Which country has the highest % Protestant?

Tuvalu has the highest % Protestant, at 94.0%, followed by Denmark (82.0%) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (77.0%).

Which country has the lowest % Protestant?

Tajikistan has the lowest % Protestant, at 0.01%.

What is the median % Protestant across countries?

The median is 9.75% across the 186 countries with data.

Where does this protestant countries data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Protestantism by country - Wikipedia; Cline Center for Advanced Social Research - University of Illinois; Percent Protestant - Country rankings - Global Economy.

Country rankings

Protestant Countries

Name: Protestant Countries
Creator: Rankodex

Tuvalu has the highest % Protestant (94.0%), followed by Denmark (82.0%) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (77.0%). Tajikistan has the lowest (0.01%).

Culture191 countries · 4 metricsUpdated Jan 20, 2025Original page

3 sources

Showing

186 of 235 countries

Compare this metric Add to combined ranking Open full map

% Protestant

Darker means higher. Click a place to highlight it.

Loading map…

Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 186 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

9.75%

Middle half 1.31% – 37.0%

Average

21.2%

186 countries

Highest

94.0%

Tuvalu

Lowest

0.01%

Tajikistan

Data

Click a column to sort, a row to highlight that place on the charts.

191 countries · # = rank by % Protestant

#
1	Tuvalu	No	94.0%	11.5K
2	Denmark	Yes	82.0%	4.7M
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No	77.0%	90.5K
4	Marshall Islands	No	76.7%	47.6K
5	Solomon Islands	No	76.6%	410K
6	Liberia	No	75.0%	3.1M
7	Namibia	No	74.0%	1.7M
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis	No	74.0%	29.3K
9	Tonga	No	73.0%	82.1K
10	South Africa	No	72.9%	36.8M
11	Norway	Yes	72.0%	3.9M
12	Bahamas	No	70.0%	247.6K
13	Iceland	No	68.1%	256.2K
14	Zambia	No	68.0%	9.2M
14	Antigua and Barbuda	No	68.0%	59.1K
16	Zimbabwe	No	67.0%	8.1M
16	Eswatini	No	67.0%	801K
16	Barbados	No	67.0%	186.5K
19	Botswana	No	66.0%	1.3M
19	Nauru	No	66.0%	8,612
21	Finland	Yes	65.8%	3.7M
22	Papua New Guinea	No	61.5%	3.4M
23	Central African Republic	No	61.0%	3.1M
24	Kenya	No	60.8%	31.1M
25	Sweden	Yes	60.0%	6M
25	Jamaica	No	60.0%	1.6M
27	Ghana	No	58.1%	14.1M
28	Malawi	No	55.0%	8.7M
29	Republic of the Congo	No	51.0%	2.1M
30	DR Congo	No	50.0%	31.7M
30	Lesotho	No	50.0%	1.1M
32	Samoa	No	49.8%	89.1K
33	Micronesia	No	47.0%	50.8K
34	United States	No	46.5%	153.5M
35	Uganda	No	45.1%	15.7M
36	Rwanda	No	43.0%	4.7M
37	Fiji	No	42.5%	379.7K
38	Honduras	No	41.0%	2.9M
39	Vanuatu	No	40.0%	97.3K
39	Kiribati	No	40.0%	41.4K
41	Gabon	No	39.7%	—
42	Guatemala	No	38.2%	6M
43	Tanzania	No	38.0%	22.8M
43	Madagascar	No	38.0%	8.1M
43	Trinidad and Tobago	No	38.0%	494K
43	Guyana	No	38.0%	290.8K
47	Nigeria	No	37.7%	75.4M
48	Latvia	Yes	35.0%	714K
49	El Salvador	No	34.4%	2.1M
50	Puerto Rico	No	33.0%	1.1M
51	Brazil	No	31.0%	70.8M
51	United Kingdom	Yes	31.0%	20.8M
53	Angola	No	30.6%	6M
54	Haiti	No	30.0%	3M
54	Belize	No	30.0%	83.8K
54	Grenada	No	30.0%	26.9K
57	Palau	No	29.6%	5,960
58	Mozambique	No	27.0%	6.2M
58	Switzerland	Yes	27.0%	2.3M
60	New Zealand	No	26.7%	1.3M
61	Nicaragua	No	26.5%	1.6M
62	Costa Rica	No	25.0%	1.3M
62	Suriname	No	25.0%	125K
