Though Christians make up nearly a third of Earth’s 7.3 billion people, the number of Christians in Europe is in decline.
More babies were born to Christian mothers than to members of any other religion in recent years. Less than 20 years from now, however, the number of babies born to Muslims is expected to modestly exceed births to Christians.
Muslim women have made greater educational gains than Muslim men in most regions of the world.
Hindus are among the least educated of the world’s major religious groups when looked at globally, but this is not true of Hindus everywhere.
Melina Platas, an assistant professor of political science at New York University Abu Dhabi, explains the Muslim-Christian education gap in sub-Saharan Africa.
In sub-Saharan Africa, Muslim adults are more than twice as likely as Christians to have no formal schooling.
A new Pew Research Center global demographic study shows differences in educational attainment among the world’s major religious groups.
A new Pew Research Center global demographic study shows differences in educational attainment among the world’s major religious groups.
A new Pew Research Center study, analyzing data from 151 countries, looks at education levels of Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and religiously unaffiliated adults ages 25 and older. Here are five key takeaways from the report.
Jews are more highly educated than any other major religious group around the world, while Muslims and Hindus tend to have the fewest years of formal schooling. But all religious groups are making gains, particularly among women.
