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Variables: State Religious Minority Discrimination Index (0-108, lower means less discrimination) (MXX2014X)1


Minority Religions: Discrimination Index (0-108)



NATION

REGION

MXX2014X1 [X]

Afghanistan South-Central Asia 33.0
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 5.0
Algeria Northern Africa 35.0
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe 1.0
Angola Middle Africa 11.0
Anguilla Caribbean
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean
Argentina South America 9.0
Armenia Western Asia 38.0
Aruba Caribbean
Australia Australia/New Zealand 2.0
Austria Western Europe 14.0
Azerbaijan Western Asia 24.0
Bahamas, The Caribbean 5.0
Bahrain Western Asia 22.0
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 6.0
Barbados Caribbean 0.0
Belarus Eastern Europe 57.0
Belgium Western Europe 13.0
Belize Central America 1.0
Benin Western Africa 0.0
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia 24.0
Bolivia South America 7.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 20.0
Botswana Southern Africa 1.0
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 5.0
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 48.0
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 30.0
Burkina Faso Western Africa 0.0
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 50.0
Burundi Eastern Africa 0.0
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 5.0
Cameroon Middle Africa 0.0
Canada Northern America 0.0
Cape Verde Western Africa 1.0
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa 2.0
Chad Middle Africa 8.0
Channel Islands Northern Europe
Chile South America 7.0
China Eastern Asia 48.0
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 2.0
Comoros Eastern Africa 31.0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 1.0
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 0.0
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America 7.0
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 0.0
Croatia Southern Europe 11.0
Cuba Caribbean 38.0
Curacao Caribbean
Cyprus Western Asia 9.0
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 11.0
Denmark Northern Europe 10.0
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 0.0
Dominica Caribbean
Dominican Republic Caribbean 6.0
Ecuador South America 1.0
Egypt Northern Africa 46.0
El Salvador Central America 5.0
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 1.0
Eritrea Eastern Africa 29.0
Estonia Northern Europe 1.0
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 14.0
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 1.0
Finland Northern Europe 4.0
France Western Europe 17.0
French Guiana South America
French Polynesia Polynesia
Gabon Middle Africa 2.0
Gambia, The Western Africa 1.0
Georgia Western Asia 27.0
Germany Western Europe 30.0
Ghana Western Africa 2.0
Gibraltar Southern Europe
Greece Southern Europe 23.0
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean
Guadeloupe Caribbean
Guam Micronesia (region)
Guatemala Central America 5.0
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 1.0
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 0.0
Guyana South America 3.0
Haiti Caribbean 3.0
Honduras Central America 11.0
Hong Kong Eastern Asia
Hungary Eastern Europe 13.0
Iceland Northern Europe 5.0
India South-Central Asia 28.0
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 41.0
Iran South-Central Asia 71.0
Iraq Western Asia 24.0
Ireland Northern Europe 4.0
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia 8.0
Italy Southern Europe 11.0
Jamaica Caribbean 1.0
Japan Eastern Asia 3.0
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 34.0
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 44.0
Kenya Eastern Africa 9.0
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia
Kosovo Southern Europe 6.0
Kuwait Western Asia 35.0
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 26.0
Laos South-Eastern Asia 57.0
Latvia Northern Europe 14.0
Lebanon Western Asia 14.0
Lesotho Southern Africa 0.0
Liberia Western Africa 2.0
Libya Northern Africa 22.0
Liechtenstein Western Europe 5.0
Lithuania Northern Europe 13.0
Luxembourg Western Europe 2.0
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe 18.0
Madagascar Eastern Africa 11.0
Malawi Eastern Africa 7.0
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 42.0
Maldives South-Central Asia 66.0
Mali Western Africa 1.0
Malta Southern Europe 2.0
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean
Mauritania Western Africa 25.0
Mauritius Eastern Africa 2.0
Mayotte Eastern Africa
Mexico Central America 11.0
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region)
Moldova Eastern Europe 16.0
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia 10.0
Montenegro Southern Europe 9.0
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa 34.0
Mozambique Eastern Africa 2.0
Namibia Southern Africa 0.0
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia 14.0
Netherlands Western Europe 3.0
New Caledonia Melanesia
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 2.0
Nicaragua Central America 5.0
Niger Western Africa 0.0
Nigeria Western Africa 21.0
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia 14.0
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region)
Norway Northern Europe 13.0
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia
Oman Western Asia 22.0
Pakistan South-Central Asia 44.0
Palau Micronesia (region)
Panama Central America 4.0
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 1.0
Paraguay South America 7.0
Peru South America 7.0
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 0.0
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 5.0
Portugal Southern Europe 3.0
Puerto Rico Caribbean
Qatar Western Asia 39.0
Reunion Eastern Africa
Romania Eastern Europe 23.0
Russia Eastern Europe 49.0
Rwanda Eastern Africa 7.0
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean
Saint Lucia Caribbean
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean
Samoa Polynesia
San Marino Southern Europe
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 80.0
Senegal Western Africa 0.0
Serbia Southern Europe 16.0
Seychelles Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone Western Africa 0.0
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 17.0
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe 15.0
Slovenia Southern Europe 3.0
Solomon Islands Melanesia 0.0
Somalia Eastern Africa 15.0
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 1.0
South Sudan Eastern Africa
Spain Southern Europe 10.0
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 10.0
Sudan Northern Africa 44.0
Suriname South America 1.0
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 2.0
Sweden Northern Europe 12.0
Switzerland Western Europe 13.0
Syria Western Asia 23.0
Taiwan Eastern Asia 0.0
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 12.0
Tanzania Eastern Africa 2.0
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 11.0
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 9.0
Togo Western Africa 6.0
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 1.0
Tunisia Northern Africa 27.0
Turkey Western Asia 23.0
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 32.0
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa 12.0
Ukraine Eastern Europe 9.0
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 28.0
United Kingdom Northern Europe 9.0
United States (General) Northern America 4.0
Uruguay South America 0.0
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 47.0
Vanuatu Melanesia 0.0
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 14.0
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 33.0
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa 34.0
Yemen Western Asia 34.0
Zambia Eastern Africa 3.0
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 3.0
     


Sources

1 The Religion and State (RAS) Project is a university-based project located at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel and is directed by Jonathan Fox. Round 3 of the RAS includes all countries with populations of 250,000 or more as well as a sampling of smaller states and offers annual measures from 1990 to 2014. The methods used for conducting the RAS3 collection and the complete codebook can be reviewed online. Or, the codebook and data file can be downloaded free of charge here. For details on how the RAS indexes reported on the ARDA’s National Profiles were coded, constructed, and placed into categories, click here.

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