short readsMar 5, 2024 Key findings about religious restrictions around the world in 2021 The most common kinds of government restrictions on religion in 2021 included harassment of religious groups and interference in worship.
short readsNov 29, 2022 Key findings about COVID-19 restrictions that affected religious groups around the world in 2020 Our study analyzes 198 countries and territories and is based on policies and events in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available.
short readsAug 8, 2022 Why Pew Research Center typically can’t report the views of smaller U.S. religious groups While the largest Christian traditions and religious “nones” can be consistently analyzed, smaller groups produce a large margin of error.
short readsNov 15, 2021 41 countries ban religion-related groups; Jehovah’s Witnesses, Baha’is among the most commonly targeted Around a fifth (21%) of the 198 countries evaluated banned at least one religion-related group in 2019, our analysis found.
short readsNov 10, 2020 Government restrictions on religion around the world reached new record in 2018 Government restrictions in 2018 were at their highest level since 2007, when Pew Research Center began tracking these trends.
short readsSep 16, 2014 10 big questions the Pew Research Center has tackled in the past decade For Pew Research’s 10-year anniversary, here’s a list of 10 big research questions we’ve answered over the years that speak to broad ways that America and the world is changing.