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Variables: Country ranking by state funding of religion (fun_rtie)1


State Funding of Religion: Nation Ranking



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Afghanistan South-Central Asia 13
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 46
Algeria Northern Africa 68
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe 96
Angola Middle Africa 68
Anguilla Caribbean
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean
Argentina South America 30
Armenia Western Asia 68
Aruba Caribbean
Australia Australia/New Zealand 68
Austria Western Europe 96
Azerbaijan Western Asia 96
Bahamas, The Caribbean 161
Bahrain Western Asia 13
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 13
Barbados Caribbean 161
Belarus Eastern Europe 96
Belgium Western Europe 68
Belize Central America 128
Benin Western Africa 68
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia 128
Bolivia South America 96
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 30
Botswana Southern Africa 161
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 128
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 13
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 68
Burkina Faso Western Africa 96
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 46
Burundi Eastern Africa 161
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 46
Cameroon Middle Africa 96
Canada Northern America 96
Cape Verde Western Africa 68
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa 128
Chad Middle Africa 96
Channel Islands Northern Europe
Chile South America 96
China Eastern Asia 30
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 128
Comoros Eastern Africa 128
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 128
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 128
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America 96
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 30
Croatia Southern Europe 30
Cuba Caribbean 128
Curacao Caribbean
Cyprus Western Asia 68
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 3
Denmark Northern Europe 13
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 96
Dominica Caribbean
Dominican Republic Caribbean 128
Ecuador South America 96
Egypt Northern Africa 13
El Salvador Central America 128
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 128
Eritrea Eastern Africa 161
Estonia Northern Europe 68
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 161
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 128
Finland Northern Europe 30
France Western Europe 96
French Guiana South America
French Polynesia Polynesia
Gabon Middle Africa 128
Gambia, The Western Africa 96
Georgia Western Asia 13
Germany Western Europe 6
Ghana Western Africa 68
Gibraltar Southern Europe
Greece Southern Europe 68
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean
Guadeloupe Caribbean
Guam Micronesia (region)
Guatemala Central America 96
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 46
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 96
Guyana South America 128
Haiti Caribbean 46
Honduras Central America 161
Hong Kong Eastern Asia
Hungary Eastern Europe 3
Iceland Northern Europe 13
India South-Central Asia 46
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 6
Iran South-Central Asia 13
Iraq Western Asia 13
Ireland Northern Europe 68
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia 6
Italy Southern Europe 46
Jamaica Caribbean 128
Japan Eastern Asia 161
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 6
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 161
Kenya Eastern Africa 128
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia
Kosovo Southern Europe 68
Kuwait Western Asia 2
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 128
Laos South-Eastern Asia 128
Latvia Northern Europe 30
Lebanon Western Asia 128
Lesotho Southern Africa 96
Liberia Western Africa 128
Libya Northern Africa 96
Liechtenstein Western Europe 128
Lithuania Northern Europe 30
Luxembourg Western Europe 30
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe 161
Madagascar Eastern Africa 96
Malawi Eastern Africa 128
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 6
Maldives South-Central Asia 68
Mali Western Africa 128
Malta Southern Europe 96
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean
Mauritania Western Africa 30
Mauritius Eastern Africa 96
Mayotte Eastern Africa
Mexico Central America 161
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region)
Moldova Eastern Europe 128
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia 161
Montenegro Southern Europe 68
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa 30
Mozambique Eastern Africa 161
Namibia Southern Africa 161
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia 128
Netherlands Western Europe 46
New Caledonia Melanesia
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 96
Nicaragua Central America 46
Niger Western Africa 96
Nigeria Western Africa 96
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia 46
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region)
Norway Northern Europe 68
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia
Oman Western Asia 30
Pakistan South-Central Asia 13
Palau Micronesia (region)
Panama Central America 128
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 96
Paraguay South America 68
Peru South America 46
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 46
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 13
Portugal Southern Europe 46
Puerto Rico Caribbean
Qatar Western Asia 13
Reunion Eastern Africa
Romania Eastern Europe 13
Russia Eastern Europe 46
Rwanda Eastern Africa 161
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 30
Serbia Southern Europe 6
Seychelles Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone Western Africa 161
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 128
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe 3
Slovenia Southern Europe 30
Solomon Islands Melanesia 68
Somalia Eastern Africa 161
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 161
South Sudan Eastern Africa
Spain Southern Europe 46
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 30
Sudan Northern Africa 46
Suriname South America 96
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 68
Sweden Northern Europe 13
Switzerland Western Europe 68
Syria Western Asia 13
Taiwan Eastern Asia 96
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 68
Tanzania Eastern Africa 96
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 6
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 128
Togo Western Africa 128
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 68
Tunisia Northern Africa 68
Turkey Western Asia 46
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 68
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa 128
Ukraine Eastern Europe 128
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 46
United Kingdom Northern Europe 46
United States (General) Northern America 68
Uruguay South America 161
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 68
Vanuatu Melanesia 128
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 46
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 161
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa 30
Yemen Western Asia 46
Zambia Eastern Africa 161
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 68
     


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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