Which country has the highest Secularism Score 2024?

Sweden has the highest Secularism Score 2024, at 98.48, followed by Denmark (98.3) and Iceland (98.16).

Which country has the lowest Secularism Score 2024?

Maldives has the lowest Secularism Score 2024, at 38.84.

What is the median Secularism Score 2024 across countries?

The median is 68.03 across the 195 countries with data.

Where does this secular countries data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: These Are The Most Secular Countries in the World, 2024 - CEOWorld; The Global Religious Landscape - Pew Research; List of Countries by Irreligion - Wiki; Secular State - Wiki.

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Sweden has the highest Secularism Score 2024 (98.48), followed by Denmark (98.3) and Iceland (98.16). Maldives has the lowest (38.84).

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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

68.03

Middle half 53.24 – 84.61

Average

69.4

195 countries

Highest

98.48

Sweden

Lowest

38.84

Maldives

Data

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196 countries · # = rank by Secularism Score 2024

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1	Sweden	98.48	73.0%	76.0%	27.0%
2	Denmark	98.3	61.0%	52.0%	11.8%
3	Iceland	98.16	49.0%	44.0%	3.5%
4	Norway	97.94	62.0%	—	10.1%
5	Estonia	97.91	60.0%	—	59.6%
6	Bahamas	97.81	—	—	—
7	Netherlands	97.28	—	66.0%	42.1%
8	Hong Kong	97.14	—	—	—
9	Liechtenstein	96.95	—	—	—
10	Japan	96.31	60.0%	62.0%	57.0%
10	Czechia	96.31	72.0%	75.0%	76.4%
12	United Kingdom	95.91	69.0%	66.0%	21.3%
13	Finland	95.67	55.0%	42.0%	17.6%
14	France	95.59	50.0%	53.0%	28.0%
15	Vietnam	95.51	63.0%	54.0%	29.6%
16	Luxembourg	95.08	—	—	26.8%
17	Australia	94.64	63.0%	58.0%	24.2%
18	China	94.4	90.0%	90.0%	52.2%
19	Barbados	94.12	—	—	—
20	Macau	94.04	—	—	—
20	Andorra	94.04	—	—	—
22	New Zealand	93.85	—	—	36.6%
23	Cape Verde	93.78	—	—	—
24	South Korea	93.48	60.0%	55.0%	46.4%
25	Cuba	92.41	—	—	23.0%
25	Albania	92.41	39.0%	—	1.4%
27	Antigua and Barbuda	91.83	—	—	—
28	Bulgaria	91.73	39.0%	39.0%	4.2%
29	Russia	91.19	30.0%	23.0%	16.2%
30	Uruguay	90.7	—	—	40.7%
31	Germany	90.33	60.0%	59.0%	24.7%
32	Hungary	89.85	—	—	18.6%
33	Latvia	89.77	52.0%	50.0%	43.8%
34	Belarus	89.62	—	—	28.6%
35	Canada	89.1	57.0%	53.0%	23.7%
36	Belgium	88.9	64.0%	48.0%	29.0%
37	Switzerland	88.05	—	58.0%	11.9%
38	Taiwan	87.73	—	—	12.7%
39	Slovenia	87.6	53.0%	—	18.0%
40	Slovakia	87.39	—	—	14.3%
41	Spain	86.93	57.0%	55.0%	19.0%
42	Israel	86.32	58.0%	65.0%	3.1%
43	Lithuania	86.11	40.0%	—	10.0%
44	Azerbaijan	85.99	64.0%	54.0%	0.1%
45	Ukraine	85.97	42.0%	24.0%	14.7%
46	Kazakhstan	85.79	—	—	4.2%
47	Montenegro	85.56	—	—	—
48	Ireland	85.53	56.0%	51.0%	6.2%
49	Serbia	84.67	21.0%	21.0%	3.3%
50	North Macedonia	84.55	11.0%	10.0%	—
51	Uzbekistan	83.93	—	—	0.8%
52	Austria	83.15	53.0%	54.0%	13.5%
53	United States	82.28	39.0%	39.0%	16.4%
54	Belize	82.27	—	—	—
55	Argentina	82	34.0%	20.0%	12.2%
56	Croatia	81.72	—	—	5.1%
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina	81.7	22.0%	32.0%	2.5%
58	Greece	81.69	22.0%	21.0%	6.1%
59	Jamaica	81.66	—	—	—
60	Chile	81.59	—	—	8.6%
61	Singapore	81.58	—	—	16.4%
62	Portugal	81.56	38.0%	37.0%	4.4%
63	Italy	80.93	26.0%	24.0%	12.4%
64	Mexico	80.73	36.0%	28.0%	4.7%
65	Armenia	80.27	6%	5%	1.3%
66	Kyrgyzstan	80.22	—	—	0.4%
67	Cyprus	80.13	—	—	—
68	Botswana	79.59	—	—	—
69	Haiti	78.98	—	—	—
70	Venezuela	78.88	—	2%	10.0%
71	Dominica	78.81	—	—	—
