Countries With the Lowest Frequent Prayer
Every country with a figure for frequent prayer, ranked from lowest to highest. The top three are China (0.838%), Viet Nam (11.6%) and Estonia (12.4%). The middle country of the 81 has 68.3%.
What this measures
Share praying at least several times a week, in % of respondents. Source: World Values Survey Association and European Values Study. For this measure, no agreed better direction.
Private practice. Attendance is public practice, and importance is belief. The three can differ: a country can pray often and attend rarely. Asked only from the 2014 wave on, so it covers about eighty countries. No "better" direction is set, for the same reason as attendance.
The full ranking
Each country’s latest figure, from 2014–2022. The year beside each value says when it was measured.
| Rank | Country | Frequent prayer | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 0.838% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 11.6% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 3 | Estonia | 12.4% | 2014 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 4 | Czechia | 13.8% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 5 | Macao SAR, China | 15.8% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 6 | Mongolia | 17.8% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 17.9% | 2014 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 8 | Sweden | 18.3% | 2014 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 9 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 18.6% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 10 | Korea, Rep. | 19% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 11 | Spain | 20.2% | 2014 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 12 | Slovenia | 22.5% | 2014 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 13 | Netherlands | 23% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 24.1% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 15 | Japan | 25% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 27% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 17 | Belarus | 27.4% | 2014 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 18 | Andorra | 27.5% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 19 | Australia | 28.6% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 20 | Serbia | 28.7% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 21 | New Zealand | 29.6% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 22 | Germany | 30.2% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 23 | Taiwan | 34.8% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 35.2% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 25 | Canada | 35.5% | 2022 | North America |
| 26 | Chile | 37.4% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 27 | Ukraine | 39% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 28 | Uruguay | 40.6% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 29 | Thailand | 41.4% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 30 | Slovak Republic | 41.5% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 31 | Yemen, Rep. | 48.3% | 2014 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 32 | Singapore | 53.1% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 33 | Argentina | 54% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 34 | Georgia | 60.6% | 2014 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 35 | United States | 62.3% | 2022 | North America |
| 36 | Poland | 63.2% | 2014 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 37 | Romania | 65.2% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 38 | Greece | 66.4% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 39 | Peru | 66.6% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 40 | Tajikistan | 67.6% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 41 | Kyrgyz Republic | 68.3% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 42 | India | 68.4% | 2022 | South Asia |
| 43 | Cyprus | 69.4% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 44 | Turkiye | 71% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 45 | Venezuela, RB | 71.2% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 46 | Armenia | 71.7% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 47 | Mexico | 71.9% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 72.6% | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 49 | Guatemala | 73.2% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 50 | South Africa | 73.6% | 2014 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 51 | Rwanda | 73.7% | 2014 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 76.3% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 53 | Tunisia | 76.5% | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 54 | Brazil | 77.4% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 78% | 2022 | South Asia |
| 56 | Malaysia | 79.7% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 57 | Lebanon | 80.9% | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 58 | Morocco | 80.9% | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 59 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 80.9% | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 60 | Algeria | 81.8% | 2014 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 61 | Bolivia | 82.7% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 62 | Ecuador | 82.9% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 63 | Myanmar | 83.3% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 64 | Iraq | 84.1% | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 65 | Puerto Rico (US) | 85.7% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 66 | Jordan | 86.9% | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 67 | Colombia | 87.9% | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 68 | Pakistan | 89.8% | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 69 | West Bank and Gaza | 90.5% | 2014 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 70 | Philippines | 92.4% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 71 | Kenya | 93.3% | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 72 | Maldives | 93.5% | 2022 | South Asia |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 94.2% | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 94.9% | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 75 | Indonesia | 95.3% | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 76 | Haiti | 95.4% | 2014 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 77 | Ghana | 95.5% | 2014 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 78 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 96.6% | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 96.8% | 2014 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 80 | Libya | 97.6% | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 81 | Nigeria | 98.4% | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
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