The following list ranks regions on the extent to which governments in each region provide one religion or a small group of religions with special privileges, support or favorable sanctions. Higher values indicate greater government favoritism for religion(s). (Coded from the 2003, 2005 and 2008 International Religious Freedom Reports)

Complete List

Ranking	Region	Value
1	Northern Africa	7.5
2	Western Asia	7.1
3	South-Central Asia	6.3
4	Southern Europe	6.3
5	Western Europe	5.9
6	Eastern Europe	5.8
7	South-Eastern Asia	5.6
8	Northern Europe	5.5
9	South America	4.7
10	The World	4.6
11	Central America	4.2
12	Eastern Africa	3.8
13	Melanesia	3.6
14	Western Africa	3.5
15	Eastern Asia	2.9
16	Caribbean	2.2
17	Middle Africa	2.1
18	Southern Africa	2.0
19	Australia/New Zealand	1.7
20	Micronesia (Region)	1.1
--	Northern America	--
--	Polynesia	--

Source

The data presented in QuickLists are from a variety of sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the United Nations Human Development Reports, and others.

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