72	Costa Rica	78.69	—	—	—
73	Poland	78.42	10.0%	12.0%	5.6%
74	Moldova	78.22	—	—	1.4%
75	Ecuador	77.95	18.0%	28.0%	5.5%
76	India	77.81	5%	23.0%	0.1%
77	Georgia	77.41	—	7%	0.7%
78	El Salvador	77.23	—	—	—
79	Colombia	76.68	14.0%	17.0%	6.6%
80	South Africa	75.22	—	—	14.9%
81	Iran	74.79	20.0%	—	0.1%
82	Honduras	74.62	—	—	—
83	Nicaragua	74.59	—	—	—
84	Peru	73.73	23.0%	13.0%	3%
85	Mozambique	73.7	—	—	—
86	Monaco	73.66	—	—	—
87	Malta	72.98	—	—	2.5%
88	Micronesia	72.91	—	—	—
89	Marshall Islands	72.73	—	—	—
90	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.56	—	—	—
91	Seychelles	72.33	—	—	—
92	Saint Lucia	70.72	—	—	—
93	Solomon Islands	70.59	—	—	—
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	70.33	—	—	—
95	Samoa	70.19	—	—	—
96	San Marino	68.98	—	—	—
97	Sao Tome and Principe	68.73	—	—	—
98	Tuvalu	68.03	—	—	—
99	Vanuatu	67.97	—	—	—
100	Vatican City	67.95	—	—	—
101	Nauru	67.89	—	—	—
102	Dominican Republic	67.27	—	—	10.9%
103	Guyana	66.52	—	—	—
104	Togo	66.43	—	—	—
105	Brazil	65.81	17.0%	18.0%	7.9%
106	Zimbabwe	65.34	—	—	—
107	Burkina Faso	65.2	—	—	—
108	Ivory Coast	65.06	—	—	—
109	Panama	64.48	13.0%	—	4.8%
110	North Korea	64.34	—	—	71.3%
111	Bolivia	64.31	—	—	—
112	Angola	64.09	—	—	—
113	Iraq	64.08	34.0%	—	0.1%
114	Lebanon	63.56	28.0%	18.0%	0.3%
115	Turkey	63.49	—	15.0%	1.2%
116	Ethiopia	63.29	—	—	—
117	Guatemala	62.79	—	—	—
118	United Arab Emirates	62.63	—	—	—
119	Namibia	62.28	—	—	—
120	Trinidad and Tobago	61.83	—	—	—
121	Paraguay	61.79	—	—	—
122	Madagascar	61.55	—	—	—
123	Uganda	61.36	—	—	0.5%
124	Benin	61.34	—	—	—
125	Algeria	61.3	—	—	—
126	Palestine	60.52	35.0%	19.0%	0.1%
127	Liberia	60.22	—	—	—
128	Somalia	60.04	—	—	—
129	Tonga	60.03	—	—	—
130	Suriname	59.96	—	—	—
131	Turkmenistan	59.52	—	—	—
132	South Sudan	59.28	—	—	1%
133	Tajikistan	59	—	—	—
134	Syria	58.4	—	—	—
135	Central African Republic	57.19	—	—	—
136	Sudan	56.93	—	—	—
137	Nepal	56.91	—	—	—
138	Kenya	56.82	—	9%	2.5%
139	Chad	56.74	—	—	—
140	Republic of the Congo	56.63	—	—	—
141	Thailand	56.49	2%	2%	0.3%
142	Mali	56.29	—	—	—
143	Ghana	56.19	1%	—	4.2%
144	Kuwait	54.42	—	—	—
145	Tunisia	53.74	—	—	0.2%
146	Cameroon	53.63	—	—	5.3%
147	Mauritius	52.85	—	—	—
148	Rwanda	52.8	—	—	—
149	Qatar	52.78	—	—	—
150	Romania	52.5	9%	17.0%	0.1%
151	Philippines	52.06	9%	22.0%	0.1%
152	Tanzania	51.84	—	—	1.4%
153	Bahrain	51.44	—	—	—
154	Malaysia	51.42	—	23.0%	0.7%
155	Senegal	51.41	—	—	—
156	Jordan	51.39	—	—	—
157	Cambodia	50.76	—	—	—
158	Saudi Arabia	50.6	—	—	0.7%
159	Yemen	50.53	—	—	—
160	Afghanistan	50.04	—	9%	0.1%
161	Guinea	49.83	—	—	—
162	Zambia	49.79	—	—	—
163	Equatorial Guinea	49.67	—	—	—
164	Gambia	49.4	—	—	—
165	Grenada	48.48	—	—	—
166	Eritrea	48.34	—	—	—
167	Guinea-Bissau	48.24	—	—	—
168	Eswatini	48.18	—	—	—
169	Kiribati	47.98	—	—	—
170	Fiji	47.59	8%	7%	0.8%
171	Gabon	47.47	—	—	—
172	Lesotho	46.88	—	—	—
173	Myanmar	46.26	—	—	—
174	Nigeria	45.97	2%	16.0%	0.4%
175	Laos	45.93	—	—	—
176	Papua New Guinea	45.49	5%	4%	0.1%
177	Burundi	45.14	—	—	—
178	Egypt	45.08	—	—	—
179	Malawi	44.54	—	—	—
180	Sierra Leone	44.53	—	—	—
181	Mauritania	44.43	—	—	—
182	Djibouti	43.48	—	—	—
183	Mongolia	43.37	29.0%	—	35.9%
184	DR Congo	43.32	17.0%	—	1.8%
185	Indonesia	43.13	30.0%	15.0%	0.1%
186	Morocco	43	—	5%	0.1%
187	Sri Lanka	42.57	—	—	—
188	Bangladesh	41.95	19.0%	5%	0.1%
189	Oman	41.63	—	—	—
190	Brunei	41.39	—	—	—
191	Niger	40.89	—	—	—
192	Bhutan	40.36	—	—	—
193	Pakistan	39.88	6%	11.0%	0.1%
194	Libya	39.24	—	—	—
195	Maldives	38.84	—	—	—
—	Puerto Rico	—	—	—	1.9%

