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Percentage point change in share of people who are religious (2010-2020)

% · higher is better · 193 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020
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League table

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  1. 1Mozambique4.7%
  2. 2Cote d'Ivoire4.4%
  3. 3Ghana4.2%
  4. 4Sao Tome and Principe2.8%
  5. 5South Africa2.7%
  6. 6Guinea2%
  7. 7Gabon2%
  8. 8Zimbabwe1.9%
  9. 9Cuba1.9%
  10. 10Albania1.9%
  11. 11Moldova1.1%
  12. 12Cameroon1%
  13. 13North Macedonia0.92%
  14. 14Malaysia0.84%
  15. 15Kenya0.8%
  16. 16Barbados0.67%
  17. 17Burundi0.61%
  18. 18Central African Republic0.55%
  19. 19Argentina0.49%
  20. 20Turkmenistan0.44%
  21. 21Congo, Rep.0.43%
  22. 22Kyrgyz Republic0.43%
  23. 23Liberia0.39%
  24. 24Belize0.38%
  25. 25Kazakhstan0.33%
  26. 26Congo, Dem. Rep.0.25%
  27. 27Guyana0.23%
  28. 28Madagascar0.16%
  29. 29Montenegro0.13%
  30. 30St. Lucia0.13%
  31. 31Timor-Leste0.11%
  32. 32Trinidad and Tobago0.1%
  33. 33Macao SAR, China0.08%
  34. 34Sierra Leone0.08%
  35. 35Samoa0.08%
  36. 36Guatemala0.07%
  37. 37Bosnia and Herzegovina0.06%
  38. 38Papua New Guinea0.06%
  39. 39Bahamas, The0.06%
  40. 40Thailand0.06%
  41. 41Uzbekistan0.05%
  42. 42Burkina Faso0.05%
  43. 43Bahrain0.05%
  44. 44Libya0.05%
  45. 45Nigeria0.04%
  46. 46Philippines0.03%
  47. 47Malawi0.03%
  48. 48Armenia0.03%
  49. 49Jordan0.03%
  50. 50Qatar0.03%
  51. 51Zambia0.02%
  52. 52Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.02%
  53. 53Cambodia0.01%
  54. 54Yemen, Rep.0.01%
  55. 55Djibouti0.01%
  56. 56Gambia, The0.01%
  57. 57Lao PDR0.01%
  58. 58Maldives0.01%
  59. 59St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.01%
  60. 60South Sudan0.01%
  61. 61Indonesia0.01%
  62. 62Myanmar0.01%
  63. 63Somalia, Fed. Rep.0%
  64. 64Fiji0%
  65. 65Pakistan0%
  66. 66Nepal0%
  67. 67Ethiopia0%
  68. 68Brunei Darussalam0%
  69. 69Afghanistan0%
  70. 70Iraq0%
  71. 71Comoros0%
  72. 72Bangladesh0%
  73. 73West Bank and Gaza0%
  74. 74Grenada0%
  75. 75Equatorial Guinea-0%
  76. 76Tajikistan-0%
  77. 77Iran, Islamic Rep.-0%
  78. 78Egypt, Arab Rep.-0%
  79. 79Morocco-0%
  80. 80India-0%
  81. 81Lebanon-0%
  82. 82Mauritania-0%
  83. 83Kuwait-0.01%
  84. 84Korea, Dem. People's Rep.-0.02%
  85. 85Bhutan-0.02%
  86. 86Senegal-0.02%
  87. 87Mauritius-0.02%
  88. 88Eritrea-0.02%
  89. 89Saudi Arabia-0.03%
  90. 90United Arab Emirates-0.03%
  91. 91Solomon Islands-0.04%
  92. 92Curacao-0.04%
  93. 93Syrian Arab Republic-0.05%
  94. 94Sri Lanka-0.05%
  95. 95Kiribati-0.06%
  96. 96Botswana-0.06%
  97. 97Puerto Rico (US)-0.06%
  98. 98Oman-0.06%
  99. 99Tunisia-0.07%
  100. 100Uganda-0.08%
  101. 101Cyprus-0.09%
  102. 102Rwanda-0.11%
  103. 103French Polynesia-0.11%
  104. 104Seychelles-0.12%
  105. 105Honduras-0.18%
  106. 106Algeria-0.18%
  107. 107Guam-0.19%
  108. 108Panama-0.19%
  109. 109Lesotho-0.21%
  110. 110Lithuania-0.25%
  111. 111El Salvador-0.26%
  112. 112Aruba-0.26%
  113. 113Vanuatu-0.28%
  114. 114Tonga-0.3%
  115. 115Virgin Islands (U.S.)-0.31%
  116. 116Taiwan-0.32%
  117. 117Sudan-0.44%
  118. 118Togo-0.44%
  119. 119Chad-0.45%
  120. 120Benin-0.49%
  121. 121New Caledonia-0.53%
  122. 122Georgia-0.55%
  123. 123Slovak Republic-0.64%
  124. 124Romania-0.73%
  125. 125Suriname-0.74%
  126. 126Israel-0.8%
  127. 127Nicaragua-0.83%
  128. 128Niger-1%
  129. 129Greece-1.1%
  130. 130Mali-1.1%
  131. 131Venezuela, RB-1.3%
  132. 132Tanzania-1.3%
  133. 133Bulgaria-1.6%
  134. 134Angola-1.6%
  135. 135Haiti-1.8%
  136. 136Jamaica-1.9%
  137. 137Ukraine-1.9%
  138. 138Croatia-2%
  139. 139Hungary-2%
  140. 140Denmark-2.1%
  141. 141Eswatini-2.2%
  142. 142China-2.2%
  143. 143Peru-2.3%
  144. 144Turkiye-2.3%
  145. 145Costa Rica-2.6%
  146. 146Colombia-2.7%
  147. 147Malta-2.7%
  148. 148Serbia-2.8%
  149. 149Hong Kong SAR, China-3.2%
  150. 150Singapore-3.3%
  151. 151Mongolia-3.4%
  152. 152Azerbaijan-3.7%
  153. 153Paraguay-3.8%
  154. 154Iceland-4%
  155. 155Ecuador-4.1%
  156. 156Czechia-4.3%
  157. 157Germany-4.3%
  158. 158Dominican Republic-4.7%
  159. 159Luxembourg-5.1%
  160. 160Japan-5.3%
  161. 161Brazil-5.4%
  162. 162Namibia-5.4%
  163. 163Viet Nam-5.5%
  164. 164Bolivia-5.6%
  165. 165Mexico-5.8%
  166. 166Slovenia-5.8%
  167. 167Latvia-6%
  168. 168Poland-6%
  169. 169Italy-6.5%
  170. 170Portugal-6.6%
  171. 171Korea, Rep.-6.9%
  172. 172Belgium-7%
  173. 173Cabo Verde-7%
  174. 174Russian Federation-7.2%
  175. 175New Zealand-7.2%
  176. 176Spain-7.4%
  177. 177Sweden-7.4%
  178. 178Norway-7.8%
  179. 179France-8.2%
  180. 180Finland-8.5%
  181. 181Netherlands-8.6%
  182. 182Belarus-8.8%
  183. 183Austria-8.9%
  184. 184Guinea-Bissau-9.2%
  185. 185Ireland-9.5%
  186. 186Switzerland-10.7%
  187. 187Canada-10.8%
  188. 188United Kingdom-11.4%
  189. 189Estonia-12.1%
  190. 190United States-13.3%
  191. 191Uruguay-16.1%
  192. 192Chile-16.7%
  193. 193Australia-17.5%

Percentage point change in share of people who are religious (2010-2020)