“The
tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the
most dangerous forces in the world.”
-
Anonymous
I
begen to write this article with an assumption that religion is still an
overwhelmingly accepted practice across the world. So, I decided to analyze
some of the indirect effects religion has had on some countries.
Below is the list of
countries twenty countries, sorted in increasing order of importance of
religion. I created this list by using the entire list from here.
I selected the top 10 and bottom 10 which from this list. Then, I added other
parameters such as ‘per capita income’, and ‘literacy rate’ of these
corresponding countries.
Country
|
% Population Religion
NOT important
|
Literacy rate
|
Per Capita income
(USD)
|
Estonia
|
78%
|
99.8%
|
$21,942
|
Sweden
|
83%
|
99.5%
|
$41,300
|
Denmark
|
80.5%
|
99.5%
|
$40,990
|
Czech Republic
|
74.5%
|
99%
|
$ 26,046
|
Norway
|
78%
|
100%
|
$61,882
|
Hong Kong
|
75.5%
|
93.5%
|
$49,990
|
Japan
|
75%
|
99%
|
$34,295
|
United Kingdom
|
73%
|
99%
|
$34,495
|
Finland
|
70%
|
100%
|
$38,094
|
France
|
69.5%
|
99%
|
$34,933
|
Tanzania
|
3.5%
|
69.4%
|
$1521
|
UAE
|
8.5%
|
77.9%
|
$48,222
|
Qatar
|
4.5%
|
96.3%
|
$88,919
|
Bahrain
|
3.5%
|
94.6%
|
$23,691
|
Bangladesh
|
0%
|
56.8%
|
$1788
|
Indonesia
|
0%
|
90.3%
|
$4668
|
Sri Lanka
|
1%
|
61.1%
|
$5620
|
Egypt
|
2%
|
72%
|
$6324
|
Congo
|
5.5%
|
66.8%
|
$375
|
Somalia
|
1.5%
|
37.8%
|
$547
|
There are several
conclusions one can draw based on the above data. However, to avoid inviting arguments
or clarifications, I will withhold my conclusions. So, I will leave it to the
reader’s wisdom to draw the suitable conclusion.
