The United States More Religious Than Europe, But By How Much?

(ANALYSIS) One of the most important questions that one has to ask in doing data work is pretty simple: “Compared to what?” Sure, religiosity in the U.S. has dropped over the last half-century, but how does our religious behavior compare to Europe?

Analysis, Religion, North America, EuropeRyan BurgeMay 12, 2025Ryan Burge, Graphs About Religion, Religion data, Religion in the U.S., Religion in Europe, Decline of religion, Secularism, religion, Europe, United States, religion newsComment

Europe Is Not Very Religious — And There’s The Data To Show It

Is there a more recent dataset of European religion that I haven’t analyzed yet. And the answer is yes! There is one. It just released data from a survey wave that was administered in 2023 and 2024. It’s not all of Europe, just 13 countries. It doesn’t include France, but it does have a nice representation from Western Europe, Scandinavia and a few Eastern European countries thrown in there.

Analysis, Christianity, Europe, ReligionRyan BurgeAugust 17, 2024Ryan Burge, Graphs About Religion, Religion data, Paris Olympics, The Last Supper, Religion in Europe, religion, Europe Comment

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