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Variables: Ranking by Nonpreferred GRP Composite Score, from 1 highest to 247 lowest (NPRFGRPRANK)1


Non-preferred Religions: Summary Composite (1-247)


NATION

REGION

NPRFGRPRANK1 [X]
Afghanistan South-Central Asia 165
Akrotiri Western Asia 32
Albania Southern Europe 132
Algeria Northern Africa 240
American Samoa Polynesia 69
Andorra Southern Europe 176
Angola Middle Africa 80
Anguilla Caribbean 32
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 32
Argentina South America 78
Armenia Western Asia 171
Aruba Caribbean 9
Australia Australia/New Zealand 121
Austria Western Europe 186
Azerbaijan Western Asia 119
Bahamas, The Caribbean 80
Bahrain Western Asia 148
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 17
Barbados Caribbean 32
Belarus Eastern Europe 217
Belgium Western Europe 152
Belize Central America 80
Benin Western Africa 32
Bermuda Northern America 32
Bhutan South-Central Asia 217
Bolivia South America 181
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 187
Botswana Southern Africa 132
Bougainville Melanesia 80
Brazil South America 80
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa 32
British Virgin Islands Caribbean 32
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 224
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 212
Burkina Faso Western Africa 32
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 223
Burundi Eastern Africa 32
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 217
Cameroon Middle Africa 128
Canada Northern America 132
Cape Verde Western Africa 164
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean 9
Cayman Islands Caribbean 32
Central African Republic Middle Africa 68
Chad Middle Africa 174
Channel Islands Northern Europe 32
Chile South America 1
China Eastern Asia 243
China-Tibet Eastern Asia 243
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand 121
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand 121
Colombia South America 163
Comoros Eastern Africa 235
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 32
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 128
Cook Islands Polynesia 28
Costa Rica Central America 173
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 157
Croatia Southern Europe 121
Cuba Caribbean 203
Curacao Caribbean 9
Cyprus Western Asia 165
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 157
Denmark Northern Europe 181
Dhekelia Western Asia 32
Djibouti Eastern Africa 142
Dominica Caribbean 217
Dominican Republic Caribbean 176
Ecuador South America 187
Egypt Northern Africa 239
El Salvador Central America 69
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 181
Eritrea Eastern Africa 228
Estonia Northern Europe 152
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 199
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America 32
Faroe Islands Northern Europe 181
Fiji Melanesia 19
Finland Northern Europe 26
France Western Europe 105
French Guiana South America 105
French Polynesia Polynesia 105
Gabon Middle Africa 32
Gambia, The Western Africa 176
Georgia Western Asia 211
Germany Western Europe 121
Ghana Western Africa 165
Gibraltar Southern Europe 32
Greece Southern Europe 208
Greenland Northern America 181
Grenada Caribbean 9
Guadeloupe Caribbean 105
Guam Micronesia (region) 69
Guatemala Central America 16
Guernsey Northern Europe 32
Guinea Western Africa 132
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 80
Guyana South America 187
Haiti Caribbean 157
Honduras Central America 187
Hong Kong Eastern Asia
Hungary Eastern Europe 104
Iceland Northern Europe 132
India South-Central Asia 131
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 237
Iran South-Central Asia 246
Iraq Western Asia 103
Ireland Northern Europe 80
Isle of Man Northern Europe 32
Israel Western Asia 221
Italy Southern Europe 149
Jamaica Caribbean 9
Japan Eastern Asia 32
Jersey Northern Europe 32
Jordan Western Asia 221
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 143
Kenya Eastern Africa 65
Kiribati Micronesia (region) 1
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 236
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 80
Kosovo Southern Europe 152
Kuwait Western Asia 207
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 187
Laos South-Eastern Asia 206
Latvia Northern Europe 69
Lebanon Western Asia 199
Lesotho Southern Africa 80
Liberia Western Africa 19
Libya Northern Africa 238
Liechtenstein Western Europe 32
Lithuania Northern Europe 150
Luxembourg Western Europe 26
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe 194
Madagascar Eastern Africa 19
Malawi Eastern Africa 80
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 175
Maldives South-Central Asia 245
Mali Western Africa 80
Malta Southern Europe 143
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region) 19
Martinique Caribbean 105
