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Variables: Ranking by Preferred G4 Composite Score (Regulatory Burdens), from 1 highest to 245 lowest (PRFG4CRANK)1


Preferred Religion: (G4) Composite (1-245)


NATION

REGION

PRFG4CRANK1 [X]
Afghanistan South-Central Asia 40
Akrotiri Western Asia 72
Albania Southern Europe 143
Algeria Northern Africa 97
American Samoa Polynesia 113
Andorra Southern Europe 129
Angola Middle Africa 57
Anguilla Caribbean 72
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 113
Argentina South America 57
Armenia Western Asia 48
Aruba Caribbean 143
Australia Australia/New Zealand 97
Austria Western Europe 221
Azerbaijan Western Asia 143
Bahamas, The Caribbean 143
Bahrain Western Asia 7
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 57
Barbados Caribbean 143
Belarus Eastern Europe 129
Belgium Western Europe 72
Belize Central America 143
Benin Western Africa 143
Bermuda Northern America 72
Bhutan South-Central Asia 32
Bolivia South America 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 129
Botswana Southern Africa 143
Bougainville Melanesia 143
Brazil South America 57
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa 72
British Virgin Islands Caribbean 72
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 6
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 27
Burkina Faso Western Africa 143
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 140
Burundi Eastern Africa 143
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 143
Cameroon Middle Africa 242
Canada Northern America 143
Cape Verde Western Africa 27
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean 143
Cayman Islands Caribbean 72
Central African Republic Middle Africa 242
Chad Middle Africa 97
Channel Islands Northern Europe 72
Chile South America 143
China Eastern Asia 7
China-Tibet Eastern Asia 7
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand 97
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand 97
Colombia South America 48
Comoros Eastern Africa 1
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 143
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 223
Cook Islands Polynesia 143
Costa Rica Central America 7
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 40
Croatia Southern Europe 97
Cuba Caribbean 97
Curacao Caribbean 143
Cyprus Western Asia 113
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 97
Denmark Northern Europe 143
Dhekelia Western Asia 72
Djibouti Eastern Africa 143
Dominica Caribbean
Dominican Republic Caribbean 142
Ecuador South America 143
Egypt Northern Africa 40
El Salvador Central America 113
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 143
Eritrea Eastern Africa 32
Estonia Northern Europe 222
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 40
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America 72
Faroe Islands Northern Europe 143
Fiji Melanesia 143
Finland Northern Europe 32
France Western Europe 223
French Guiana South America 223
French Polynesia Polynesia 223
Gabon Middle Africa 143
Gambia, The Western Africa 143
Georgia Western Asia 7
Germany Western Europe 112
Ghana Western Africa 97
Gibraltar Southern Europe 72
Greece Southern Europe 38
Greenland Northern America 143
Grenada Caribbean 143
Guadeloupe Caribbean 223
Guam Micronesia (region) 113
Guatemala Central America 7
Guernsey Northern Europe 72
Guinea Western Africa 97
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 143
Guyana South America 143
Haiti Caribbean 57
Honduras Central America 32
Hong Kong Eastern Asia
Hungary Eastern Europe 72
Iceland Northern Europe 57
India South-Central Asia 113
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 7
Iran South-Central Asia 3
Iraq Western Asia 40
Ireland Northern Europe 143
Isle of Man Northern Europe 72
Israel Western Asia 97
Italy Southern Europe 40
Jamaica Caribbean 129
Japan Eastern Asia 143
Jersey Northern Europe 72
Jordan Western Asia 54
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 97
Kenya Eastern Africa 223
Kiribati Micronesia (region) 7
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 143
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 143
Kosovo Southern Europe 129
Kuwait Western Asia 26
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 97
Laos South-Eastern Asia 57
Latvia Northern Europe 113
Lebanon Western Asia 38
Lesotho Southern Africa 143
Liberia Western Africa 143
Libya Northern Africa 32
Liechtenstein Western Europe 143
Lithuania Northern Europe 7
Luxembourg Western Europe 143
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe 143
Madagascar Eastern Africa 223
Malawi Eastern Africa 143
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 7
Maldives South-Central Asia 2
Mali Western Africa 143
Malta Southern Europe 220
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region) 143
Martinique Caribbean 223
Mauritania Western Africa 95
Mauritius Eastern Africa 7
Mayotte Eastern Africa 223
Mexico Central America 143
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region)
Moldova Eastern Europe 113
Monaco Western Europe 143
Mongolia Eastern Asia 40
Montenegro Southern Europe 129
Montserrat Caribbean 72
Morocco Northern Africa 7
Mozambique Eastern Africa 143
Namibia Southern Africa 223
Nauru Micronesia (region) 57
Nepal South-Central Asia 143
Netherlands Western Europe 143
New Caledonia Melanesia 223
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 143
Nicaragua Central America 113
Niger Western Africa 143
Nigeria Western Africa 113
Niue Polynesia 143
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand 97
Northern Cyprus Western Asia 223
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region) 113
Norway Northern Europe 143
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia 113
Oman Western Asia 57
Pakistan South-Central Asia 54
Palau Micronesia (region) 143
Panama Central America 143
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 143
Paraguay South America 72
Peru South America 27
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 143
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia 72
Poland Eastern Europe 129
Portugal Southern Europe 95
Puerto Rico Caribbean 113
Qatar Western Asia 5
Reunion Eastern Africa 223
Romania Eastern Europe 57
Russia Eastern Europe 7
Rwanda Eastern Africa 57
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean 223
Saint Helena Western Africa 72
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 143
Saint Lucia Caribbean 113
Saint Martin Caribbean 223
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America 223
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 143
Samoa Polynesia 143
San Marino Southern Europe 143
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa 143
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 4
Senegal Western Africa 143
Serbia Southern Europe 27
Seychelles Eastern Africa 57
Sierra Leone Western Africa 143
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 57
Sint Maarten Caribbean 143
Slovakia Eastern Europe 48
Slovenia Southern Europe 129
Solomon Islands Melanesia 143
Somalia Eastern Africa 7
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 143
South Sudan Eastern Africa 143
Spain Southern Europe 48
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa 48
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 40
Sudan Northern Africa 54
Suriname South America 143
Svalbard Northern Europe 143
Swaziland Southern Africa 97
Sweden Northern Europe 143
Switzerland Western Europe 143
Syria Western Asia 32
Taiwan Eastern Asia 143
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 242
Tanzania Eastern Africa 223
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 48
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 7
Togo Western Africa 7
Tokelau Polynesia 143
Tonga Polynesia 57
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 129
Tunisia Northern Africa 129
Turkey Western Asia 72
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 129
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean 72
Tuvalu Polynesia 143
Uganda Eastern Africa 57
Ukraine Eastern Europe 143
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 72
United Kingdom Northern Europe 72
United States (General) Northern America 113
Uruguay South America 223
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 140
Vanuatu Melanesia 143
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 245
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 143
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 113
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia 223
Western Sahara Northern Africa 7
Yemen Western Asia 27
Zambia Eastern Africa 7
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 143
     

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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