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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

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

Methodology

The table below is based on the 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

Country/district Yes, important[1] No, unimportant[1]
 Sweden 17% 82%
 Denmark 19% 80%
 Estonia 16% 78%
 Japan 24% 75%
 Hong Kong 24% 74%
 United Kingdom 27% 73%
 France 30% 69%
 Vietnam 30% 69%
 Latvia 39% 58%
 Switzerland 41% 57%
 Belarus 34% 56%
 Russia 34% 56%
 Luxembourg 39% 59%
 Hungary 39% 58%
 Germany 40% 59%
 Uruguay 41% 59%
 Kazakhstan 43% 58%
 Canada 42% 57%
 Albania 39% 53%
 South Korea 43% 56%
 Lithuania 42% 49%
 Slovenia 47% 52%
 Ukraine 46% 48%
 Spain 49% 50%
 Azerbaijan 50% 49%
 Israel 51% 48%
 Uzbekistan 51% 46%
 Ireland 54% 46%
 Serbia 54% 44%
 United States 65% 34%
 Argentina 66% 33%
 Chile 70% 29%
 Singapore 70% 29%
 Croatia 70% 28%
 Greece 71% 28%
 Montenegro 71% 28%
 Italy 72% 25%
 Kyrgyzstan 72% 25%
 Armenia 73% 25%
 Mexico 73% 25%
 Cyprus 75% 24%
 Moldova 72% 19%
 North Macedonia 76% 22%
 Poland 75% 19%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77% 21%
 Venezuela 79% 21%
 Costa Rica 79% 19%
 Turkmenistan 80% 18%
 Georgia 81% 16%
 Ecuador 82% 17%
 Turkey 82% 15%
 Colombia 83% 16%
 El Salvador 83% 16%
 Nicaragua 84% 15%
 Peru 84% 14%
 South Africa 85% 15%
 Romania 84% 12%
 Iraq 84% 11%
 Tajikistan 85% 12%
 Brazil 87% 13%
 Dominican Republic 87% 13%
 Lebanon 87% 12%
 Malta 86% 10%
 Cote d'Ivoire 88% 12%
 Zimbabwe 88% 12%
 Panama 88% 11%
 Tanzania 89% 11%
 Guatemala 88% 9%
 Bolivia 89% 10%
 Syria 89% 9%
 India 90% 9%
 Kosovo 90% 8%
 United Arab Emirates 91% 8%
 Paraguay 92% 8%
 Kuwait 91% 6%
 Pakistan 92% 6%
 State of Palestine 93% 7%
 Sudan 93% 7%
 Uganda 93% 7%
   Nepal 93% 6%
 Tunisia 93% 5%
 Kenya 94% 6%
 Saudi Arabia 93% 4%
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 94% 5%
 Bahrain 94% 4%
 Chad 95% 5%
 Ghana 95% 5%
 Rwanda 95% 5%
 Zambia 95% 5%
 Algeria 95% 4%
 Mali 95% 4%
 Qatar 95% 4%
 Cameroon 96% 4%
 Philippines 96% 4%
 Senegal 96% 4%
 Cambodia 96% 3%
 Malaysia 96% 3%
 Nigeria 96% 3%
 Djibouti 96% 2%
 Afghanistan 97% 3%
 Comoros 97% 2%
 Egypt 97% 2%
 Thailand 97% 2%
 Morocco 97% 1%
 Burundi 98% 2%
 Mauritania 98% 2%
 Malawi 99% 1%
 Sri Lanka 99% 1%
 Yemen 99% 1%
 Bangladesh 99% 0%
 Indonesia 99% 0%
 Niger 99% 0%

See also

General:

References

  1. ^ a b c d Crabtree, Steve (31 August 2010). "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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