Importance of religion by country

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

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

Methodology

The table below is based upon 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
Rank Country/District Yes, important[1] No, unimportant[1]
1 Japan24%75%
2 Vietnam15%85%
3 Estonia16%78%
4 Austria[lower-alpha 1]17%83%
5 Sweden17%82%
6 New Zealand[lower-alpha 1]18%82%[1]
7 Denmark19%80%
8 Czechia[lower-alpha 1]21%79%
9 Moldova21%79%
10 Norway[lower-alpha 1]22%78%
11 Hong Kong24%74%
12 Canada22%78%
13 Finland[lower-alpha 1]23%77%
14  Switzerland23%77%
15 Cyprus25%75%
16 United Kingdom25%75%
17 France30%71%
18 Australia[lower-alpha 1]33%67%
19 Netherlands[lower-alpha 1]33%67%
20 Belgium[lower-alpha 1]33%58%
21 South Korea33%67%
22 Cuba[lower-alpha 1]34%64%
23 Bulgaria[lower-alpha 1]34%62%
24 Russia34%66%
25 Belarus34%56%
26 Azerbaijan36%64%
27 Luxembourg39%59%
28 Hungary39%58%
29 Latvia29%71%
30 Taiwan40%60%
31 Germany40%60%
32 Uruguay40%60%
33 Lithuania40%60%
34 Ukraine46%54%
35 Slovenia47%53%
36 Slovakia[lower-alpha 1]47%52%
37 Spain49%51%
38 Albania50%50%
39 Poland50%50%
40 Israel51%49%
41 Kazakhstan53%48%
42 Serbia54%44%
43 Ireland54%46%
44 Uzbekistan55%45%
45 Chile60%40%
46 Belize[lower-alpha 1]62%33%
47 Argentina65%34%
48 United States67%32%
49 Nicaragua70%30%
50 Croatia70%30%
51 Singapore70%30%
52 Jamaica[lower-alpha 1]70%30%
53 Montenegro71%30%
54 Greece71%29%
55 Portugal[lower-alpha 1]72%28%
56 Italy72%28%
57 Kyrgyzstan72%25%
58 Turkey64%36%
59 Mexico73%21%
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina75%25%
61 United Arab Emirates76%24%
62 North Macedonia76%22%
63 Botswana[lower-alpha 1]77%23%
65 Nigeria69%31%
66 Philippines32%68%
67 El Salvador76%24%
68 Iran[lower-alpha 1]77%24%
69 Venezuela79%21%
70 Costa Rica79%20%
71 Armenia79%19%
72 Turkmenistan80%18%
73 Togo[lower-alpha 1]80%13%
74 Georgia81%16%
75 Ecuador82%17%
76 Colombia83%16%
77 Peru84%14%
78 Romania84%12%
79 South Africa85%15%
80 Tajikistan85%12%
81 Haiti[lower-alpha 1]85%12%
82 Mozambique[lower-alpha 1]86%14%
83 Malta86%10%
84 Brazil87%13%
85 Dominican Republic87%13%
86 Lebanon87%12%
87 Zimbabwe88%12%
88 Cote d'Ivoire88%12%
89 Burkina Faso[lower-alpha 1]88%12%
90 Panama88%11%
91 Angola[lower-alpha 1]88%11%
92 Guatemala88%9%
93 Tanzania89%11%
94 Bolivia89%10%
95 Syria89%11%
96 Iraq89%11%
97 India90%10%
98 Kuwait91%9%
99 Namibia[lower-alpha 1]92%9%
100 Trinidad and Tobago[lower-alpha 1]92%8%
101 Paraguay92%8%
102 Pakistan92%8%
103 State of Palestine93%7%
104 Sudan93%7%
105 Uganda93%7%
106 Madagascar[lower-alpha 1]93%7%
107 Benin[lower-alpha 1]93%7%
108   Nepal93%6%
109 Tunisia93%5%
110 Qatar86%14%
111 Central African Republic[lower-alpha 1]94%6%
112 Kenya94%6%
113 Liberia[lower-alpha 1]94%6%
114 Democratic Republic of the Congo94%5%
115 Bahrain94%6%
116 Ghana95%5%
117 Zambia95%5%
118 Algeria95%4%
119 Chad95%5%
120 Rwanda95%5%
121 Republic of the Congo[lower-alpha 1]95%5%
122 Mali95%3%
138 Burundi88%12%
139 Djibouti68%32%
123 Egypt97%2%
124 Cameroon96%4%
125 Malaysia96%3%
127 Cambodia96%3%
146 Bangladesh96%4%
126 Senegal96%4%
127 Oman90%10%
128 Jordan[lower-alpha 1]96%4%
130 Saudi Arabia96%4%
131 Myanmar[lower-alpha 1]96%4%
132 Laos[lower-alpha 1]96%4%
133 Guinea[lower-alpha 1]96%4%
134 Morocco96%3%
135 Comoros97%3%
136 Indonesia97%3%
137 Afghanistan97%3%
138 Malawi97%3%
139 Mauritania97%3%
140 Sri Lanka97%2%
141 Somalia[lower-alpha 1]98%2%
142 Yemen98%2%
143 Thailand98%[1]2%
144 Niger100%0%
  1. Data from an older 2008 survey[2]

See also

General:

References
  1. Crabtree, Steve. "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
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