Variable: Official Religion

QoG Code: (biu_offrel)


Dataset: Religion and State Project

Description:

Official Religion measures whether the government has an established religion. For a religion to be established there must be a constitutional clause, a law, or the equivalent explicitly stating that a specific religion or specific religions are the official religions of that state. This variable is coded on the following scale:

  1. The state has no official religion
  2. The state has multiple established religions
  3. The state has one established religion

Type of variable: Categorical

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Last updated by source: 2017-08-03


Categories:

Political System Religion


Find this variable in:

Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic time-series: 180
Standard time-series: 180
OECD time-series: 39

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1990-2014
Basic time-series: 1990-2014
OECD time-series: 1990-2014

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