25 Most Secular Countries in the World

1. Macau

Government Restrictions Index Score as of 2021: 0.4

Social Hostilities Index Score as of 2021: 0.0

Insider Monkey Score: 0.2

Percentage of Religiously Unaffiliated Individuals as of 2020: 15.4%

Macau is a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China, and has a population of 695,168 as of 2022, according to estimates by the World Bank. The autonomous region is located on China’s south coast and ranks first on our list of the 25 most secular countries in the world. With an Insider Monkey Score of 0.2, Macau has a Government Restrictions Index Score of 0.4 and a Social Hostilities Index Score of 0.0 as of 2021. Around 15.4% of the country’s residents are religiously unaffiliated, while 7.2% are Christians, less than 1% Muslims, 17.3% Buddhists, and less than 1% Hindus. In addition, 58.9% of Macau’s population is affiliated with folk religions.

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