Importance of religion by country

This page 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
Country Yes, important[1] No, unimportant[1]
 Estonia16%84%
 Sweden17%83%
 Denmark19%81%
 Czech Republic[lower-alpha 1]21%75%
 Norway[lower-alpha 1]22%78%
 Japan24%75%
 Hong Kong24%74%
 United Kingdom27%73%
 Finland[lower-alpha 1]28%70%
 Vietnam30%69%
 France30%69%
 Australia[lower-alpha 1]32%68%
 The Netherlands[lower-alpha 1]33%67%
 New Zealand[lower-alpha 1]33%66%
 Belgium[lower-alpha 1]33%58%
 Cuba[lower-alpha 1]34%64%
 Bulgaria[lower-alpha 1]34%62%
 Russia34%66%
 Belarus34%56%
 Luxembourg39%59%
 Azerbaijan39%53%
 Hungary39%58%
 Latvia39%58%
 Germany40%59%
 Uruguay41%59%
  Switzerland41%57%
 Canada42%57%
 Lithuania42%49%
 South Korea43%56%
 Taiwan[lower-alpha 1]45%54%
 Ukraine46%48%
 Slovenia47%52%
 Slovakia[lower-alpha 1]47%52%
 Spain49%51%
 Albania50%49%
 Israel51%48%
 Kazakhstan53%48%
 Serbia54%44%
 Ireland54%46%
 Austria[lower-alpha 1]55%43%
 Uzbekistan59%38%
 Belize[lower-alpha 1]62%33%
 Argentina65%34%
 United States69%31%
 Nicaragua70%30%
 Croatia70%28%
 Chile70%29%
 Singapore70%29%
 Jamaica[lower-alpha 1]70%30%
 Montenegro71%28%
 Greece71%28%
 Portugal[lower-alpha 1]72%26%
 Italy72%25%
 Moldova72%19%
 Kyrgyzstan72%25%
 Iran[lower-alpha 1]73%27%
 Mexico73%25%
 Poland75%19%
 Cyprus75%25%
 North Macedonia76%22%
 Botswana[lower-alpha 1]77%23%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina77%21%
 Venezuela79%21%
 Costa Rica79%20%
 Armenia79%19%
 Turkmenistan80%18%
 Togo[lower-alpha 1]80%13%
 Georgia81%16%
 Turkey82%15%
 Ecuador82%17%
 Colombia83%16%
 Peru84%14%
 Iraq84%11%
 Romania84%12%
 South Africa85%15%
 Puerto Rico[lower-alpha 1]85%14%
 Tajikistan85%12%
 Haiti[lower-alpha 1]85%12%
 Mozambique[lower-alpha 1]86%14%
 Malta86%10%
 Brazil87%13%
 Dominican Republic87%13%
 Lebanon87%12%
 Zimbabwe88%12%
 Cote d'Ivoire88%12%
 Burkina Faso[lower-alpha 1]88%12%
 Panama88%11%
 Angola[lower-alpha 1]88%11%
 Guatemala88%9%
 Tanzania89%11%
 Bolivia89%10%
 Syria89%9%
 India90%9%
 United Arab Emirates91%8%
 Kuwait91%6%
 Namibia[lower-alpha 1]92%9%
 Trinidad and Tobago[lower-alpha 1]92%8%
 Paraguay92%8%
 Pakistan96%4%
 State of Palestine93%7%
 Sudan93%7%
 Uganda93%7%
 Madagascar[lower-alpha 1]93%7%
 Benin[lower-alpha 1]93%7%
   Nepal93%6%
 Tunisia93%5%
 Saudi Arabia93%4%
 Central African Republic[lower-alpha 1]94%6%
 Kenya94%6%
 Liberia[lower-alpha 1]94%6%
 Democratic Republic of the Congo94%5%
 Bahrain94%4%
 Ghana95%5%
 Zambia95%5%
 Qatar95%4%
 Algeria95%4%
 Chad95%5%
 Rwanda95%5%
 Republic of the Congo[lower-alpha 1]95%5%
 Mali95%3%
 Philippines96%4%
 Cameroon96%4%
 Malaysia96%3%
 Nigeria96%3%
 Cambodia96%3%
 Senegal96%4%
 Jordan[lower-alpha 1]96%4%
 Myanmar[lower-alpha 1]97%3%
 Afghanistan97%3%
 Laos[lower-alpha 1]97%3%
 Guinea[lower-alpha 1]97%3%
 Morocco97%2%
 Egypt97%2%
 Comoros97%2%
 Thailand97%2%
 Burundi98%2%
 Djibouti98%2%
 Mauritania98%2%
 Sri Lanka99%1%
 Malawi99%1%
 Indonesia99%1%
 Yemen99%1%
 Niger100%0%
 Ethiopia100%0%
 Somalia[lower-alpha 1]100%0%
 Bangladesh100%0%
 Oman100%0%
  1. Data from an older 2008 survey[2]
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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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