{"id":2350,"date":"2015-05-05T08:27:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T06:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2350"},"modified":"2015-05-05T08:27:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T06:27:40","slug":"thailand-religious-country-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/2350-thailand-religious-country-world","title":{"rendered":"Thailand is the most religious country in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0recent study on religions in the world revealed among others that Thailand is\u00a0the most religious country in the world. Thailand has\u00a0the the lowest\u00a0rate of atheists people in the world.<\/p>\n

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Thailand is the most religious nation in the world<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The study conducted by Gallup International and the Network of WI Market Research encompasses 65 countries and compiles information from 63,898 interviews. It is based on several different factors to determine the most religious regions and the least religious regions : country, age, income level, employment and education.<\/p>\n

Thailand is the most religious country in the world<\/h2>\n

Thailand is, according to this study, the most religious country in the world. In the survey, 94% of the population say they are religious and only 1% of Thais consider themselves atheists.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A result which is not surprising as Buddhism is rooted in Thai culture. It is the official religion. The religion of King of Thailand and of the overwhelming majority of the population.<\/p>\n

China and Japan are the least religious countries<\/h2>\n

Another thing we learned in this\u00a0survey: \u00a0China and Japan are the least religious countries in the world. 6% of Chinese consider themselves religious and 61% say they are atheists. In Japan, 13% consider themselves religious. Then\u00a0comes Sweden with nearly 19% of the population saying it is religious and the Czech Republic (23%) and the Netherlands tied with Hong Kong (26%).<\/p>\n

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World Religions (Infographic: worldreligionnews.com<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Age, income and work, religiosity factors ?<\/h2>\n

The study also establishes a link between income and religion. The poorest are more religious than people with the higher\u00a0income. Similarly, full-time workers tend to be less religious. Concerning the factor of age, 44-54 are among the least likely to be religious<\/strong>. Those under 24 years are more likely to be religious than most age groups showing that the world’s youth is increasingly religious. Seniors are the more likely to be atheists, according to this study.<\/p>\n

In short, religion has good years ahead of her … and Thailand too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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