The following list ranks regions on the extent to which government provides 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 International Religious Freedom Report, 2005)

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Ranking	Region	Rate
21	Australia/New Zealand	1.7
16	Caribbean	3.6
11	Central America	4.8
13	Eastern Africa	4.3
17	Eastern Asia	3.2
5	Eastern Europe	6.5
14	Melanesia	3.9
22	Micronesia (Region)	1.4
18	Middle Africa	2.7
1	Northern Africa	7.6
4	Northern America	6.8
9	Northern Europe	5.6
19	Polynesia	2.7
12	South America	4.7
6	South-Central Asia	6.4
7	South-Eastern Asia	6.1
20	Southern Africa	2.6
3	Southern Europe	6.9
10	The World	5.1
15	Western Africa	3.9
2	Western Asia	7.6
8	Western Europe	5.7

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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