Mauritania Western Africa 233
Mauritius Eastern Africa 7
Mayotte Eastern Africa 105
Mexico Central America 132
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region) 157
Moldova Eastern Europe 80
Monaco Western Europe 199
Mongolia Eastern Asia 65
Montenegro Southern Europe 118
Montserrat Caribbean 32
Morocco Northern Africa 213
Mozambique Eastern Africa 80
Namibia Southern Africa 120
Nauru Micronesia (region) 7
Nepal South-Central Asia 143
Netherlands Western Europe 9
New Caledonia Melanesia 105
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 28
Nicaragua Central America 105
Niger Western Africa 80
Nigeria Western Africa 165
Niue Polynesia 28
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand 121
Northern Cyprus Western Asia 204
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region) 69
Norway Northern Europe 187
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia 230
Oman Western Asia 213
Pakistan South-Central Asia 209
Palau Micronesia (region) 132
Panama Central America 132
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 80
Paraguay South America 155
Peru South America 165
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 80
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia 32
Poland Eastern Europe 19
Portugal Southern Europe 63
Puerto Rico Caribbean 69
Qatar Western Asia 216
Reunion Eastern Africa 105
Romania Eastern Europe 199
Russia Eastern Europe 132
Rwanda Eastern Africa 143
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean 105
Saint Helena Western Africa 32
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 80
Saint Lucia Caribbean 80
Saint Martin Caribbean 105
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America 105
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 80
Samoa Polynesia 165
San Marino Southern Europe 32
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa 80
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 247
Senegal Western Africa 17
Serbia Southern Europe 205
Seychelles Eastern Africa 80
Sierra Leone Western Africa 32
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 143
Sint Maarten Caribbean 9
Slovakia Eastern Europe 197
Slovenia Southern Europe 67
Solomon Islands Melanesia 1
Somalia Eastern Africa 230
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 80
South Sudan Eastern Africa 80
Spain Southern Europe 195
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa 195
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 121
Sudan Northern Africa 225
Suriname South America 1
Svalbard Northern Europe 187
Swaziland Southern Africa 157
Sweden Northern Europe 1
Switzerland Western Europe 155
Syria Western Asia 197
Taiwan Eastern Asia 32
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 225
Tanzania Eastern Africa 77
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 176
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 80
Togo Western Africa 128
Tokelau Polynesia 28
Tonga Polynesia 172
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 64
Tunisia Northern Africa 230
Turkey Western Asia 241
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 229
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean 32
Tuvalu Polynesia 19
Uganda Eastern Africa 19
Ukraine Eastern Europe 150
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 225
United Kingdom Northern Europe 32
United States (General) Northern America 69
Uruguay South America 157
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 242
Vanuatu Melanesia 132
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 1
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 210
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 69
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia 105
Western Sahara Northern Africa 213
Yemen Western Asia 234
Zambia Eastern Africa 176
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 32
     

Sources

1 The Religious Characteristics of States Dataset Project: Government Religious Preference (GRP) measures government-level favoritism toward, and disfavor against, 30 religious denominations. A series of ordered categorical variables index the state's institutional favoritism in 28 different ways. The variables are combined to form five composite indices for five broad components of state-religion: official status, religious education, financial support, regulatory burdens, and freedom of practice. The five components' composites in turn are further combined into a single composite score, the GRP score. The RCS Data Project would like to acknowledge, recognize, and express our deepest gratitude for the significant contributions of Todd M. Johnson, the principal investigator of the World Christian Database, the co-principal investigator of the World Religion Database, and co-author of the World Christian Encyclopedia series.

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