This page lists data on religious restrictions around the world, which Pew Research Center has been tracking since 2007. This information includes measures of both religious restrictions imposed by governments as well as hostilities committed by individuals and social groups.
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Global Restrictions on Religion 2007-2016
A collection of data on government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion, collected by human coding of more than a dozen publicly available, widely cited sources of information, including the U.S. Department of State’s annual reports on international religious freedom.
Featured publication: Global Uptick in Government Restrictions on Religion in 2016
