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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.
reportMar 5, 2024

Methodology

This is the 14th time Pew Research Center has measured restrictions on religion around the globe.[9. numoffset=”9″ Refer to the Methodology of Pew Research Center’s 2009 report “Global Restrictions on Religion” for a discussion of the conceptual basis for measuring restrictions on religion.] This report, which includes data for the year ending Dec. 31, 2021, […]
short readsDec 1, 2022

After declining early in the COVID-19 outbreak, immigrant naturalizations in the U.S. are rising again

An estimated 940,000 immigrants became U.S. citizens during the 2022 fiscal year. That annual total would be the third-highest on record.
reportNov 29, 2022

2. Physical harassment related to religion occurred in more than two-thirds of countries in 2020

Religious groups faced harassment by governments, social groups or individuals in 189 countries and territories in 2020. This was nearly the same as in 2019, when harassment of religious groups was reported in 190 countries and territories – the highest number since this tracking began in 2007. (These counts include all countries in which the […]
data essayDec 21, 2022

Key Findings From the Global Religious Futures Project

The Global Religious Futures (GRF) project is jointly funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and The John Templeton Foundation. Here are some big-picture findings from the GRF, together with context from other Pew Research Center studies.
reportNov 29, 2022

How COVID-19 Restrictions Affected Religious Groups Around the World in 2020

Nearly a quarter of countries used force to prevent religious gatherings during the pandemic; other government restrictions and social hostilities related to religion remained fairly stable.
data essayMar 14, 2023

A Look Back at How Fear and False Beliefs Bolstered U.S. Public Support for War in Iraq

Twenty years ago this month, the U.S. launched a major invasion of Iraq. President George W. Bush and his administration at first drew broad public support for the use of military force. Yet the campaign soon left Americans deeply divided, and by 2019, 62% said the Iraq War was not worth fighting.
reportSep 30, 2021

4. Restrictions on religion in the world’s 25 most populous countries in 2019

CORRECTION (Dec. 19, 2025): One chart and some of the text in this chapter have been revised to correct the SHI scores for some countries. China is now described as experiencing a “modest” decrease rather than a “small” decrease in its SHI score between 2018 and 2019. Refer to the errata page for details. One way to […]
short readsJan 25, 2022

Four-in-ten countries and territories worldwide had blasphemy laws in 2019

79 countries and territories out of the 198 studied around the world (40%) had laws or policies in 2019 banning blasphemy.
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.

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Search results for: “iran”

Key findings about COVID-19 restrictions that affected religious groups around the world in 2020

Methodology

After declining early in the COVID-19 outbreak, immigrant naturalizations in the U.S. are rising again

2. Physical harassment related to religion occurred in more than two-thirds of countries in 2020

Key Findings From the Global Religious Futures Project

How COVID-19 Restrictions Affected Religious Groups Around the World in 2020

A Look Back at How Fear and False Beliefs Bolstered U.S. Public Support for War in Iraq

4. Restrictions on religion in the world’s 25 most populous countries in 2019

Four-in-ten countries and territories worldwide had blasphemy laws in 2019

41 countries ban religion-related groups; Jehovah’s Witnesses, Baha’is among the most commonly targeted