Percent Catholic - Country rankings
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Catholic Christians as percent of the total population, 2013:
The average for 2013 based on 84 countries was 43.2 percent. The highest value was in Poland: 95.2 percent and the lowest value was in Ethiopia: 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 Catholic, 2013 | Global rank | Available data |
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Poland | 95.2 | 1 | 1960 - 2013 |
Colombia | 94.1 | 2 | 1960 - 2013 |
Ecuador | 93.3 | 3 | 1960 - 2013 |
Croatia | 92.8 | 4 | 1991 - 2013 |
Ireland | 92.6 | 5 | 1960 - 2013 |
Honduras | 91.3 | 6 | 1960 - 2013 |
Argentina | 89.3 | 7 | 1960 - 2013 |
Spain | 88.3 | 8 | 1960 - 2013 |
Cape Verde | 87.8 | 9 | 1960 - 2013 |
Venezuela | 87.4 | 10 | 1960 - 2013 |
Paraguay | 85.9 | 11 | 1960 - 2013 |
Portugal | 85.2 | 12 | 1960 - 2013 |
Italy | 84 | 13 | 1960 - 2013 |
Peru | 83.9 | 14 | 1960 - 2013 |
Bolivia | 81.5 | 15 | 1960 - 2013 |
Philippines | 81 | 16 | 1960 - 2013 |
Lithuania | 79.1 | 17 | 1991 - 2013 |
Costa Rica | 78.7 | 18 | 1960 - 2013 |
Mexico | 78.5 | 19 | 1960 - 2013 |
Brazil | 77 | 20 | 1960 - 2013 |
Austria | 76.3 | 21 | 1960 - 2013 |
Slovakia | 76.2 | 22 | 1993 - 2013 |
France | 75.3 | 23 | 1960 - 2013 |
Panama | 74.2 | 24 | 1960 - 2013 |
Nicaragua | 73.9 | 25 | 1960 - 2013 |
Chile | 70.7 | 26 | 1960 - 2013 |
Domin. Rep. | 69 | 27 | 1960 - 2013 |
Burundi | 67.4 | 28 | 1962 - 2013 |
Guatemala | 61.6 | 29 | 1960 - 2013 |
Hungary | 59.1 | 30 | 1960 - 2013 |
Uruguay | 57.6 | 31 | 1960 - 2013 |
Rwanda | 55.9 | 32 | 1962 - 2013 |
El Salvador | 54.5 | 33 | 1960 - 2013 |
Belgium | 52.4 | 34 | 1960 - 2013 |
Gabon | 51.2 | 35 | 1960 - 2013 |
Lesotho | 49 | 36 | 1966 - 2013 |
Angola | 48.4 | 37 | 1975 - 2013 |
Switzerland | 47.8 | 38 | 1960 - 2013 |
Cuba | 46.8 | 39 | 1960 - 2013 |
R. of Congo | 45.7 | 40 | 1960 - 2013 |
Canada | 44.4 | 41 | 1960 - 2013 |
Haiti | 44 | 42 | 1960 - 2013 |
Slovenia | 42.6 | 43 | 1991 - 2013 |
Kenya | 34.5 | 44 | 1963 - 2013 |
Uganda | 32.1 | 45 | 1962 - 2013 |
Germany | 31.7 | 46 | 1960 - 2013 |
Netherlands | 29.2 | 47 | 1960 - 2013 |
Latvia | 27.8 | 48 | 1991 - 2013 |
Australia | 27.6 | 49 | 1960 - 2013 |
Tr.&Tobago | 27.2 | 50 | 1962 - 2013 |
Cameroon | 26.8 | 51 | 1960 - 2013 |
Malawi | 26.5 | 52 | 1964 - 2013 |
USA | 24 | 53 | 1960 - 2013 |
Mauritius | 23.2 | 54 | 1968 - 2013 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 23 | 55 | 1992 - 2013 |
C.A. Republic | 22.2 | 56 | 1960 - 2013 |
Papua N.G. | 21 | 57 | 1975 - 2013 |
Czechia | 18.2 | 58 | 1992 - 2013 |
Namibia | 16.2 | 59 | 1990 - 2013 |
Solomon Isl. | 16.1 | 60 | 1978 - 2013 |
New Zealand | 14.8 | 61 | 1960 - 2013 |
Gambia | 12.9 | 62 | 1965 - 2013 |
Belarus | 11.6 | 63 | 1991 - 2013 |
South Korea | 11.1 | 64 | 1960 - 2013 |
UK | 10.3 | 65 | 1960 - 2013 |
South Africa | 9.9 | 66 | 1960 - 2013 |
Albania | 9.7 | 67 | 1960 - 2013 |
Vietnam | 7.7 | 68 | 1960 - 2013 |
Ukraine | 7 | 69 | 1991 - 2013 |
Serbia | 5.8 | 70 | 1992 - 2013 |
Botswana | 5 | 71 | 1966 - 2013 |
Romania | 5 | 72 | 1960 - 2013 |
Sweden | 3.8 | 73 | 1960 - 2013 |
Jamaica | 3.5 | 74 | 1962 - 2013 |
Senegal | 3.1 | 75 | 1960 - 2013 |
Indonesia | 3 | 76 | 1960 - 2013 |
Cyprus | 2.9 | 77 | 1960 - 2013 |
Denmark | 1.5 | 78 | 1960 - 2013 |
India | 1.4 | 79 | 1960 - 2013 |
Norway | 1.4 | 80 | 1960 - 2013 |
Djibouti | 1 | 81 | 1977 - 2013 |
Bulgaria | 0.8 | 82 | 1960 - 2013 |
North Macedonia | 0.7 | 83 | 1991 - 2013 |
Ethiopia | 0.6 | 84 | 1960 - 2013 |
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