Percent Buddhist - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Buddhists as percent of the total population, 2013:

The average for 2013 based on 21 countries was 36.4 percent. The highest value was in Thailand: 94.7 percent and the lowest value was in Bangladesh: 0.6 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2013. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The Cline Center for Democracy
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Countries Percent Buddhist, 2013 Global rank Available data
Thailand 94.7 1 1960 - 2013
Cambodia 94.5 2 1960 - 2013
Burma 82.4 3 1960 - 2013
Sri Lanka 73.2 4 1960 - 2013
Japan 71.3 5 1960 - 2013
Bhutan 70.5 6 1960 - 2013
Laos 53 7 1960 - 2013
Mongolia 52.3 8 1960 - 2013
Vietnam 50.4 9 1960 - 2013
Singapore 46.1 10 1965 - 2013
Taiwan 21.1 11 1960 - 2013
Malaysia 20.2 12 1960 - 2013
South Korea 17.2 13 1960 - 2013
Nepal 9 14 1960 - 2013
New Zealand 2.3 15 1960 - 2013
Oman 1.9 16 1960 - 2013
Canada 1.5 17 1960 - 2013
Australia 1.4 18 1960 - 2013
India 0.8 19 1960 - 2013
Bangladesh 0.6 20 1971 - 2013
Indonesia 0.6 21 1960 - 2013



Definition: Buddhists as percent of the total population.

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1. Thailand
2. Cambodia
3. Burma
4. Sri Lanka
5. Japan
6. Bhutan
7. Laos
8. Mongolia
9. Vietnam
10. Singapore
11. Taiwan
12. Malaysia
13. South Korea
14. Nepal
15. New Zealand
16. Oman
17. Canada
18. Australia
19. India
20. Bangladesh
21. Indonesia
94.7
94.5
82.4
73.2
71.3
70.5
53.0
52.3
50.4
46.1
21.1
20.2
17.2
9.0
2.3
1.9
1.5
1.4
0.8
0.6
0.6
0
23.7
47.4
71
94.7


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