Importance of religion by country

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

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

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	Estonia	16%	78%
2	Sweden	17%	82%
3	Denmark	19%	80%
4	Czechia	21%	75%
5	Norway	22%	78%
6	Japan	24%	75%
7	Hong Kong	24%	74%
8	United Kingdom	27%	73%
9	Finland	28%	70%
10	Vietnam	30%	69%
11	France	30%	69%
12	Australia	32%	68%
13	Netherlands	33%	67%
14	New Zealand	33%	66%
15	Belgium	33%	58%
16	Cuba	34%	64%
17	Bulgaria	34%	62%
18	Russia	34%	66%
19	Belarus	34%	56%
20	Luxembourg	39%	59%
21	Azerbaijan	39%	53%
22	Hungary	39%	58%
23	Latvia	39%	58%
24	Germany	40%	59%
25	Uruguay	41%	59%
26	Switzerland	41%	57%
27	Canada	42%	57%
28	Lithuania	42%	49%
29	South Korea	43%	56%
30	Taiwan	45%	54%
31	Ukraine	46%	48%
32	Slovenia	47%	52%
33	Slovakia	47%	52%
34	Spain	49%	51%
35	Albania	50%	49%
36	Israel	51%	48%
37	Kazakhstan	53%	48%
38	Serbia	54%	44%
39	Ireland	54%	46%
40	Austria	55%	43%
41	Uzbekistan	59%	38%
42	Belize	62%	33%
43	Argentina	65%	34%
44	United States	69%	31%
45	Nicaragua	70%	30%
46	Croatia	70%	28%
47	Chile	70%	29%
48	Singapore	70%	29%
49	Jamaica	70%	30%
50	Montenegro	71%	28%
51	Greece	71%	28%
52	Portugal	72%	26%
53	Italy	72%	25%
54	Moldova	72%	19%
55	Kyrgyzstan	72%	25%
56	Iran	73%	27%
57	Mexico	73%	25%
58	Poland	75%	19%
60	Cyprus	75%	25%
61	North Macedonia	76%	22%
63	Botswana	77%	23%
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77%	21%
65	Venezuela	79%	21%
66	Costa Rica	79%	20%
67	Armenia	79%	19%
68	Turkmenistan	80%	18%
69	Togo	80%	13%
70	Georgia	81%	16%
71	Turkey	82%	15%
72	Ecuador	82%	17%
73	Colombia	83%	16%
74	Peru	84%	14%
75	Iraq	84%	11%
76	Romania	84%	12%
77	South Africa	85%	15%
79	Tajikistan	85%	12%
80	Haiti	85%	12%
81	Mozambique	86%	14%
82	Malta	86%	10%
83	Brazil	87%	13%
84	Dominican Republic	87%	13%
85	Lebanon	87%	12%
86	Zimbabwe	88%	12%
87	Cote d'Ivoire	88%	12%
88	Burkina Faso	88%	12%
89	Panama	88%	11%
90	Angola	88%	11%
91	Guatemala	88%	9%
92	Tanzania	89%	11%
93	Bolivia	89%	10%
94	Syria	89%	9%
95	India	90%	10%
96	United Arab Emirates	91%	8%
97	Kuwait	91%	6%
98	Namibia	92%	9%
99	Trinidad and Tobago	92%	8%
100	Paraguay	92%	8%
101	Pakistan	92%	8%
102	State of Palestine	93%	7%
103	Sudan	93%	7%
104	Uganda	93%	7%
105	Madagascar	93%	7%
106	Benin	93%	7%
107	Nepal	93%	6%
108	Tunisia	93%	5%
109	Saudi Arabia	93%	4%
110	Central African Republic	94%	6%
111	Kenya	94%	6%
112	Liberia	94%	6%
113	Democratic Republic of the Congo	94%	5%
114	Bahrain	94%	4%
115	Ghana	95%	5%
116	Zambia	95%	5%
117	Qatar	95%	4%
118	Algeria	95%	4%
119	Chad	95%	5%
120	Rwanda	95%	5%
121	Republic of the Congo	95%	5%
122	Mali	95%	3%
123	Philippines	96%	4%
124	Cameroon	96%	4%
125	Malaysia	96%	3%
126	Nigeria	96%	3%
127	Cambodia	96%	3%
128	Senegal	96%	4%
129	Jordan	96%	4%
130	Myanmar	97%	3%
131	Afghanistan	97%	3%
132	Laos	97%	3%
133	Guinea	97%	3%
134	Morocco	97%	2%
135	Egypt	97%	2%
136	Comoros	97%	2%
137	Thailand	97%	2%
138	Burundi	98%	2%
139	Djibouti	98%	2%
140	Mauritania	98%	2%
141	Malawi	99%	1%
142	Indonesia	99%	1%
143	Yemen	99%	1%
144	Niger	100%	0%
145	Somalia	100%	0%
146	Bangladesh	100%	0%
147	Oman	100%	0%
148	Sri Lanka	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