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."

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.

Countries/Districts

Rank	Country/District	Yes, important	No, unimportant
1	Japan	24%	75%
2	Vietnam	15%	85%
3	Estonia	16%	78%
4	Austria	17%	83%
5	Sweden	17%	82%
6	New Zealand	18%	82%
7	Denmark	19%	80%
8	Czechia	21%	79%
9	Moldova	21%	79%
10	Norway	22%	78%
11	Hong Kong	24%	74%
12	Canada	22%	78%
13	Finland	23%	77%
14	Switzerland	23%	77%
15	Cyprus	25%	75%
16	United Kingdom	25%	75%
17	France	30%	71%
18	Australia	33%	67%
19	Netherlands	33%	67%
20	Belgium	33%	58%
21	South Korea	33%	67%
22	Cuba	34%	64%
23	Bulgaria	34%	62%
24	Russia	34%	66%
25	Belarus	34%	56%
26	Azerbaijan	36%	64%
27	Luxembourg	39%	59%
28	Hungary	39%	58%
29	Latvia	29%	71%
30	Taiwan	40%	60%
31	Germany	40%	60%
32	Uruguay	40%	60%
33	Lithuania	40%	60%
34	Ukraine	46%	54%
35	Slovenia	47%	53%
36	Slovakia	47%	52%
37	Spain	49%	51%
38	Albania	50%	50%
39	Poland	50%	50%
40	Israel	51%	49%
41	Kazakhstan	53%	48%
42	Serbia	54%	44%
43	Ireland	54%	46%
44	Uzbekistan	55%	45%
45	Chile	60%	40%
46	Belize	62%	33%
47	Argentina	65%	34%
48	United States	67%	32%
49	Nicaragua	70%	30%
50	Croatia	70%	30%
51	Singapore	70%	30%
52	Jamaica	70%	30%
53	Montenegro	71%	30%
54	Greece	71%	29%
55	Portugal	72%	28%
56	Italy	72%	28%
57	Kyrgyzstan	72%	25%
58	Turkey	64%	36%
59	Mexico	73%	21%
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina	75%	25%
61	United Arab Emirates	76%	24%
62	North Macedonia	76%	22%
63	Botswana	77%	23%
65	Nigeria	69%	31%
66	Philippines	32%	68%
67	El Salvador	76%	24%
68	Iran	77%	24%
69	Venezuela	79%	21%
70	Costa Rica	79%	20%
71	Armenia	79%	19%
72	Turkmenistan	80%	18%
73	Togo	80%	13%
74	Georgia	81%	16%
75	Ecuador	82%	17%
76	Colombia	83%	16%
77	Peru	84%	14%
78	Romania	84%	12%
79	South Africa	85%	15%
80	Tajikistan	85%	12%
81	Haiti	85%	12%
82	Mozambique	86%	14%
83	Malta	86%	10%
84	Brazil	87%	13%
85	Dominican Republic	87%	13%
86	Lebanon	87%	12%
87	Zimbabwe	88%	12%
88	Cote d'Ivoire	88%	12%
89	Burkina Faso	88%	12%
90	Panama	88%	11%
91	Angola	88%	11%
92	Guatemala	88%	9%
93	Tanzania	89%	11%
94	Bolivia	89%	10%
95	Syria	89%	11%
96	Iraq	89%	11%
97	India	90%	10%
98	Kuwait	91%	9%
99	Namibia	92%	9%
100	Trinidad and Tobago	92%	8%
101	Paraguay	92%	8%
102	Pakistan	92%	8%
103	State of Palestine	93%	7%
104	Sudan	93%	7%
105	Uganda	93%	7%
106	Madagascar	93%	7%
107	Benin	93%	7%
108	Nepal	93%	6%
109	Tunisia	93%	5%
110	Qatar	86%	14%
111	Central African Republic	94%	6%
112	Kenya	94%	6%
113	Liberia	94%	6%
114	Democratic Republic of the Congo	94%	5%
115	Bahrain	94%	6%
116	Ghana	95%	5%
117	Zambia	95%	5%
118	Algeria	95%	4%
119	Chad	95%	5%
120	Rwanda	95%	5%
121	Republic of the Congo	95%	5%
122	Mali	95%	3%
138	Burundi	88%	12%
139	Djibouti	68%	32%
123	Egypt	97%	2%
124	Cameroon	96%	4%
125	Malaysia	96%	3%
127	Cambodia	96%	3%
146	Bangladesh	96%	4%
126	Senegal	96%	4%
127	Oman	90%	10%
128	Jordan	96%	4%
130	Saudi Arabia	96%	4%
131	Myanmar	96%	4%
132	Laos	96%	4%
133	Guinea	96%	4%
134	Morocco	96%	3%
135	Comoros	97%	3%
136	Indonesia	97%	3%
137	Afghanistan	97%	3%
138	Malawi	97%	3%
139	Mauritania	97%	3%
140	Sri Lanka	97%	2%
141	Somalia	98%	2%
142	Yemen	98%	2%
143	Thailand	98%	2%
144	Niger	100%	0%

See also

• Demographics of atheism
• Demographics of religion
• Irreligion by country
• Religions by country
• Religiosity and intelligence
• Wealth and religion

General:

• List of religious populations