World Religion Database: field definitions

Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Religion Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2024).

Table Field Description
version_2020_country Religious Violence Religious violence Index, 0-10, low is less violence: a comparative measure of religious violence (persecution, which includes displacement and property damage).
version_2020_country Rural % Percentage of the nation's total population that live in a rural area.
version_2020_country Rural Pop Number of people that live in a rural area.
version_2020_country Shintoist % Number of Shintoists as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. These are Japanese who profess, or still profess, Shinto as their first or major religion.
version_2020_country Shintoists Number of Shintoists in this country's population. These are Japanese who profess, or still profess, Shinto as their first or major religion.
version_2020_country Sikh % Number of Sikhs as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. These are followers of the Sikh reform movement out of Hinduism, who look to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India (sects: Akali, Khalsa, Nanapanthi, Nirmali, Sewapanthi, Udasi).
version_2020_country Sikhs Number of Sikh's in this country's population. These are followers of the Sikh reform movement out of Hinduism, who look to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India (sects: Akali, Khalsa, Nanapanthi, Nirmali, Sewapanthi, Udasi).
version_2020_country Smaller Cities Number of cities in the country with over 50,000 inhabitants (or smaller capital cities) in 2010 (archived City listing).
version_2020_country Social Hostilities Index Social Hostilities of religion Index, 0-10, low is less restriction: a comparative measure of the restrictions placed on practice, profession, or selection of religion by other religious groups or associations or the culture at large.
version_2020_country Spiritist % Number of Spiritists as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. These are Non-Christian spiritists or spiritualists, or thaumaturgicalists; high spiritists, as opposed to low spiritists (Afro-American syncretists), followers of medium-religions, medium-religionists.
version_2020_country Spiritists Number of Spiritists in this country's population. These are Non-Christian spiritists or spiritualists, or thaumaturgicalists; high spiritists, as opposed to low spiritists (Afro-American syncretists), followers of medium-religions, medium-religionists.
version_2020_country State Religion 1900 The official state religion of this country in 1900. A 'state religion' is the religion recognized in law as the official religion of a country.
version_2020_country State Religion 1970 The official state religion of this country in 1970. A 'state religion' is the religion recognized in law as the official religion of a country.
version_2020_country State Religion 1990 The official state religion of this country in 1990. A 'state religion' is the religion recognized in law as the official religion of a country.
version_2020_country State Religion 2000 The official state religion of this country in 2000. A 'state religion' is the religion recognized in law as the official religion of a country.
version_2020_country State Religion 2020 The official state religion of this country. A 'state religion' is the religion recognized in law as the official religion of a country.
version_2020_country UN Development group Here, 1=more; 2=less; 3=least-developed as defined by UN. (1) More developed regions comprise Europe, Northern America, Australia/New Zealand and Japan. (2) Less developed regions comprise all regions of Africa, Asia (except Japan), Latin America and the Caribbean plus Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. (3) The are 46 least developed countries:  33 in Africa, 9 in Asia, 4 in Oceania and one each in Latin America and the Caribbean. Primary source: United Nations 2022.
version_2020_country UN Region Region of the world to which the United Nations (UN) has assigned this country.
version_2020_country UN Region code Code for the region of the world the United Nations (UN) has assigned this country.
version_2020_country Urban % Number of urbanites as a percentage of the country's population.
version_2020_country Urban growth rate The annual growth rate of the urban population. Primary source: United Nations 2022.
version_2020_country Urban Pop Number of urbanites (town and city dwellers) in this country.
version_2020_country Version 2020 Country code Four-letter abbreviation assigned to country for database purposes.
version_2020_country Water Access % Percentage of the country's population using improved drinking-water sources. Primary source: World Health Organization 2018 (in HDR 2018).
version_2020_country Wealth per capita Individual net worth, per person in 2018, expressed in US dollars (official exchange rates). Defined as the marketable value of financial assets plus non-financial assets (principally housing and land) less debts. Primary source: Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2018.
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