Christianity
Christianity by country
Commentary
Notable countries
Christianity reaches near-universal levels in several countries, led by Timor-Leste at 99.6%, followed by Samoa (98.8%) and Armenia (98.7%). The top 10 is dominated by Oceania, with Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu all above 97%. At the other end, Maldives and Somalia are at 0%, while Afghanistan, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen are each at 0.1%, showing how sharply the share varies across countries.
Regional trends
By continent, Oceania has the highest average Christian share at 88.27%, followed closely by North America at 87.37% and South America at 81.38%. Europe also remains high at 74.48%, while Africa is much closer to the global mean at 51.4%. Asia stands out as the clear low outlier with an average of just 13.55%, far below every other region.
Data source
The data come from Pew 2010 and measure the share of each country's population that is Christian, in percent. Coverage includes 196 countries. A key caveat is that these figures reflect religious composition in 2010 and may have changed since then.
Interpretation
Higher values mean Christianity makes up a larger share of a country's population, while lower values indicate it is a much smaller minority or nearly absent. With a global mean of 56.12% and a very large spread across countries, Christianity is clearly widespread worldwide but highly unevenly distributed. The data suggest especially strong concentration in Oceania and the Americas, contrasted with very low shares across much of Asia and parts of North Africa.