Data source: Gina A. Zurlo and Todd M. Johnson, eds., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2024).
| Table | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| country | Female % | Percentage of females in the country (UN). |
| country | Food waste per household | Food waste index in kg (household). Primary source: United Nations Statistics Division. |
| country | GDP growth per capita | Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita. Primary source: World Bank and OECD. |
| country | Gender gap | The gap between female Human Development Index (HDI) and male HDI (as a percentage of male HDI). Primary source: UN Development Programme: Human Development Report 2022. |
| country | Gender inequality | (max 100) A low value indicates low inequality between women and men based on a combination of indicators: maternal mortality, adolescent birth rate, share of parliamentary seats, share of secondary education, and participation in the labour force. Primary source: UN Development Programme: Human Development Report 2022. |
| country | GNI per capita | Gross National Income per year per person in 2017, expressed as purchasing power parity (PPP) dollars. GNI is the aggregate income of an economy generated by its production and its ownership of factors of production, less the incomes paid for the use of factors of production owned by the rest of the world. Primary source: World Bank (2018), IMF (2018) and United Nations Statistics Division (2018) (in HDR 2018). |
| country | Governmental Restrictions Index | Governmental Restrictions of religion Index, 0-10, low is less restriction: a comparative measure of the actions of the state that deny religious freedoms including any actions that impinge on the practice, profession, or selection of religion. |
| country | Growth % pa | This country's natural population was increasing at this annual percentage rate in 2020. A 'natural population increase' is determined by subtracting the number of deaths from the number of births in this country. Primary source: United Nations 2022. |
| country | HDI | Human development index, 2017. A higher value represents greater human development in this country. Primary source: UN Development Programme: Human Development Report 2018. |
| country | Hindu % | Number of Hindus as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. Followers of the main Hindu traditions: (a) Vaishnavites (Vishnaivites) numbering 70% of all Hindus; (b) Saivites numbering 25% mostly in South India; (c) Saktists or other sects (3%); (d) neo-Hindu movements and modern sects arising out of Hinduism, about 1.5%; and (e) Arya Samaj and other reformist movements, 0.5% (Brahmo Samaj, Prarthana Samaj, Swami-Narayanis, Ramakrishna Mission, but excluding Jains and Sikhs). |
| country | Hindus | Number of Hindus in this country's population. Followers of the main Hindu traditions: (a) Vaishnavites (Vishnaivites) numbering 70% of all Hindus; (b) Saivites numbering 25% mostly in South India; (c) Saktists or other sects (3%); (d) neo-Hindu movements and modern sects arising out of Hinduism, about 1.5%; and (e) Arya Samaj and other reformist movements, 0.5% (Brahmo Samaj, Prarthana Samaj, Swami-Narayanis, Ramakrishna Mission, but excluding Jains and Sikhs). |
| country | Hindus who know Christians | Hindus who know Christians. |
| country | HIV per 1,000 | Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex, age and key populations. Primary source: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). |
| country | Independent Charismatics | Number of Independent Charismatics in the country. Independent Charismatic refers to a religious person or movement similar to a charismatic but unconnected with mainline Pentecostal or non-Pentecostal denominations. |
| country | Independents | Number of Affiliated Independents in this country. These are Christians independent of historic, institutionalized, or denominationalist Christianity. |
| country | Infant mortality | Infant mortality, per 1,000 live births in the country. Primary source: United Nations 2022. |
| country | Internal gospel access pct | The proportion of gospel access attributed to personal evangelism by Christians within the country (or people group) |
| country | Internet use % | Proportion of individuals using the Internet. Primary source: International Telecommunication Union (via World Bank). |
| country | ISO A2 | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. |
| country | ISO A3 | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code. |
| country | Jain % | Number of Jains as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. Followers of the Jain reform movement are from Hinduism, composed of the Svetambara and Digambara sects. |
| country | Jains | Number of Jain in this country's population. Followers of the Jain reform movement are from Hinduism, composed of the Svetambara and Digambara sects. |
| country | Jew % | Number of Jews as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. |
| country | Jews | Number of Jews in this country's population. |
| country | Life Expectancy | The number of years individuals born “this year” in this country's population are expected to live, based on statistical probability. Primary source: United Nations 2022. |
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