{"id":73554,"date":"2011-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2011\/08\/09\/rising-restrictions-on-religion-gri\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:13:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:13:35","slug":"rising-restrictions-on-religion-gri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2011\/08\/09\/rising-restrictions-on-religion-gri\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Restrictions Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following table shows all 198 countries and territories in descending order of their scores on the Pew Forum\u2019s index of social hostilities involving religion as of mid-2009. The Pew Forum has not attached numerical rankings to the countries because there are numerous tie scores and the differences between the scores of countries that are close to each other on this table are not necessarily meaningful. This is particularly the case at the low end of the scale: The range of scores among the 40 countries in the Very High (top 5%) and high (next 15%) categories is greater than the range of scores among the 115 countries in the Low (bottom 60%) category.<\/p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<div style=\"background-color: #f3c6bc;padding: 6px 12px 12px\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px\"><strong>Very High<\/strong>\n<em>top 5% of scores<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black\">\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold;width: 200px;border-bottom: 1px solid black\">Scores from 7.2 to 8.3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;border-bottom: 1px solid black\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Egypt<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">China<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Eritrea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Iran<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Maldives<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Indonesia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Saudi Arabia<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Malaysia<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Uzbekistan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Burma (Myanmar)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"margin-top: 12px;background-color: #ffc1c1;padding: 6px 12px 12px\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px\"><strong>High<\/strong>\n<em>Next 15% of scores<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black;font-weight: bold;width: 200px\">Scores from 4.7 to 7.1<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black;width: 200px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Pakistan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Yemen<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Azerbaijan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Algeria<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Afghanistan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Iraq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Tajikistan<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Brunei<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Bangladesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Turkmenistan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Laos<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Western Sahara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Russia<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Sudan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Bulgaria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Syria<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Tunisia<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Oman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Libya\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Kuwait<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Moldova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Belarus<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Somalia*\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Bhutan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Turkey<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Morocco<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Qatar<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Mauritania<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">India<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Israel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Vietnam<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Jordan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"margin-top: 12px;background-color: #faf5e3;padding: 6px 12px 12px\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px\"><strong>Moderate<\/strong>\n<em>Next 20% of scores<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black;font-weight: bold;width: 200px\">Scores from 2.5 to 4.6<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black;width: 200px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Kazakhstan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Comoros<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Tanzania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Kyrgyzstan<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Mexico<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Georgia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Singapore<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Chad<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Tuvalu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Armenia<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Thailand<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">France<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Belgium<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Slovakia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">United Arab Emirates<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Zimbabwe<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Venezuela<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Greece\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/down-arrow-yellow.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Austria<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Cambodia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Cuba<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Uganda<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Denmark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Serbia<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Palestinian territories**<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Monaco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Bahrain<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Kenya<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Costa Rica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Nigeria<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Central African Republic<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Lebanon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Romania<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Angola<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Ethiopia<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Nepal<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Germany<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"margin-top: 12px;background-color: #fdfdf5;padding: 6px 12px 12px\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px\"><strong>Low<\/strong>\n<em>Bottom 60% of scores<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black;font-weight: bold;width: 200px\">Scores from 0.0 to 2.4<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black;width: 200px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Rwanda<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Chile<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Mongolia<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">South Korea<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Haiti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Ukraine<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Seychelles<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Cameroon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Lithuania<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Ireland<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Luxembourg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Kazakhstan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Nepal<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Ethiopia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Latvia<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Malta<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Andorra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Italy<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Mauritius<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Dominican Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Hong Kong<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/up-arrow-red.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Montenegro<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Botswana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Madagascar<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Antigua and Barbuda<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Mali<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Ivory Coast<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Djibouti<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Samoa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Argentina<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Switzerland<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Ghana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Iceland<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Papua New Guinea<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Solomon Islands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Northern Cyprus<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Finland<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Fiji<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Croatia<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Republic of Macedonia<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/down-arrow-yellow.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Hungary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Colombia<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Nauru<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/down-arrow-yellow.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Cyprus<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Gambia<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Kosovo<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Nicaragua<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/down-arrow-yellow.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Lesotho<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black\">\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Niger<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px;border-right: 1px solid black\">Poland<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted black;padding-left: 6px\">Republic of Congo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted 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substantial increase from mid-2006 to mid-2009.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"small wp-block-paragraph\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/down-arrow-yellow.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denotes a substantial decrease from mid-2006 to mid-2009.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"small wp-block-paragraph\">NOTE: The number of countries in each percentile range may be slightly more or less than the actual percentage because of tie scores. Substantial increase or decrease is defined as a change of at least 1.5 standard deviations above or below the mean amount of change among all 198 countries on each index. The change also had to be in the same direction over the periods studied. (See <a href=\"\/Government\/Rising-Restrictions-on-Religion(7).aspx\">Methodology<\/a> for more details.)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"small wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>North Korea:<\/strong> The sources clearly indicate that the government of North Korea is among the most repressive in the world with respect to religion as well as other civil liberties. But because North Korean society is effectively closed to outsiders, the sources are unable to provide the kind of specific and timely information that the Pew Forum coded in this quantitative study. 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