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title: "Religious Restrictions in 198 Countries"
description: "This chart shows how the world’s 198 countries and self-administering territories score in terms of both government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion."
date: "2009-12-17"
authors:
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url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2009/12/17/religious-restrictions-in-198-countries/"
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# Religious Restrictions in 198 Countries

This chart shows how the world's 198 countries and self-administering territories score in terms of both government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion.

![restrictions18](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/07/restrictions18.gif)

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