Table 3 Religious concentration across 18 OECD countries
From: Cultural similarities and housing market linkage: evidence from OECD countries
Country | Majority religion | Protestant | Catholic | Muslim | Buddhist | Herfindal Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AUS | Protestant | 30.10% | 25.30% | 2.50% | 2.80% | 0.156 |
BEL | Catholic | 0% | 75% | 0% | 0% | 0.563 |
CAN | Catholic | 20.30% | 40.60% | 3.20% | 1.10% | 0.207 |
DEN | Protestant | 80% | 0% | 4% | 0% | 0.642 |
FIN | Protestant | 78.40% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.615 |
FRA | Catholic | 0% | 66% | 9% | 0.75% | 0.444 |
GER | Protestant | 34% | 34% | 3.70% | 0% | 0.233 |
IRL | Catholic | 0% | 84.70% | 1.10% | 0% | 0.718 |
ITA | Catholic | 0% | 80% | 2.50% | 0% | 0.641 |
JPN | Buddhist | 0% | 1.50% | 0% | 66.80% | 0.446 |
NLD | Catholic | 19% | 28% | 5% | 0% | 0.117 |
NZL | Catholic | 0% | 11.60% | 0% | 1.40% | 0.014 |
NOR | Protestant | 82.10% | 1.80% | 2.30% | 0% | 0.675 |
ESP | Catholic | 0% | 94% | 0% | 0% | 0.884 |
SWE | Protestant | 87% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.757 |
CHE | Catholic | 26.90% | 38.70% | 4.90% | 0% | 0.225 |
UK | Catholic | 0% | 59.50% | 4.40% | 0% | 0.356 |
US | Protestant | 51.30% | 23.90% | 0.60% | 0.70% | 0.320 |