FOR RELEASE JULY 15, 2019 - Pew Research Centers Religion Public . . . Globally, most restrictions, hostilities involving religion have risen over past decade Global means for eight different categories of restrictions and hostilities Source: Pew Research Center analysis of external data See Methodology for details “A Closer Look at How Religious Restrictions Have Risen Around the World” PEW RESEARCH CENTER
BY Samirah Majumdar and Virginia Villa - Pew Research Centers Religion . . . in 2007, but the number of countries with at least “high” levels of social hostilities related to religion is now the lowest since 2009 Another way of looking at the data is by examining scores on the Social Hostilities Index (SHI), a 10-point scale based on 13 indicators of social hostilities involving religion The global median
Appendix B: Social Hostilities Index - Pew Research Centers Religion . . . Appendix B: Social Hostilities Index The following table shows all 198 countries and territories in descending order of their scores on Pew Research Center’s index of social hostilities involving religion as of the end of 2019 The Center has not attached numerical
Samirah Majumdar and Virginia Villa on religion and social hostilities involving religion The new study is based on the same 10-point indexes used in the previous studies • The Government Restrictions Index measures government laws, policies and actions that restrict religious beliefs and practices The GRI comprises 20 measures of restrictions,
NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD FOR RELEASE FEB. 26, 2015 . . . The SHI includes 13 measures of social hostilities 1 This year’s report also looks at the prevalence of restrictions and hostilities that tend to target religious minorities around the world The report finds that these types of restrictions and hostilities do not generally exist in isolation but often accompany broader restrictions on
NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD - Pew Research Centers . . . hostilities involving religion reached a six-year peak in 2012, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center A third (33%) of the 198 countries and territories included in the study had high religious hostilities in 2012, up from 29% in 2011 and 20% as of mid-2007 Religious hostilities increased
NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD hostilities – i e , acts of religious hostility by private individuals, organizations or groups in society – increased in 2015, from 23% to 27% Both of these increases follow two years of declines in the percentage of countries with high levels of restrictions on religion by these measures When looking at overall levels of restrictions in
GLOBAL RESTRICTIONS government policies and social hostilities do not always move in tandem Vietnam and China, for instance, have high government restrictions on religion but are in the moderate or low range when it comes to social hostilities Nigeria and Bangladesh follow the opposite pattern: high in social hostilities but moderate in terms of government actions
Very High High - Pew Research Centers Religion Public Life Project GLOBALLY, SOCIAL HOSTILITIES RELATED TO RELIGION DECLINE IN 2019, WHILE GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS REMAIN AT HIGHEST LEVELS www pewresearch org 63 NORTH KOREA: The sources used for this study 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
Appendix F: Results by country - Pew Research Centers Religion . . . that comprise the Social Hostilities Index (SHI) Although each question is weighted equally, many of the questions contain gradations, allowing partial scores depending on intensity or severity For example, on SHI Question No 2 – “Was there mob violence related to religion?” – a country that had no religion-related mob violence