# Importance of religion by country

This article charts a list of countries by importance of religion.

## Methodology

The table below is based on the global Gallup Poll in 2009 research which asked "Is religion important in your daily life?". Percentages for "yes" and "no" answers are listed below; they often do not add up to 100% because some answered "don't know" or did not answer.

## Countries/districts

| Country/district | Yes, important | No, unimportant |
| Afghanistan | 97% | 3% |
| Albania | 39% | 53% |
| Algeria | 95% | 4% |
| Argentina | 66% | 33% |
| Armenia | 73% | 25% |
| Azerbaijan | 50% | 49% |
| Bahrain | 94% | 4% |
| Bangladesh | 99% | 0% |
| Belarus | 34% | 56% |
| Bolivia | 89% | 10% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77% | 21% |
| Brazil | 87% | 13% |
| Burundi | 98% | 2% |
| Cambodia | 96% | 3% |
| Cameroon | 96% | 4% |
| Canada | 42% | 57% |
| Chad | 95% | 5% |
| Chile | 70% | 29% |
| Colombia | 83% | 16% |
| Comoros | 97% | 2% |
| Costa Rica | 79% | 19% |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 88% | 12% |
| Croatia | 70% | 28% |
| Cyprus | 75% | 24% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 94% | 5% |
| Denmark | 19% | 80% |
| Dominican Republic | 87% | 13% |
| Djibouti | 96% | 2% |
| Ecuador | 82% | 17% |
| Egypt | 97% | 2% |
| El Salvador | 83% | 16% |
| Estonia | 16% | 78% |
| France | 30% | 69% |
| Georgia | 81% | 16% |
| Germany | 40% | 59% |
| Ghana | 95% | 5% |
| Greece | 71% | 28% |
| Guatemala | 88% | 9% |
| Honduras | 84% | 15% |
| Hong Kong | 24% | 74% |
| Hungary | 39% | 58% |
| India | 90% | 9% |
| Indonesia | 99% | 0% |
| Iraq | 84% | 11% |
| Ireland | 54% | 46% |
| Israel | 51% | 48% |
| Italy | 72% | 25% |
| Japan | 24% | 75% |
| Kazakhstan | 43% | 58% |
| Kenya | 94% | 6% |
| Kosovo | 90% | 8% |
| Kuwait | 91% | 6% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 72% | 25% |
| Latvia | 39% | 58% |
| Lebanon | 87% | 12% |
| Lithuania | 42% | 49% |
| Luxembourg | 39% | 59% |
| Malawi | 99% | 1% |
| Malaysia | 96% | 3% |
| Mali | 95% | 4% |
| Malta | 86% | 10% |
| Mauritania | 98% | 2% |
| Mexico | 73% | 25% |
| Moldova | 72% | 19% |
| Montenegro | 71% | 28% |
| Morocco | 97% | 1% |
| Nepal | 93% | 6% |
| Nicaragua | 84% | 15% |
| Niger | 99% | 0% |
| Nigeria | 96% | 3% |
| North Macedonia | 76% | 22% |
| Pakistan | 92% | 6% |
| Palestine | 93% | 7% |
| Panama | 88% | 11% |
| Paraguay | 92% | 8% |
| Peru | 84% | 14% |
| Philippines | 96% | 4% |
| Poland | 75% | 19% |
| Qatar | 95% | 4% |
| Romania | 84% | 12% |
| Russia | 34% | 56% |
| Rwanda | 95% | 5% |
| Saudi Arabia | 93% | 4% |
| Senegal | 96% | 4% |
| Serbia | 54% | 44% |
| Singapore | 70% | 29% |
| Slovenia | 47% | 52% |
| South Africa | 85% | 15% |
| South Korea | 43% | 56% |
| Spain | 49% | 50% |
| Sri Lanka | 99% | 1% |
| Sudan | 93% | 7% |
| Sweden | 17% | 82% |
| Switzerland | 41% | 57% |
| Syria | 89% | 9% |
| Tajikistan | 85% | 12% |
| Tanzania | 89% | 11% |
| Thailand | 97% | 2% |
| Tunisia | 93% | 5% |
| Turkey | 82% | 15% |
| Turkmenistan | 80% | 18% |
| Uganda | 93% | 7% |
| Ukraine | 46% | 48% |
| United Arab Emirates | 91% | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 27% | 73% |
| United States | 65% | 34% |
| Uruguay | 41% | 59% |
| Uzbekistan | 51% | 46% |
| Venezuela | 79% | 21% |
| Vietnam | 30% | 69% |
| Yemen | 99% | 1% |
| Zambia | 95% | 5% |
| Zimbabwe | 88% | 12% |