The following list ranks nations (population 200,000+) on the extent to which the government regulates the selection, practice, and profession of religion through official laws, policies, or administrative actions. Higher values indicate greater government regulation of religion. (Coded from the International Religious Freedom Report, 2005)

Complete List

Ranking	Nation	Rate
1	Maldives	10.0
1	Saudi Arabia	10.0
1	Turkmenistan	10.0
2	Brunei	9.4
2	Qatar	9.4
3	Belarus	9.2
3	Iran	9.2
3	Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of	9.2
3	Pakistan	9.2
3	Uzbekistan	9.2
4	Bangladesh	8.6
4	Bhutan	8.6
4	Bulgaria	8.6
4	Burma (Myanmar)	8.6
4	Comoros	8.6
4	Egypt	8.6
4	Eritrea	8.6
4	Jordan	8.6
4	Laos	8.6
4	Malaysia	8.6
4	Sri Lanka	8.6
4	Sudan	8.6
5	Kuwait	8.1
6	Azerbaijan	7.8
6	Bahrain	7.8
6	China	7.8
6	Cuba	7.8
6	Greece	7.8
6	Kyrgyzstan	7.8
6	Libya	7.8
6	Mauritania	7.8
6	Romania	7.8
6	Singapore	7.8
6	Somalia	7.8
6	Vietnam	7.8
7	Armenia	7.2
7	India	7.2
7	Kazakhstan	7.2
8	Algeria	6.9
8	Indonesia	6.9
8	Lebanon	6.9
8	Morocco	6.9
8	Russia	6.9
8	Syria	6.9
8	Turkey	6.9
8	Western Sahara	6.9
9	Chad	6.4
9	Djibouti	6.4
9	Georgia	6.4
9	Iraq	6.4
9	Nigeria	6.4
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.1
10	Nepal	6.1
10	United Arab Emirates	6.1
10	Yemen	6.1
11	Israeli Occupied Territories (Palestine)	5.6
11	Moldova	5.6
11	Mongolia	5.6
11	Oman	5.6
11	Tajikistan	5.6
12	Afghanistan	5.3
12	Central African Republic	5.3
12	Israel	5.3
12	Tanzania	5.3
13	Latvia	4.7
13	Macedonia	4.7
13	Thailand	4.7
13	Uganda	4.7
13	Ukraine	4.7
14	Rwanda	4.4
15	Ethiopia	3.9
15	Tunisia	3.9
16	Belgium	3.1
16	Cambodia	3.1
16	Cote d'Ivoire	3.1
16	Equatorial Guinea	3.1
16	France	3.1
16	Lithuania	3.1
16	Mexico	3.1
16	Timor-Leste	3.1
17	Colombia	2.2
17	Cyprus	2.2
17	Germany	2.2
17	Guinea	2.2
17	Iceland	2.2
17	Kenya	2.2
17	Liberia	2.2
17	Peru	2.2
17	Slovakia	2.2
17	Swaziland	2.2
17	United Kingdom	2.2
17	Venezuela	2.2
17	Zimbabwe	2.2
18	El Salvador	1.7
18	Finland	1.7
18	Guinea-Bissau	1.7
18	Mozambique	1.7
19	Argentina	1.4
19	Austria	1.4
19	Bahamas, The	1.4
19	Chile	1.4
19	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	1.4
19	Croatia	1.4
19	Denmark	1.4
19	Hungary	1.4
19	Italy	1.4
19	Korea, (South) Republic of	1.4
19	Madagascar	1.4
19	Norway	1.4
19	Slovenia	1.4
20	Angola	0.8
20	Australia	0.8
20	Canada	0.8
20	Dominican Republic	0.8
20	Guatemala	0.8
20	Honduras	0.8
20	Hong Kong	0.8
20	Macau	0.8
20	Mauritius	0.8
20	Nicaragua	0.8
20	Panama	0.8
20	Sierra Leone	0.8
20	Solomon Islands	0.8
20	Sweden	0.8
20	Trinidad and Tobago	0.8
21	Albania	0.6
21	Cameroon	0.6
21	Czech Republic	0.6
21	Gabon	0.6
21	Luxembourg	0.6
21	Philippines	0.6
21	Switzerland	0.6
21	Vanuatu	0.6
22	Barbados	0.0
22	Belize	0.0
22	Benin	0.0
22	Bolivia	0.0
22	Botswana	0.0
22	Brazil	0.0
22	Burkina Faso	0.0
22	Burundi	0.0
22	Cape Verde	0.0
22	Congo, Republic of the	0.0
22	Costa Rica	0.0
22	Ecuador	0.0
22	Estonia	0.0
22	Fiji	0.0
22	Gambia, The	0.0
22	Ghana	0.0
22	Guyana	0.0
22	Haiti	0.0
22	Ireland	0.0
22	Jamaica	0.0
22	Japan	0.0
22	Lesotho	0.0
22	Malawi	0.0
22	Mali	0.0
22	Malta	0.0
22	Namibia	0.0
22	Netherlands	0.0
22	New Zealand	0.0
22	Niger	0.0
22	Papua New Guinea	0.0
22	Paraguay	0.0
22	Poland	0.0
22	Portugal	0.0
22	Senegal	0.0
22	South Africa	0.0
22	Spain	0.0
22	Suriname	0.0
22	Taiwan	0.0
22	Togo	0.0
22	Uruguay	0.0
22	Zambia	0.0
--	French Guiana	--
--	French Polynesia	--
--	Guadeloupe	--
--	Kosovo	--
--	Martinique	--
--	Montenegro	--
--	New Caledonia	--
--	Puerto Rico	--
--	Reunion	--
--	Serbia	--
--	United States (General)	--

Source

The data presented in QuickLists are from a variety of sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the United Nations Human Development Reports, and others.

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