Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Among the world’s major religious groups, Muslims have made some of the greatest gains in educational achievement in recent decades. The share of Muslim adults (ages 25 and older) with at least some formal schooling has risen by 25 percentage points in the past three generations, from fewer than half (46%) among the oldest group […]
Religion has reasserted itself as an important part of individual and national identity in a region that was once dominated by atheist communist regimes.
By two standard measures of religious observance – how often people pray and how often they attend religious services – Central and Eastern Europeans, on the whole, show modest levels of religious commitment. In none of the countries surveyed do a majority of respondents say they pray daily or attend worship services weekly. In some […]
Regional conflict and economic opportunity boost number of migrants from 25 million to 54 million.
Between 2005 and 2015, the number of displaced migrants[3. numoffset=”3″ Displaced migrants are persons who have been forcibly displaced from their homes due to conflict or natural disaster. Displaced migrants can include internal migrants (internally displaced persons) or international migrants (refugees and asylum seekers).] in the Middle East grew fourfold, from about 5 million to about […]