Religion in Latin America

Statistics report on religion in Latin America

Religion in Latin America

This report provides an overview on religion in Latin America. After addressing the distribution of religious affiliation across numerous countries in the region, it focuses on how such affiliations have changed in recent years. Afterwards, the report presents an outlook on how denomination varies according to different demographic factors (such as age or socioeconomic group) and how religious affiliation is linked to different political and social views. The closing chapter focus on religiosity and the Latin American youth.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Religious affiliation in Latin American and Caribbean countries 2020
  • Basic Statistic Latin America: religion affiliation share 2020, by type
  • Basic Statistic Share of catholics in Latin America 2000-2020, by country
  • Basic Statistic Share of evangelicals in Latin America 2020, by country
  • Premium Statistic Latin America: support for Church 2020, by country

Changes in the religious landscape

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  • Basic Statistic Religious affiliation in Mexico 1995-2020
  • Basic Statistic Religious affiliation in Colombia 1996-2020
  • Basic Statistic Religious affiliation in Peru 1995-2020
  • Basic Statistic Religious affiliation in Costa Rica 1996-2020
  • Basic Statistic Religious affiliation in Dominican Republic 2005-2020

Demographic factors

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  • Basic Statistic Religious affiliation in Argentina 2019, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Religious affiliation share by age Argentina 2019
  • Basic Statistic Ethnic distribution of Catholics and Evangelists in Brazil 2019
  • Basic Statistic Age distribution of Catholics and Evangelists in Brazil 2019
  • Basic Statistic Level of education of Catholics and Evangelists in Brazil 2019
  • Basic Statistic Religious affiliation by age group El Salvador in 2020
  • Basic Statistic Religious affiliation by socioeconomic class El Salvador 2019
  • Basic Statistic Religious affiliation by region in Nicaragua 2020

Social and political attitudes

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  • Basic Statistic Perception of corruption among religious leaders in Latin America 2020, by country
  • Basic Statistic Opinion on abortion by religion in Nicaragua 2020
  • Basic Statistic Reception to different concepts of family by religion in Argentina 2019
  • Basic Statistic Opinion on in which cases abortion should be allowed by religion in Argentina 2019
  • Basic Statistic Voting intention for 2022 presidential elections in Brazil, by religion
  • Basic Statistic Respondents who defined themselves as feminists by religion in Brazil 2019
  • Basic Statistic Chile: trust in Catholic Church 2005-2020

Religion and the youth

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  • Premium Statistic Religious affiliation of the youth in Colombia 2021
  • Premium Statistic Religiosity among the Catholic youth in Colombia 2021, by level of observance
  • Premium Statistic Influence of religion on the daily life of young Colombians 2021
  • Premium Statistic Young Mexicans' religious affiliation 2019
  • Premium Statistic Level of attendance to religious services by gender among youth in Mexico 2019
  • Premium Statistic Level of importance that young Mexicans attach to religion 2019
  • Premium Statistic Young people's trust in church and religious organizations in Mexico 2019

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