Personal value statistics: Religion
Religion appeared in the ranked ten of 11.4% of the 2,131,634 assessments completed since 2020, which makes it the 40th most frequently ranked of the 62 core values.
By Arkadiusz Zalewski, founder of personalvalu.esData updated
At a glance, 2020 to 2026
- Appearance rateof assessments rank it in their ten. 40th of 62 values.
- 11.4%
- First placeof assessments put it first. 4th of 62 on this measure.
- 4.5%
- Top threeof assessments put it in the top three. 61% of those who rank it.
- 7.0%
- Average positionis its mean position, out of ten, where it is ranked at all.
- 3.6
In the overall ranking religion sits just below Passion (11.5%) and just above Acceptance (11.2%).
How the Popularity of Religion Has Changed
In 2020 religion appeared in 9.5% of assessments and ranked 47th. In 2026 so far it appeared in 13.1% and ranked 35th, a rise of 3.6 percentage points.
Pick a measure, and read it by year or month by month. A month holds a few thousand assessments, so it moves more than a year does. The gaps are months the archive has no data for.
Religion, year by year
Each rank is among the 62 values that year, by appearance rate. The arrow is its move from the year before.
| Year | Assessments | Appearance rate | Rank | First place | Top three | Average position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 84,378 | 9.5% | 47th | 3.4% | 5.6% | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 224,096 | 9.3% | 47th | 3.5% | 5.5% | 3.7 |
| 2022 | 179,271 | 9.4% | 46th▲1 | 3.5% | 5.6% | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 397,249 | 10.2% | 43rd▲3 | 4.0% | 6.2% | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 460,244 | 12.1% | 37th▲6 | 4.8% | 7.4% | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 449,233 | 12.5% | 37th | 5.1% | 7.7% | 3.5 |
| 2026 so far | 337,163 | 13.1% | 35th▲2 | 5.4% | 8.4% | 3.4 |
2020 holds 6 months of data and 2022 holds 7 months of data, so their figures cover part of the year. 2026 covers January to October 2026.
Religion by Country
Of the 26 countries with enough assessments to publish, participants in Egypt rank religion most often, at 26.8%, and those in Hong Kong SAR China least often, at 3.8%.
Country is recorded for the assessments from December 2025 to October 2026, so this section reads those 300,899 assessments and compares each country with all of them.
Where religion is ranked most often
12.8% of participants rank religion in their top ten, from 26.8% in Egypt to 3.8% in Hong Kong SAR China. Tap or hover a country to see its top values.
- 3–7%
- 7–11%
- 11–15%
- 15–19%
- 19–23%
- 23–27%
- too few assessments
| Country | Appearance rate | vs average (pp) | Rank there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 26.8% | +14.0 | 9th of 62 |
| Saudi Arabia | 24.3% | +11.6 | 8th of 62 |
| South Africa | 20.3% | +7.5 | 15th of 62 |
| United Arab Emirates | 19.9% | +7.1 | 17th of 62 |
| Indonesia | 18.9% | +6.1 | 19th of 62 |
| United States | 15.4% | +2.6 | 25th of 62 |
| Brazil | 15.0% | +2.2 | 29th of 62 |
| Malaysia | 13.8% | +1.0 | 32nd of 62 |
| Mexico | 12.5% | −0.3 | 34th of 62 |
| Philippines | 10.6% | −2.2 | 39th of 62 |
| Canada | 10.2% | −2.6 | 44th of 62 |
| Singapore | 9.0% | −3.8 | 47th of 62 |
| New Zealand | 8.0% | −4.7 | 53rd of 62 |
| Australia | 7.8% | −5.0 | 52nd of 62 |
| Italy | 7.6% | −5.2 | 51st of 62 |
| Vietnam | 7.6% | −5.2 | 54th of 62 |
| Romania | 7.5% | −5.3 | 52nd of 62 |
| India | 7.1% | −5.7 | 56th of 62 |
| France | 6.8% | −6.0 | 51st of 62 |
| Poland | 6.5% | −6.3 | 50th of 62 |
| United Kingdom | 5.8% | −7.0 | 57th of 62 |
| Ireland | 4.9% | −7.9 | 59th of 62 |
| Germany | 4.6% | −8.2 | 58th of 62 |
| Switzerland | 4.5% | −8.3 | 59th of 62 |
| Netherlands | 4.4% | −8.3 | 59th of 62 |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 3.8% | −9.0 | 60th of 62 |
Every assessment with a known country, 12.8%
Religion by Age
Religion is ranked less often with age, from 15.3% of assessments among participants under 18 to 14.0% among those 65 and over, about 1.1 points per band.
Age is an optional question after the ranking, so this section reads the 75,449 assessments from December 2025 to October 2026 whose participants gave one. A difference between bands mixes what changes as people age with what differs between generations.
| Age | Appearance rate | vs average (pp) | Rank there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 15.3% | +3.6 | 30th of 62 |
| 18–24 | 13.1% | +1.4 | 38th of 62 |
| 25–34 | 9.2% | −2.5 | 49th of 62 |
| 35–44 | 9.1% | −2.6 | 50th of 62 |
| 45–54 | 9.9% | −1.8 | 44th of 62 |
| 55–64 | 11.6% | −0.1 | 39th of 62 |
| 65 and over | 14.0% | +2.3 | 33rd of 62 |
Everyone who gave an age, 11.7%
Religion by Gender
Men rank religion more often than women, by 1.0 percentage points.
Gender is optional too, asked beside age, so this section reads the 73,168 assessments from December 2025 to October 2026 whose participants gave one. “Prefer not to say” is counted in no group.
| Gender | Appearance rate | vs average (pp) | Rank there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women | 11.5% | −0.2 | 45th of 62 |
| Men | 12.5% | +0.8 | 41st of 62 |
| Non-binary | 3.4% | −8.3 | 61st of 62 |
Everyone who gave a gender, 11.7%
About These Figures
Every figure on this page is a share of completed assessments on Personalvalu.es, read from the same aggregates as the Global Values Research. The appearance rate is how often religion is among a participant's ten most important values. It is not a score, and a difference between groups describes the participants in them without explaining it.
How the aggregates are built, and why some countries and groups are left out, is set out in the methodology. Month-by-month figures for every value are in the monthly archive.
Statistics for every value
- Acceptance
- Accountability
- Adventure
- Ambition
- Appreciation
- Authenticity
- Authority
- Beauty
- Certainty
- Challenge
- Commitment
- Compassion
- Competence
- Contribution
- Control
- Courage
- Creativity
- Curiosity
- Determination
- Discipline
- Equality
- Ethics
- Excellence
- Excitement
- Fame
- Family
- Financial stability
- Forgiveness
- Freedom
- Friendship
- Growth
- Health
- Helpfulness
- Honesty
- Independence
- Influence
- Inner harmony
- Intelligence
- Job security
- Justice
- Love
- Loyalty
- Meaningful work
- Passion
- Peace
- Pleasure
- Popularity
- Privacy
- Religion
- Reputation
- Respect
- Security
- Spirituality
- Success
- Teamwork
- Tolerance
- Tradition
- Trust
- Uniqueness
- Variety
- Wealth
- Wisdom
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