Religion affiliations in Latin America 2020

During a survey conducted in 2020, approximately 57 percent of respondents in 18 Latin American countries claimed to be catholic. Meanwhile, 16.6 percent of the people participating in the survey said they did not profess any religion.

In Mexico, more than 74 percent of respondents said they professed Catholicism. Particularly in Honduras, Colombia and Ecuador, most Christians think religion is very important in their lives.

Religion affiliation in Latin America as of 2020, by type

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Catholic	57.1%
Evangelist (unspecified)	19.1%
Pentecostal evangelist	1.1%
Jehova's witness	0.8%
Adventist	0.8%
Mormon	0.4%
Baptist evangelist	0.4%
Afroamerican cults, Umbanda, etc.	0.3%
Protestant	0.3%
Methodist evangelist	0.1%
None	16.6%
Atheist	1.1%
Other	0.8%
Believer without formal affiliation to any religion	0.7%
Agnostic	0.3%

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Release date

October 2021

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

October 26 to December 15, 2020*

Number of respondents

19,761 respondents

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

The survey was conducted in 18 Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Data about the following religion affiliations was statistically insignificant and was therefore excluded from this statistic: Jewish.
**Due to coronavirus restrictions, the survey was conducted online in Argentina from April 26 to May 16, 2021.

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