religion other than Catholicism accounted for approximately 2.9 percent of the Spanish population in 2022 according to the most recent data.
Although traditionally a Catholic country, Spain saw a decline in the number of believers over the past years. Compared to 2011, when the share of believers accounted for slightly over 70 percent of the Spanish population, the Catholic community lost approximately 12 percent of their faithful by 2022 with a share of 57.6 percent of the surveyed population. Believers of a Share of the Spanish population who consider themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2022
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Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. (January 30, 2022). Share of the Spanish population who consider themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/992681/share-of-catholics-in-spain/
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. "Share of the Spanish population who consider themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2022." Chart. January 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/992681/share-of-catholics-in-spain/
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. (2022). Share of the Spanish population who consider themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/992681/share-of-catholics-in-spain/
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. "Share of The Spanish Population Who Consider Themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/992681/share-of-catholics-in-spain/
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Share of the Spanish population who consider themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/992681/share-of-catholics-in-spain/ (last visited January 31, 2023)
Share of the Spanish population who consider themselves Catholic from 2011 to 2022 [Graph], Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, January 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/992681/share-of-catholics-in-spain/