Italy: belief in God

This statistic displays the belief in God in Italy in 2017. According to data, 21 percent of the respondents participating in this survey said that they do not believe in God. On the other hand, 26 percent of the participants stated to be absolutely certain that God exists.

Belief in God in the Italy in 2017

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Believe in God - fairly certain	37%
Believers in God - absolutely certain	26%
Do not believe in God	21%
Believe in God - less certain	9%
Do not know/refused	7%

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Release date

May 2018

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

April 2017 to August 2017

Number of respondents

1,804*

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

excluding Muslim respondents

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.

* Total number of survey participants. Other religions (mostly Muslim respondents) formed less than five percent of the total participants in Italy.

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