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reportJun 17, 2024

3. Beliefs

Belief in unseen beings and natural spirits are widespread in the region.
reportSep 12, 2023

4. Religious practices

From the 98% of Indonesians who say religion is very important in their lives to the 96% of Cambodians who burn incense, people in the countries surveyed generally appear to be highly religious, based both on the self-assessed, overall importance of religion in their lives and on a variety of specific religious practices. The survey […]
short readsJan 27, 2023

Religiously unaffiliated people face harassment in a growing number of countries

Religiously unaffiliated people were harassed by governments, private groups or both in 27 countries in 2020.
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.
short readsAug 30, 2023

Is China a religious country or not? It’s a tricky question to answer

Based on formal religious identity, China is the least religious country in the world – with just 10% of Chinese adults self-identifying with a religion.
reportJun 9, 2025

1. Factors driving religious change, 2010-2020

Read how demographic factors – age composition, life expectancy and fertility rates – and religious switching changed the global religious landscape.
reportJan 28, 2025

4. Should religious texts influence national laws?

We asked people in 35 countries about the influence of specific religious texts on their national laws. The texts in question varied by country: For example, adults in predominantly Christian countries were asked about the influence of the Bible. And in Muslim-majority countries, they were asked about the influence of the Quran. In most middle-income […]
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.
reportJun 17, 2024

4. Practices

Few pray daily, but many pray at least occasionally and offer respects to certain religious figures.
reportNov 29, 2022

3. Small changes in median scores for government restrictions, social hostilities involving religion in 2020

Government restrictions on religion, by region Globally, the median score on the Government Restrictions Index (GRI) fell from 2.9 in 2019, which was a peak level for the study, to 2.8 in 2020. Regionally, the median GRI score declined slightly in the Middle East-North Africa, remained constant in the Americas, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, and […]

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Religiously unaffiliated people face harassment in a growing number of countries

Key Findings From the Global Religious Futures Project

Is China a religious country or not? It’s a tricky question to answer

1. Factors driving religious change, 2010-2020

4. Should religious texts influence national laws?

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

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3. Small changes in median scores for government restrictions, social hostilities involving religion in 2020

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