What correlates with Secularism Score 2024?

Pearson r against 1,416 other country metrics sharing at least 117 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

Places that have a higher Secularism Score 2024 tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

ICI ScoreAverage IQ by Country
r = +0.76 · very strong · n = 127
Plot
LP EducationLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.75 · very strong · n = 166
Plot
Average Age Upon Birth of First Child (CIA)Average Age of Having First Child by Country
r = +0.74 · very strong · n = 119
Plot
Crude Cancer Rate - AllCancer Rates by Country
r = +0.74 · very strong · n = 174
Plot
Crude Cancer Rate - MaleCancer Rates by Country
r = +0.74 · very strong · n = 174
Plot
Crude Cancer Rate - FemaleCancer Rates by Country
r = +0.74 · very strong · n = 174
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Secularism Score 2024 tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

Average Household SizeNumber of Households by Country
r = −0.73 · very strong · n = 168
Plot
6+ Member HouseholdNumber of Households by Country
r = −0.71 · very strong · n = 170
Plot
Teetotalers FemaleTeetotalism by Country
r = −0.70 · very strong · n = 182
Plot
TeetotalersTeetotalism by Country
r = −0.69 · strong · n = 182
Plot
Vulnerability ScoreGlobal Slavery Index by Country
r = −0.69 · strong · n = 158
Plot
Vulnerability Score (lower is better)Countries that Still Have Slavery
r = −0.69 · strong · n = 158
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Secularism Score 2024?: Sweden has the highest Secularism Score 2024, at 98.48, followed by Denmark (98.3) and Iceland (98.16).
Which country has the lowest Secularism Score 2024?: Maldives has the lowest Secularism Score 2024, at 38.84.
What is the median Secularism Score 2024 across countries?: The median is 68.03 across the 195 countries with data.
Where does this secular countries data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: These Are The Most Secular Countries in the World, 2024 - CEOWorld; The Global Religious Landscape - Pew Research; List of Countries by Irreligion - Wiki; Secular State - Wiki.