Which countries have the most – and fewest – public holidays?
Across 190 members of the United Nations we analyzed, the typical country will observe 13 public holidays in 2026.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Across 190 members of the United Nations we analyzed, the typical country will observe 13 public holidays in 2026.
Few pray daily, but many pray at least occasionally and offer respects to certain religious figures.
In 2022, governments and/or social actors harassed religious groups in 192 countries and territories out of the 198 analyzed – two more than 2021.
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Belief in unseen beings and natural spirits are widespread in the region.
The gender gap in American religion is shrinking. Historically, women have been more religious than men. But the gap is smaller than it once was.
Relatively few “nones,” which include atheists and agnostics, attend religious services or light candles for religious reasons in most of the 22 countries studied.
Many in the region practice ancestor veneration and say it is important to follow traditional funeral practices.
35% of U.S. adults no longer identify with the religion in which they were raised – that’s about 90 million people who have changed their religious identities.
The 119th Congress is the most racially and ethnically diverse in history, and it includes the nation’s first openly transgender legislator at the federal level.
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