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Variables: Country ranking by societal discrimination of minority religions (soc_rtie)1


RAS3: Religious Discrimination Ranking



NATION

REGION

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Afghanistan South-Central Asia 20
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 148
Algeria Northern Africa 60
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe 128
Angola Middle Africa 100
Anguilla Caribbean
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean
Argentina South America 39
Armenia Western Asia 25
Aruba Caribbean
Australia Australia/New Zealand 45
Austria Western Europe 35
Azerbaijan Western Asia 63
Bahamas, The Caribbean 148
Bahrain Western Asia 39
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 39
Barbados Caribbean 110
Belarus Eastern Europe 45
Belgium Western Europe 7
Belize Central America 148
Benin Western Africa 128
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia 110
Bolivia South America 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 16
Botswana Southern Africa 148
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 45
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 91
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 17
Burkina Faso Western Africa 148
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 5
Burundi Eastern Africa 148
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 148
Cameroon Middle Africa 148
Canada Northern America 42
Cape Verde Western Africa 148
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa 31
Chad Middle Africa 128
Channel Islands Northern Europe
Chile South America 63
China Eastern Asia 100
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 81
Comoros Eastern Africa 63
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 148
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 148
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America 110
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 110
Croatia Southern Europe 17
Cuba Caribbean 110
Curacao Caribbean
Cyprus Western Asia 53
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 35
Denmark Northern Europe 56
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 73
Dominica Caribbean
Dominican Republic Caribbean 128
Ecuador South America 81
Egypt Northern Africa 1
El Salvador Central America 148
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 148
Eritrea Eastern Africa 128
Estonia Northern Europe 148
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 68
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 91
Finland Northern Europe 68
France Western Europe 5
French Guiana South America
French Polynesia Polynesia
Gabon Middle Africa 148
Gambia, The Western Africa 110
Georgia Western Asia 8
Germany Western Europe 4
Ghana Western Africa 128
Gibraltar Southern Europe
Greece Southern Europe 20
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean
Guadeloupe Caribbean
Guam Micronesia (region)
Guatemala Central America 91
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 110
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 148
Guyana South America 148
Haiti Caribbean 91
Honduras Central America 128
Hong Kong Eastern Asia
Hungary Eastern Europe 49
Iceland Northern Europe 100
India South-Central Asia 13
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 8
Iran South-Central Asia 13
Iraq Western Asia 3
Ireland Northern Europe 81
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia 17
Italy Southern Europe 60
Jamaica Caribbean 128
Japan Eastern Asia 73
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 56
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 68
Kenya Eastern Africa 73
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia
Kosovo Southern Europe 27
Kuwait Western Asia 63
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 128
Laos South-Eastern Asia 91
Latvia Northern Europe 100
Lebanon Western Asia 27
Lesotho Southern Africa 148
Liberia Western Africa 128
Libya Northern Africa 20
Liechtenstein Western Europe 81
Lithuania Northern Europe 81
Luxembourg Western Europe 128
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe 110
Madagascar Eastern Africa 110
Malawi Eastern Africa 148
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 60
Maldives South-Central Asia 110
Mali Western Africa 148
Malta Southern Europe 91
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean
Mauritania Western Africa 148
Mauritius Eastern Africa 148
Mayotte Eastern Africa
Mexico Central America 42
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region)
Moldova Eastern Europe 37
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia 81
Montenegro Southern Europe 100
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa 73
Mozambique Eastern Africa 148
Namibia Southern Africa 148
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia 81
Netherlands Western Europe 45
New Caledonia Melanesia
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 100
Nicaragua Central America 148
Niger Western Africa 148
Nigeria Western Africa 8
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia 81
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region)
Norway Northern Europe 68
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia
Oman Western Asia 110
Pakistan South-Central Asia 2
Palau Micronesia (region)
Panama Central America 110
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 148
Paraguay South America 148
Peru South America 128
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 81
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 49
Portugal Southern Europe 128
Puerto Rico Caribbean
Qatar Western Asia 110
Reunion Eastern Africa
Romania Eastern Europe 27
Russia Eastern Europe 8
Rwanda Eastern Africa 148
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 53
Senegal Western Africa 110
Serbia Southern Europe 73
Seychelles Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone Western Africa 148
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 148
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe 73
Slovenia Southern Europe 100
Solomon Islands Melanesia 128
Somalia Eastern Africa 56
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 53
South Sudan Eastern Africa
Spain Southern Europe 73
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 8
Sudan Northern Africa 49
Suriname South America 148
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 110
Sweden Northern Europe 42
Switzerland Western Europe 56
Syria Western Asia 73
Taiwan Eastern Asia 110
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 128
Tanzania Eastern Africa 128
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 68
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 49
Togo Western Africa 148
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 148
Tunisia Northern Africa 31
Turkey Western Asia 25
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 110
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa 100
Ukraine Eastern Europe 37
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 100
United Kingdom Northern Europe 31
United States (General) Northern America 20
Uruguay South America 81
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 128
Vanuatu Melanesia 148
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 63
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 91
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa 91
Yemen Western Asia 20
Zambia Eastern Africa 128
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 110
     


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.

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