Democratizing access to the best data on religion since 1997
WORLD RELIGION
WORLD RELIGION

World Rankings

Add a Variable:


Search National Profiles


Variables: Country ranking by state discrimination of minority religions (mxx_rtie)1


Minority Religions: Discrimination, Ranking



NATION

REGION

mxx_rtie1 [X]

Afghanistan South-Central Asia 26
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 109
Algeria Northern Africa 20
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe 145
Angola Middle Africa 76
Anguilla Caribbean
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean
Argentina South America 88
Armenia Western Asia 18
Aruba Caribbean
Australia Australia/New Zealand 132
Austria Western Europe 61
Azerbaijan Western Asia 40
Bahamas, The Caribbean 109
Bahrain Western Asia 47
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 105
Barbados Caribbean 163
Belarus Eastern Europe 4
Belgium Western Europe 68
Belize Central America 145
Benin Western Africa 163
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia 40
Bolivia South America 98
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 51
Botswana Southern Africa 145
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 109
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 8
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 31
Burkina Faso Western Africa 163
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 6
Burundi Eastern Africa 163
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 109
Cameroon Middle Africa 163
Canada Northern America 163
Cape Verde Western Africa 145
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa 132
Chad Middle Africa 96
Channel Islands Northern Europe
Chile South America 98
China Eastern Asia 8
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 132
Comoros Eastern Africa 30
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 145
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 163
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America 98
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 163
Croatia Southern Europe 76
Cuba Caribbean 18
Curacao Caribbean
Cyprus Western Asia 88
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 76
Denmark Northern Europe 84
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 163
Dominica Caribbean
Dominican Republic Caribbean 105
Ecuador South America 145
Egypt Northern Africa 11
El Salvador Central America 109
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 145
Eritrea Eastern Africa 33
Estonia Northern Europe 145
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 61
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 145
Finland Northern Europe 120
France Western Europe 55
French Guiana South America
French Polynesia Polynesia
Gabon Middle Africa 132
Gambia, The Western Africa 145
Georgia Western Asia 36
Germany Western Europe 31
Ghana Western Africa 132
Gibraltar Southern Europe
Greece Southern Europe 43
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean
Guadeloupe Caribbean
Guam Micronesia (region)
Guatemala Central America 109
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 145
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 163
Guyana South America 124
Haiti Caribbean 124
Honduras Central America 76
Hong Kong Eastern Asia
Hungary Eastern Europe 68
Iceland Northern Europe 109
India South-Central Asia 34
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 16
Iran South-Central Asia 2
Iraq Western Asia 40
Ireland Northern Europe 120
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia 96
Italy Southern Europe 76
Jamaica Caribbean 145
Japan Eastern Asia 124
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 22
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 12
Kenya Eastern Africa 88
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia
Kosovo Southern Europe 105
Kuwait Western Asia 20
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 38
Laos South-Eastern Asia 4
Latvia Northern Europe 61
Lebanon Western Asia 61
Lesotho Southern Africa 163
Liberia Western Africa 132
Libya Northern Africa 47
Liechtenstein Western Europe 109
Lithuania Northern Europe 68
Luxembourg Western Europe 132
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe 54
Madagascar Eastern Africa 76
Malawi Eastern Africa 98
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 15
Maldives South-Central Asia 3
Mali Western Africa 145
Malta Southern Europe 132
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean
Mauritania Western Africa 39
Mauritius Eastern Africa 132
Mayotte Eastern Africa
Mexico Central America 76
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region)
Moldova Eastern Europe 57
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia 84
Montenegro Southern Europe 88
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa 22
Mozambique Eastern Africa 132
Namibia Southern Africa 163
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia 61
Netherlands Western Europe 124
New Caledonia Melanesia
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 132
Nicaragua Central America 109
Niger Western Africa 163
Nigeria Western Africa 50
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia 61
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region)
Norway Northern Europe 68
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia
Oman Western Asia 47
Pakistan South-Central Asia 12
Palau Micronesia (region)
Panama Central America 120
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 145
Paraguay South America 98
Peru South America 98
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 163
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 109
Portugal Southern Europe 124
Puerto Rico Caribbean
Qatar Western Asia 17
Reunion Eastern Africa
Romania Eastern Europe 43
Russia Eastern Europe 7
Rwanda Eastern Africa 98
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean
Saint Lucia Caribbean
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean
Samoa Polynesia
San Marino Southern Europe
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 1
Senegal Western Africa 163
Serbia Southern Europe 57
Seychelles Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone Western Africa 163
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 55
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe 59
Slovenia Southern Europe 124
Solomon Islands Melanesia 163
Somalia Eastern Africa 59
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 145
South Sudan Eastern Africa
Spain Southern Europe 84
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 84
Sudan Northern Africa 12
Suriname South America 145
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 132
Sweden Northern Europe 73
Switzerland Western Europe 68
Syria Western Asia 43
Taiwan Eastern Asia 163
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 73
Tanzania Eastern Africa 132
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 76
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 88
Togo Western Africa 105
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 145
Tunisia Northern Africa 36
Turkey Western Asia 43
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 29
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa 73
Ukraine Eastern Europe 88
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 34
United Kingdom Northern Europe 88
United States (General) Northern America 120
Uruguay South America 163
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 10
Vanuatu Melanesia 163
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 61
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 26
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa 22
Yemen Western Asia 22
Zambia Eastern Africa 124
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 124
     


Sources

1 The Religion and State (RAS) Project is a university-based project located at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel and is directed by Jonathan Fox. Round 3 of the RAS includes all countries with populations of 250,000 or more as well as a sampling of smaller states and offers annual measures from 1990 to 2014. The methods used for conducting the RAS3 collection and the complete codebook can be reviewed online. Or, the codebook and data file can be downloaded free of charge here. For details on how the RAS indexes reported on the ARDA’s National Profiles were coded, constructed, and placed into categories, click here.

Our Sponsors

Our Affiliates

US RELIGION
WORLD RELIGION
DATA ARCHIVE
RESEARCH
TEACHING
CONGREGATIONS
ABOUT
© 2023 The Association of Religion Data Archives. All rights reserved.