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Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts

Religion and Violence against Children

UNICEF Study "Hidden in Plain Sight" about violence against children states in Figure 5.4 in which countries children experienced severe physical punishment:

Top ranked are some of the most religious countries:

Yemen, Egypt,  Chad, Afghanistan, Republic Congo, Central African Republic, Vanuatu, Nigeria, Tunisia, Niger, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Cameroon, Iraq, Congo, Palestine, Algeria, Morocco, Syria,


Religion and Happiness

.. or does Religion make you unhappy? Do you see counties with a very high religiosity among the most unhappy countries according to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report (May 2017)?

Central African Republic, Burundi, Tanzania, Syria, Rwanda, Togo, Guinea, Liberia, South Sudan, Yemen, Haiti, Madagascar, Benin, Botswana, Afghanistan, Angola, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Chad, Malawi, Niger

Religion and Corruption

Here are the top ranked countries (meaning: the most corrupt counties) in the Corruption Perceptions Index - according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index (May 2017):

North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Lybia, Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Guinea Bissau, Iraq, Venezuela, Angola, Eritrea, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Haiti, Congo, Cambodia, Republic Congo

The most Religious Countries

If you are a religious person, maybe you also want to live in the most religious countries - according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance_of_religion_by_country (May 2017):

Sri Lanka, Malawi, Indonesia, Yemen, Niger, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Burundi, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somaliland, Somalia, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Laos, Guinea, Morocco, Egypt, Comoros, Thailand

Religion and Peace Statistics

... and which are the most violent countries according to the Global Peace Index 2016 (Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index , in May 2017):

Syria, South Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, Central African Republic, Ukraine, Sudan, Lybia, Pakistan, Republic Congo, Russia, North Korea, Nigeria, Palestine, Colombia, Lebanon, Turkey, Israel