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Variables: Ranking by RAS3 Religious Discrimination Against Minorities Index, from 1 highest to 179 lowest (RAS3MXXRANK)1


RAS3: Religious Discrimination Ranking (1-179)



NATION

REGION

RAS3MXXRANK1 [X]

Afghanistan South-Central Asia 26
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 106
Algeria Northern Africa 20
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe 141
Angola Middle Africa 74
Anguilla Caribbean
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean
Argentina South America 84
Armenia Western Asia 18
Aruba Caribbean
Australia Australia/New Zealand 126
Austria Western Europe 59
Azerbaijan Western Asia 40
Bahamas, The Caribbean 106
Bahrain Western Asia 46
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 102
Barbados Caribbean 159
Belarus Eastern Europe 4
Belgium Western Europe 66
Belize Central America 141
Benin Western Africa 159
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia 40
Bolivia South America 95
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 50
Botswana Southern Africa 141
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 106
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 8
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 31
Burkina Faso Western Africa 159
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 6
Burundi Eastern Africa 159
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 106
Cameroon Middle Africa 159
Canada Northern America 159
Cape Verde Western Africa 141
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa 126
Chad Middle Africa 93
Channel Islands Northern Europe
Chile South America 95
China Eastern Asia 8
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 126
Comoros Eastern Africa 30
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 141
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 159
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America 95
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 159
Croatia Southern Europe 74
Cuba Caribbean 18
Curacao Caribbean
Cyprus Western Asia 84
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 74
Denmark Northern Europe 84
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 159
Dominica Caribbean
Dominican Republic Caribbean 102
Ecuador South America 141
Egypt Northern Africa 11
El Salvador Central America 106
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 141
Eritrea Eastern Africa 33
Estonia Northern Europe 141
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 59
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 141
Finland Northern Europe 115
France Western Europe 53
French Guiana South America
French Polynesia Polynesia
Gabon Middle Africa 126
Gambia, The Western Africa 141
Georgia Western Asia 36
Germany Western Europe 31
Ghana Western Africa 126
Gibraltar Southern Europe
Greece Southern Europe 43
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean
Guadeloupe Caribbean
Guam Micronesia (region)
Guatemala Central America 106
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 141
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 159
Guyana South America 118
Haiti Caribbean 118
Honduras Central America 74
Hong Kong Eastern Asia
Hungary Eastern Europe 66
Iceland Northern Europe 106
India South-Central Asia 34
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 16
Iran South-Central Asia 2
Iraq Western Asia 40
Ireland Northern Europe 118
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia 93
Italy Southern Europe 74
Jamaica Caribbean 141
Japan Eastern Asia 118
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 22
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 12
Kenya Eastern Africa 84
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 26
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 159
Kosovo Southern Europe 102
Kuwait Western Asia 20
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 38
Laos South-Eastern Asia 4
Latvia Northern Europe 59
Lebanon Western Asia 59
Lesotho Southern Africa 159
Liberia Western Africa 126
Libya Northern Africa 46
Liechtenstein Western Europe 126
Lithuania Northern Europe 66
Luxembourg Western Europe 126
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe 52
Madagascar Eastern Africa 74
Malawi Eastern Africa 95
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 15
Maldives South-Central Asia 3
Mali Western Africa 141
Malta Southern Europe 126
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean
Mauritania Western Africa 39
Mauritius Eastern Africa 126
Mayotte Eastern Africa
Mexico Central America 74
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region)
Moldova Eastern Europe 55
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia 82
Montenegro Southern Europe 84
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa 22
Mozambique Eastern Africa 126
Namibia Southern Africa 159
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia 59
Netherlands Western Europe 126
New Caledonia Melanesia
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 126
Nicaragua Central America 106
Niger Western Africa 159
Nigeria Western Africa 49
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia 59
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region)
Norway Northern Europe 66
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia 50
Oman Western Asia 46
Pakistan South-Central Asia 12
Palau Micronesia (region)
Panama Central America 115
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 141
Paraguay South America 95
Peru South America 95
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 159
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 106
Portugal Southern Europe 118
Puerto Rico Caribbean
Qatar Western Asia 17
Reunion Eastern Africa
Romania Eastern Europe 43
Russia Eastern Europe 7
Rwanda Eastern Africa 95
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 1
Senegal Western Africa 159
Serbia Southern Europe 55
Seychelles Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone Western Africa 159
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 53
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe 57
Slovenia Southern Europe 118
Solomon Islands Melanesia 159
Somalia Eastern Africa 57
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 141
South Sudan Eastern Africa 141
Spain Southern Europe 84
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 82
Sudan Northern Africa 12
Suriname South America 141
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 126
Sweden Northern Europe 71
Switzerland Western Europe 66
Syria Western Asia
Taiwan Eastern Asia 159
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 71
Tanzania Eastern Africa 126
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 74
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 84
Togo Western Africa 102
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 141
Tunisia Northern Africa 36
Turkey Western Asia 43
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 29
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa 71
Ukraine Eastern Europe 84
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 34
United Kingdom Northern Europe 84
United States (General) Northern America 115
Uruguay South America 159
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 10
Vanuatu Melanesia 159
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 59
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 26
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa 22
Yemen Western Asia 22
Zambia Eastern Africa 118
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 118
     


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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