Country rankings
Most Atheist Countries
Sweden has the highest % Total Atheists (Gallup) in 2025 (76.0%), followed by Japan (72.0%) and China (71.0%). Pakistan has the lowest (4%).
Culture94 countries · 10 metricsUpdated Jan 24, 2025Original page
8 sources
- World Values Survey Wave 7 (2017-2022) - World Values Survey
- Religion prevails in the world - WIN-Gallup International 2017
- WVS Wave 7 (2017-2022) - World Values Survey
- The six countries in the world with the most 'convinced atheists' - Independent
- List of countries by irreligion - Wikipedia
- Global Religious Landscape - Pew Research
- More Prone to Believe in God than Identify as Religious. More Likely to Believe in Heaven than in Hell - Gallup
- Two Decades of Change: Global Religiosity Declines While Atheism Rises - Gallup International
39 of 235 countries
% Total Atheists (Gallup), 2025
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Median
37.0%
Middle half 27.0% – 59.5%
Average
40.4%
39 countries
Highest
76.0%
Sweden
Lowest
4%
Pakistan
Biggest changes · 2017 → 2025
36 countries have a value in both years.
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Data
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79 countries · # = rank by % Total Atheists (Gallup)
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden | 76.0% | 59.0% | — | — |
| 2 |  Japan | 72.0% | 41.0% | 19.1% | 55.7% |
| 3 |  China | 71.0% | 13.0% | 33.8% | 49.4% |
| 4 |  Denmark | 70.0% | 56.0% | — | — |
| 4 |  Norway | 70.0% | 55.0% | — | — |
| 4 |  Estonia | 70.0% | 59.0% | — | — |
| 7 |  South Korea | 65.0% | 42.0% | 54.9% | 29.0% |
| 8 |  Spain | 61.0% | 39.0% | — | — |
| 9 |  Germany | 60.0% | 48.0% | 11.6% | 37.5% |
| 9 |  Finland | 60.0% | 40.0% | — | — |
| 11 |  United Kingdom | 59.0% | 50.0% | 21.7% | 45.6% |
| 12 |  Latvia | 58.0% | 49.0% | — | — |
| 13 |  Austria | 51.0% | 39.0% | — | — |
| 14 |  Kazakhstan | 49.0% | 41.0% | 2.1% | 8.2% |
| 15 |  Portugal | 44.0% | 33.0% | — | — |
| 16 |  Lithuania | 41.0% | 34.0% | — | — |
| 17 |  Bulgaria | 38.0% | 29.0% | — | — |
| 18 |  United States | 37.0% | 30.0% | 7.9% | 33.3% |
| 18 |  Argentina | 37.0% | 27.0% | 4.3% | 20.5% |
| 18 |  Azerbaijan | 37.0% | 37.0% | — | — |
| 21 |  Russia | 36.0% | 26.0% | 6% | 9.5% |
| 21 |  Ukraine | 36.0% | 29.0% | 5.9% | 26.6% |
| 23 |  Poland | 35.0% | 24.0% | — | — |
| 24 |  Indonesia | 34.0% | 31.0% | — | 8.2% |
| 24 |  Colombia | 34.0% | 29.0% | 2.1% | 24.1% |
| 26 |  Malaysia | 32.0% | 28.0% | 2.5% | 18.4% |
| 27 |  Italy | 31.0% | 23.0% | — | — |
| 28 |  Serbia | 29.0% | 25.0% | 2.6% | 22.6% |
| 29 |  Iran | 28.0% | 27.0% | 1.3% | 14.3% |
| 30 |  Mexico | 26.0% | 20.0% | 0.6% | 29.6% |
| 31 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.0% | 22.0% | — | — |
| 32 |  Ecuador | 23.0% | 20.0% | 1.2% | 21.0% |
| 33 |  Peru | 21.0% | 18.0% | 0.9% | 17.1% |
| 34 |  Philippines | 16.0% | 13.0% | — | 15.2% |
