 151 | Oman | 8.1percentage |
| 152 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.7percentage |
| 153 | Myanmar | 6.1percentage |
| 154 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.8percentage |
| 155 | Turkmenistan | 5.6percentage |
| 156 | Sri Lanka | 5.6percentage |
| 157 | Taiwan, Province of China | 5.5percentage |
| 158 | Egypt | 4.8percentage |
| 159 | Saudi Arabia | 4.4percentage |
| 160 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.8percentage |
| 161 | Republic of The Gambia | 2.9percentage |
| 162 | Jordan | 2.8percentage |
| 163 | Uzbekistan | 2.8percentage |
| 164 | Mali | 2.6percentage |
| 165 | Senegal | 2.4percentage |
| 166 | Japan | 2.2percentage |
| 167 | India | 2.2percentage |
| 168 | Israel | 1.9percentage |
| 169 | People's Republic of China | 1.8percentage |
| 170 | Nepal | 1.8percentage |
| 171 | Maldives | 1.6percentage |
| 172 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.5percentage |
| 173 | Mongolia | 1.3percentage |
| 174 | Pakistan | 1.3percentage |
| 175 | Djibouti | 1.1percentage |
| 176 | Thailand | 1.0percentage |
| 177 | State of Palestine | 1.0percentage |
| 178 | Tajikistan | 1.0percentage |
| 179 | Niger | 0.6percentage |
| 180 | Bhutan | 0.6percentage |
| 181 | Libya | 0.5percentage |
| 182 | Mayotte | 0.5percentage |
| 183 | Comoros | 0.5percentage |
| 184 | Sudan | 0.5percentage |
| 185 | Azerbaijan | 0.4percentage |
| 186 | North Korea | 0.4percentage |
| 187 | Iraq | 0.4percentage |
| 188 | Cambodia | 0.3percentage |
| 189 | Bangladesh | 0.3percentage |
| 190 | Algeria | 0.3percentage |
| 191 | Tunisia | 0.2percentage |
| 192 | Mauritania | 0.2percentage |
| 193 | Western Sahara | 0.2percentage |
| 194 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.1percentage |
| 195 | Türkiye | 0.1percentage |
| 196 | Morocco | 0.1percentage |
| 197 | Yemen | 0.1percentage |
| 198 | Somalia | 0.0percentage |
| 199 | Afghanistan | 0.0percentage |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).
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