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Variables: RAS3 State Discrimination of Minority Religions Summary (0-10, lower means less discrimination) (mxx_10c)1


Minority Religions: Discrimination (0-10)



NATION

REGION

mxx_10c1 [X]

Afghanistan South-Central Asia 4.125
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 0.625
Algeria Northern Africa 4.375
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe 0.125
Angola Middle Africa 1.375
Anguilla Caribbean
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean
Argentina South America 1.125
Armenia Western Asia 4.75
Aruba Caribbean
Australia Australia/New Zealand 0.25
Austria Western Europe 1.75
Azerbaijan Western Asia 3
Bahamas, The Caribbean 0.625
Bahrain Western Asia 2.75
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 0.75
Barbados Caribbean 0
Belarus Eastern Europe 7.125
Belgium Western Europe 1.625
Belize Central America 0.125
Benin Western Africa 0
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia 3
Bolivia South America 0.875
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 2.5
Botswana Southern Africa 0.125
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 0.625
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 6
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 3.75
Burkina Faso Western Africa 0
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 6.25
Burundi Eastern Africa 0
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 0.625
Cameroon Middle Africa 0
Canada Northern America 0
Cape Verde Western Africa 0.125
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa 0.25
Chad Middle Africa 1
Channel Islands Northern Europe
Chile South America 0.875
China Eastern Asia 6
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 0.25
Comoros Eastern Africa 3.875
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 0.125
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 0
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America 0.875
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 0
Croatia Southern Europe 1.375
Cuba Caribbean 4.75
Curacao Caribbean
Cyprus Western Asia 1.125
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 1.375
Denmark Northern Europe 1.25
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 0
Dominica Caribbean
Dominican Republic Caribbean 0.75
Ecuador South America 0.125
Egypt Northern Africa 5.75
El Salvador Central America 0.625
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 0.125
Eritrea Eastern Africa 3.625
Estonia Northern Europe 0.125
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 1.75
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 0.125
Finland Northern Europe 0.5
France Western Europe 2.125
French Guiana South America
French Polynesia Polynesia
Gabon Middle Africa 0.25
Gambia, The Western Africa 0.125
Georgia Western Asia 3.375
Germany Western Europe 3.75
Ghana Western Africa 0.25
Gibraltar Southern Europe
Greece Southern Europe 2.875
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean
Guadeloupe Caribbean
Guam Micronesia (region)
Guatemala Central America 0.625
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 0.125
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 0
Guyana South America 0.375
Haiti Caribbean 0.375
Honduras Central America 1.375
Hong Kong Eastern Asia
Hungary Eastern Europe 1.625
Iceland Northern Europe 0.625
India South-Central Asia 3.5
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 5.125
Iran South-Central Asia 8.875
Iraq Western Asia 3
Ireland Northern Europe 0.5
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia 1
Italy Southern Europe 1.375
Jamaica Caribbean 0.125
Japan Eastern Asia 0.375
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 4.25
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 5.5
Kenya Eastern Africa 1.125
Kiribati Micronesia (region)
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia
Kosovo Southern Europe 0.75
Kuwait Western Asia 4.375
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 3.25
Laos South-Eastern Asia 7.125
Latvia Northern Europe 1.75
Lebanon Western Asia 1.75
Lesotho Southern Africa 0
Liberia Western Africa 0.25
Libya Northern Africa 2.75
Liechtenstein Western Europe 0.625
Lithuania Northern Europe 1.625
Luxembourg Western Europe 0.25
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe 2.25
Madagascar Eastern Africa 1.375
Malawi Eastern Africa 0.875
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 5.25
Maldives South-Central Asia 8.25
Mali Western Africa 0.125
Malta Southern Europe 0.25
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region)
Martinique Caribbean
Mauritania Western Africa 3.125
Mauritius Eastern Africa 0.25
Mayotte Eastern Africa
Mexico Central America 1.375
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region)
Moldova Eastern Europe 2
Monaco Western Europe
Mongolia Eastern Asia 1.25
Montenegro Southern Europe 1.125
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa 4.25
Mozambique Eastern Africa 0.25
Namibia Southern Africa 0
Nauru Micronesia (region)
Nepal South-Central Asia 1.75
Netherlands Western Europe 0.375
New Caledonia Melanesia
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 0.25
Nicaragua Central America 0.625
Niger Western Africa 0
Nigeria Western Africa 2.625
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia 1.75
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region)
Norway Northern Europe 1.625
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia
Oman Western Asia 2.75
Pakistan South-Central Asia 5.5
Palau Micronesia (region)
Panama Central America 0.5
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 0.125
Paraguay South America 0.875
Peru South America 0.875
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 0
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 0.625
Portugal Southern Europe 0.375
Puerto Rico Caribbean
Qatar Western Asia 4.875
Reunion Eastern Africa
Romania Eastern Europe 2.875
Russia Eastern Europe 6.125
Rwanda Eastern Africa 0.875
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 10
Senegal Western Africa 0
Serbia Southern Europe 2
Seychelles Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone Western Africa 0
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 2.125
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe 1.875
Slovenia Southern Europe 0.375
Solomon Islands Melanesia 0
Somalia Eastern Africa 1.875
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 0.125
South Sudan Eastern Africa
Spain Southern Europe 1.25
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 1.25
Sudan Northern Africa 5.5
Suriname South America 0.125
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 0.25
Sweden Northern Europe 1.5
Switzerland Western Europe 1.625
Syria Western Asia 2.875
Taiwan Eastern Asia 0
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 1.5
Tanzania Eastern Africa 0.25
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 1.375
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 1.125
Togo Western Africa 0.75
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 0.125
Tunisia Northern Africa 3.375
Turkey Western Asia 2.875
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 4
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia
Uganda Eastern Africa 1.5
Ukraine Eastern Europe 1.125
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 3.5
United Kingdom Northern Europe 1.125
United States (General) Northern America 0.5
Uruguay South America 0
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 5.875
Vanuatu Melanesia 0
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 1.75
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 4.125
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa 4.25
Yemen Western Asia 4.25
Zambia Eastern Africa 0.375
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 0.375
     


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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