English: freedom of religion by country, based on the report Global Restrictions on Religion, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, December 2009

taking into account both governmental restrictions on the freedom of religion and social hostility related to religion.

light yellow: low restrictions

dark yellow: moderate restrictions

orange: high restrictions

red: very high restrictions

todo: improve color coding. this is an overlay of two datasets, see p. 28 of report.

Data for 50 most populous countries:

very high

Saudi Arabia , Iran

high to very high

India, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Israel, Burma

high

Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Turkey, Algeria, Russia, Uzbekistan, Maldives

moderate to high

Eritrea, China, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Morocco, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria,

moderate

Ukraine, Germany, Thailand, France, Tanzania, Congo, Philippines, Ghana

low to moderate

USA, Uganda, Venezuela, Italy, UK, South Africa, Colombia

low

Taiwan, Spain, South Korea, Scandinavia, Peru, Mozambique, Brazil, Poland, Argentina, Canada, Ecuador