64	Panama	No	24.0%	864K
65	Australia	No	23.1%	6.4M
66	Ivory Coast	No	23.0%	5.2M
66	Benin	No	23.0%	2.1M
68	Germany	Yes	22.6%	18.6M
69	Canada	No	21.7%	7.9M
70	South Sudan	No	20.7%	2.1M
71	Cameroon	No	20.0%	3.3M
71	Burundi	No	20.0%	2.4M
71	Bolivia	No	20.0%	1.4M
74	South Korea	No	19.7%	10.2M
75	Ethiopia	No	18.6%	13.7M
76	Chad	No	18.0%	2.1M
76	Dominican Republic	No	18.0%	1.8M
78	Venezuela	No	17.0%	5.6M
79	Colombia	No	16.4%	5.9M
80	Chile	No	15.5%	2.8M
81	Argentina	No	15.3%	6.9M
82	Uruguay	No	15.0%	510K
82	Dominica	No	15.0%	10.4K
84	Ecuador	No	14.0%	1.8M
84	Hungary	Yes	14.0%	1.4M
84	Sierra Leone	No	14.0%	756K
87	Peru	No	12.5%	3.7M
88	Netherlands	Yes	11.0%	3.4M
88	Cuba	No	11.0%	1.2M
88	Estonia	Yes	11.0%	121K
91	Mexico	No	10.0%	11.4M
91	Philippines	No	10.0%	10M
91	Saint Lucia	No	10.0%	16.6K
94	Togo	No	9.5%	539.7K
95	Burkina Faso	No	9%	1.4M
96	Slovakia	No	8.9%	935.2K
97	Singapore	No	8%	354.1K
97	Seychelles	No	8%	6,495
99	Indonesia	No	7.6%	20.2M
100	Gambia	No	7%	360K
100	Liechtenstein	No	7%	2,341
102	Romania	No	6%	1.3M
102	Paraguay	No	6%	396K
102	Equatorial Guinea	No	6%	42K
105	Oman	No	5.8%	11.5K
106	Sudan	No	5%	2.2M
106	United Arab Emirates	No	5%	128.2K
106	Belarus	No	5%	515K
106	Eritrea	No	5%	295K
110	Mauritius	No	4.5%	55.4K
111	Ireland	No	4.2%	201.4K
112	Malaysia	No	4%	1.2M
112	Guinea	No	4%	408K
114	Armenia	No	3.7%	110.4K
115	Cape Verde	No	3.5%	14.5K
116	Austria	No	3.4%	297.6K
117	Saudi Arabia	No	3.33%	800K
117	Tunisia	No	3.33%	335.5K
119	Myanmar	No	3%	1.3M
119	Spain	No	3%	1.5M
119	North Macedonia	No	3%	61.4K
122	China	No	2.9%	40M
123	Taiwan	No	2.6%	595.3K
124	Ukraine	No	2.3%	900K
125	Portugal	No	2.2%	229.3K
126	Kuwait	No	2.14%	50K
126	Georgia	No	2.14%	100K
128	Andorra	No	2.1%	1,495
129	Russia	No	2%	2.5M
129	Egypt	No	2%	2.1M
129	France	No	2%	1.2M
129	Kazakhstan	No	2%	303.7K
129	Croatia	No	2%	89.9K
129	Guinea-Bissau	No	2%	32K
129	Cyprus	No	2%	15.6K
136	Timor-Leste	No	1.96%	31.2K
137	Algeria	No	1.62%	250K
138	India	No	1.5%	18.9M
139	Belgium	No	1.35%	140K
140	Italy	No	1.3%	755.3K
140	Brunei	No	1.3%	4,841
142	Mongolia	No	1.25%	41.8K
143	Serbia	No	1.2%	80.3K
144	Czechia	No	1.1%	—
145	Vietnam	No	1%	835.4K
145	Turkey	No	1%	13K
145	Yemen	No	1%	—
145	Mali	No	1%	154K
145	Libya	No	1%	—
145	Bulgaria	No	1%	74.5K
145	Lebanon	No	1%	40K
145	Qatar	No	1%	—
145	Lithuania	No	1%	36K
145	Luxembourg	No	1%	4,686
155	Pakistan	No	0.86%	1.4M
156	Sri Lanka	No	0.8%	160.5K
156	Slovenia	No	0.8%	16.1K
158	Thailand	No	0.77%	492.8K
159	Israel	No	0.71%	64K
160	Turkmenistan	No	0.6%	81
161	Laos	No	0.56%	35K
162	Niger	No	0.5%	80.5K
162	Senegal	No	0.5%	55.6K
162	Jordan	No	0.5%	28.8K
165	Japan	No	0.4%	509.7K
166	Poland	No	0.35%	130K
167	Iran	No	0.3%	204.1K
168	Greece	No	0.28%	30K
169	Moldova	No	0.26%	11.6K
170	Comoros	No	0.25%	1,678
171	Bangladesh	No	0.23%	331.9K
171	Albania	No	0.23%	8,191
173	Syria	No	0.2%	37.6K
173	Djibouti	No	0.2%	1,800
175	Iraq	No	0.1%	40K
175	Mauritania	No	0.1%	3,500
177	Azerbaijan	No	0.07%	6,007
178	North Korea	No	0.04%	10K
178	Cambodia	No	0.04%	5,390
178	Bosnia and Herzegovina	No	0.04%	1,610
181	Afghanistan	No	0.03%	10K
181	Kyrgyzstan	No	0.03%	1,337
183	Bhutan	No	0.02%	400
184	Uzbekistan	No	0.01%	1,345
184	Nepal	No	0.01%	3,979
184	Tajikistan	No	0.01%	711
—	Morocco	No	—	—
—	Somalia	No	—	—
—	Bahrain	No	—	—
—	Maldives	No	—	—
—	Vatican City	No	—	—

