The following data represents the number of atheists in certain countries in Europe. The third column represents specifically atheists, the second column represents people who do not believe in a personal deity, and the first column represents religious people.
France France 34% 27% 33%
Czech Republic Czech Republic 19% 50% 30%
Belgium Belgium 43% 29% 27%
Netherlands Netherlands 34% 37% 27%
Estonia Estonia 16% 54% 26%
Germany Germany 47% 25% 25%
Sweden Sweden 23% 53% 23%
Luxembourg Luxembourg 44% 28% 22%
United Kingdom United Kingdom 38% 40% 20%
Hungary Hungary 44% 31% 19%
Denmark Denmark 31% 49% 19%
Spain Spain 59% 21% 18%
Norway Norway 32% 47% 17%
Finland Finland 41% 41% 16%
Slovenia Slovenia 37% 46% 16%
Bulgaria Bulgaria 40% 40% 13%
Lithuania Lithuania 49% 36% 12%
Slovakia Slovakia 61% 26% 11%
Iceland Iceland 38% 48% 11%
Latvia Latvia 37% 49% 10%
Switzerland Switzerland 48% 39% 9%
Austria Austria 54% 34% 8%
Croatia Croatia 67% 25% 7%
Portugal Portugal 81% 12% 6%
Meanwhile, this data represents the most developed countries in the world.
1. Norway 0.971 (▬)
2. Australia 0.970 (▬)
3. Iceland 0.969 (▬)
4. Canada 0.966 (▬)
5. Ireland 0.965 (▬)
6. Netherlands 0.964 (▲ 1)
7. Sweden 0.963 (▼ 1)
8. France 0.961 (▲ 3)
9. Switzerland 0.960 (▬)
10. Japan 0.960 (▬)
11. Luxembourg 0.960 (▼ 3)
12. Finland 0.959 (▲ 1)
13. United States 0.956 (▼ 1)O
14. Austria 0.955 (▲ 2)
15. Spain 0.955 (▬)
16. Denmark 0.955 (▼ 2)
17. Belgium 0.953 (▬)
18. Italy 0.951 (▲ 1)
19. Liechtenstein 0.951 (▼ 1)
20. New Zealand 0.950 (▬)
21. United Kingdom 0.947 (▬)
22. Germany 0.947 (▬)
23. Singapore 0.944 (▲ 1)
24. Hong Kong 0.944 (▼ 1)
25. Greece 0.942 (▬)
26. South Korea 0.937 (▬)
27. Israel 0.935 (▲ 1)
28. Andorra 0.934 (▼ 1)
29. Slovenia 0.929 (▬)
30. Brunei 0.920 (▬)
31. Kuwait 0.916 (▬)
32. Cyprus 0.914 (▬)
33. Qatar 0.910 (▲ 1)
34. Portugal 0.909 (▼ 1)
35. United Arab Emirates 0.903 (▲ 2)
36. Czech Republic 0.903 (▬)
37. Barbados 0.903 (▲ 2)
38. Malta 0.902 (▼ 3)
Many of the non-european countires are highly atheistic also, but notice how all of the most atheistic countries are very developed. There are some developed theistic countries, but these countries are radiating more and more towards atheism. Other atheistic countries are Japan, Denmark, and finland, which are all highly developed. Now lets look at the opposite end of the spectrum and see where religious countries fall.
Egypt 100 percent
• Bangladesh 99 percent
• Sri Lanka 98 percent
• Indonesia 98 percent
• Congo 98 percent
• Sierra Leone 98 percent
• Malawi 98 percent
• Senegal 98 percent
• Djibouti 98 percent
• Morocco 98 percent
• United Arab Emirates 98 percent
These countries are all not developed, and extremely poor. Now lets take another review at the 11 most non-religious countries in the world.
• Estonia 14 percent
• Sweden 17 percent
• Denmark 18 percent
• Norway 20 percent
• Czech Republic 21 percent
• Azerbaijan 21 percent
• Hong Kong 22 percent
• Japan 25 percent
• France 25 per cent
• Mongolia 27 percent
• Belarus 27 percent
7 of these 11 countries are developed countries, and some are not considered developed because they are not considered true countries. However, I hope it is clear in your mind that less religious countries are more successful then religious countries.