







Do you believe in God ?

The graph above shows the comparison of belief in God by country. In the United States, 88% of people believe in God. Algeria, Jordan, Pakistan have the most God believers at 100%. The survey of whether people in the country believe in God was carried out World Values Survey Association in total 53 countries and 47 countries have more than 50% of people who believe in God.

China has the least percentage of citizens who believe in God at 17%. Less than 50% of Japanese people believe in God and 31% of Japanese do not know whether they believe in God or not. The 31% is the most out of surveyed 53 countries.

The belief in God in Japan is vague or unclear. One of the reasons is that Japanese people cannot prove that God exists or not so that they are not sure if there is a God or not. Due to their rational way of thinking, they answered “Don’t know” for the existence of God.

Homicide Rates VS Christianity

The figure above illustrates the correlation between homicide deaths rates and proportion of Christians by state in the United States. There appears to be a correlation between them in some degree.

When I made the figure, I excluded the data of District of Columbia due to the exceptionally high homicide rate in the region. According to a former D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier, the criminal justice system in the city is broken and the system allows to repeat violent offenders back on the street again and again.

Correlation does not imply causation and the causation between the two variables seems to need further research. But, some researchers point out that the correlation indicates the more violence there are in the state, the more needed Christianity is in order to correct violent behaviors.

According to Los Angels Times, “It is, of course, impossible to conclude from any of this data that secularism, in and of itself, causes societal well-being, or that religiosity causes social ills. Peacefulness, prosperity and overall societal goodness are undoubtedly caused by multiple, complex factors — economic, geographic, cultural, political, historical and so forth. That said, it is clear that a strong or increased presence of secularism isn’t the damaging threat to society so many continually claim it to be.”







Belief in God by Household Income

Also, the graph above shows the belief in God by household income in the US. In each income category, more than 50% of Americans believe in God with absolute certainty. Although there are only 4 income categories in the figure, it looks that the more income American people earn, the less percentage of American believe in God. American people who earn $100,000 or more has the most proportion of people who “don’t know”, “Do not believe in God” ,and “Other/don’t know if they believe in God” in terms of belief in God.

Belief in God by Age Group

Finally, the last figure above shows the belief in God by age group in the US. It is obvious that young people whose age is from 18 to 29 believe in God much less than older age group. According to Pew Research Center, U.S. public citizens are getting less religious.





