* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

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
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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