| 35 |  Armenia | 15.0% | 13.0% | 1.4% | 16.1% |
| 36 |  India | 11.0% | 7% | — | — |
| 37 |  Iraq | 8% | 7% | 4.5% | 17.2% |
| 38 |  Kenya | 7% | 6% | 0.3% | 7.7% |
| 39 |  Pakistan | 4% | 3% | 0.5% | 4.5% |
| — |  Nigeria | — | — | 0.4% | 5% |
| — |  Brazil | — | — | 1.9% | 22.5% |
| — |  Bangladesh | — | — | 0.1% | 1.9% |
| — |  Ethiopia | — | — | 0.2% | 6.7% |
| — |  Egypt | — | — | 0.1% | 24.7% |
| — |  Vietnam | — | — | 11.8% | 57.3% |
| — |  Turkey | — | — | 1% | 24.5% |
| — |  Thailand | — | — | 2.6% | 70.7% |
| — |  Myanmar | — | — | 0.2% | 5.1% |
| — |  Canada | — | — | 19.4% | 44.5% |
| — |  Morocco | — | — | — | 35.8% |
| — |  Venezuela | — | — | 1.8% | 41.7% |
| — |  Australia | — | — | 20.0% | 43.0% |
| — |  Taiwan | — | — | 21.1% | 37.9% |
| — |  Chile | — | — | 7.7% | 39.2% |
| — |  Guatemala | — | — | 2.3% | 32.3% |
| — |  Romania | — | — | 0.7% | 20.9% |
| — |  Netherlands | — | — | 14.0% | 38.6% |
| — |  Zimbabwe | — | — | 0.2% | 3.5% |
| — |  Bolivia | — | — | 1.3% | 12.7% |
| — |  Tunisia | — | — | 2.2% | 34.9% |
| — |  Jordan | — | — | 0.2% | 19.9% |
| — |  Tajikistan | — | — | 0.5% | 58.1% |
| — |  Czechia | — | — | 21.6% | 49.4% |
| — |  Greece | — | — | 2.9% | 11.9% |
| — |  Libya | — | — | 0.3% | 23.3% |
| — |  Kyrgyzstan | — | — | 2.3% | 19.7% |
| — |  Hong Kong | — | — | 52.3% | 31.5% |
| — |  Nicaragua | — | — | 1.3% | 30.7% |
| — |  Singapore | — | — | 9.5% | 33.6% |
| — |  Lebanon | — | — | 2.1% | 39.4% |
| — |  Slovakia | — | — | 9.3% | 21.1% |
| — |  New Zealand | — | — | 12.9% | 45.9% |
| — |  Mongolia | — | — | 11.9% | 47.3% |
| — |  Uruguay | — | — | 12.0% | 35.6% |
| — |  Puerto Rico | — | — | 2.2% | 24.9% |
| — |  Cyprus | — | — | 1% | 19.2% |
| — |  Macau | — | — | 59.3% | 26.2% |
| — |  Maldives | — | — | — | 14.5% |
| — |  Andorra | — | — | 15.2% | 39.6% |
What correlates with % Total Atheists (Gallup) (2025)?
Pearson r against 1,875 other country metrics sharing at least 24 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
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Opposite directions
Places that have a higher % Total Atheists (Gallup) tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest % Total Atheists (Gallup)?
- Sweden has the highest % Total Atheists (Gallup) in 2025, at 76.0%, followed by Japan (72.0%) and China (71.0%).
- Which country has the lowest % Total Atheists (Gallup)?
- Pakistan has the lowest % Total Atheists (Gallup) in 2025, at 4%.
- What is the median % Total Atheists (Gallup) across countries?
- The median is 37.0% across the 39 countries with data in 2025.
- Where does this most atheist countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World Values Survey Wave 7 (2017-2022) - World Values Survey; Religion prevails in the world - WIN-Gallup International 2017; WVS Wave 7 (2017-2022) - World Values Survey; The six countries in the world with the most 'convinced atheists' - Independent.