Country rankings
Catholic Cardinals by Country
Italy has the highest Cardinals: Total (50), followed by United States (16) and Spain (13). Tonga has the lowest (1).
90 of 235 countries
Cardinals: Total
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 90 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
1
Middle half 1 – 2
Average
2.69
90 countries
Highest
50
Italy
Lowest
1
Tonga
Data
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93 countries · # = rank by Cardinals: Total
What correlates with Cardinals: Total?
Pearson r against 1,631 other country metrics sharing at least 54 countries. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Cardinals: Total tend to score higher on these
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Cardinals: Total tend to score lower on these
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Cardinals: Total?
- Italy has the highest Cardinals: Total, at 50, followed by United States (16) and Spain (13).
- Which country has the lowest Cardinals: Total?
- Tonga has the lowest Cardinals: Total, at 1.
- What is the median Cardinals: Total across countries?
- The median is 1 across the 90 countries with data.
- Where does this catholic cardinals by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Composition of Cardinals according to geographical region - Vatican; The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Florida International University.




























































































