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Results of a 2008/2009 Gallup poll on whether respondents said that religion was "important in 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 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.

Countries/districts

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

See also

References

  1. ^ 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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