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"title": "Religious Restrictions in 198 Countries"
"description": "This chart shows how the world’s 198 countries and self-administering territories score in terms of both government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion."
"date": "2009-12-17"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "No Author"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/2009/12/17/religious-restrictions-in-198-countries/"
"categories":
  - "Discrimination & Prejudice"
  - "International Religious Freedom & Restrictions"
  - "Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project"
  - "Religion"
  - "Religion & Government"
  - "Religion & Government"
  - "Religion & Government"
  - "Religion & Politics"
  - "Religion & Politics"
  - "Religious Freedom & Restrictions"
---

# Religious Restrictions in 198 Countries

This chart shows how the world’s 198 countries and self-administering territories score in terms of both government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion.

![restrictions18](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/07/restrictions18.gif "restrictions18")

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