What correlates with % Protestant?

Pearson r against 1,416 other country metrics sharing at least 112 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher % Protestant tend to score higher on these

% Protestant/Ortodox/Other ChristianMost Christian Countries
r = +0.70 · strong · n = 147
Plot
STD Rate MaleSTD Rates by Country
r = +0.60 · strong · n = 182
Plot
Total STD RateSTD Rates by Country
r = +0.58 · strong · n = 182
Plot
Single Parents 2010-2018Single Parent Rates by Country
r = +0.56 · strong · n = 124
Plot
% ChristiansMost Christian Countries
r = +0.56 · strong · n = 185
Plot
STD Rate FemaleSTD Rates by Country
r = +0.54 · strong · n = 182
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher % Protestant tend to score lower on these

Salt Consumption Per Capita MaleSalt Consumption by Country
r = −0.54 · strong · n = 179
Plot
Sodium Consumption Per Capita FemaleSalt Consumption by Country
r = −0.54 · strong · n = 179
Plot
Sodium Consumption Per Capita MaleSalt Consumption by Country
r = −0.54 · strong · n = 179
Plot
Salt Consumption Per Capita FemaleSalt Consumption by Country
r = −0.54 · strong · n = 179
Plot
SafetySocial Progress Index by Country
r = −0.43 · moderate · n = 165
Plot
% Muslim via PewMuslim Population by Country
r = −0.43 · moderate · n = 175
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest % Protestant?: Tuvalu has the highest % Protestant, at 94.0%, followed by Denmark (82.0%) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (77.0%).
Which country has the lowest % Protestant?: Tajikistan has the lowest % Protestant, at 0.01%.
What is the median % Protestant across countries?: The median is 9.75% across the 186 countries with data.
Where does this protestant countries data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Protestantism by country - Wikipedia; Cline Center for Advanced Social Research - University of Illinois; Percent Protestant - Country rankings - Global Economy.