Roman Catholic was the most common religion affiliation in Bolivia in 2020. In a survey carried out between October and December of 2020, approximately 65 percent of Bolivian respondents claimed to be of catholic faith, whereas the second most chosen religion was evangelism, with approximately 19 percent of the people interviewed. Six percent of respondents answered they didn't profess any religion and 1.1 percent defined themselves as atheists.
Religion affiliation in Bolivia as of 2020, by type
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Catholic
64.7%
Evangelist (unspecified)
15.7%
Adventist
2.3%
Baptist evangelist
1.4%
Pentecostal evangelist
1.3%
Mormon
0.6%
Jehova's witness
0.4%
Protestant
0.3%
Methodist evangelist
0.1%
Other
3.3%
None
5.9%
Atheist
1.1%
Believer without formal affiliation to any religion
The original question posed on the survey was: "¿Cuál es su religión?"
Data about the following religion affiliation was statistically insignificant and was therefore excluded from this statistic: Jewish.
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Corporación Latinobarómetro. (October 9, 2021). Religion affiliation in Bolivia as of 2020, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1066911/religious-affiliation-in-bolivia/
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Corporación Latinobarómetro. (2021). Religion affiliation in Bolivia as of 2020, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1066911/religious-affiliation-in-bolivia/
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