Religious Demographics

Melina Platas, an assistant professor of political science at New York University Abu Dhabi, explains the Muslim-Christian education gap in sub-Saharan Africa.

In sub-Saharan Africa, Muslim adults are more than twice as likely as Christians to have no formal schooling.

A new Pew Research Center global demographic study shows differences in educational attainment among the world’s major religious groups.

A new Pew Research Center global demographic study shows differences in educational attainment among the world’s major religious groups.

A new Pew Research Center study, analyzing data from 151 countries, looks at education levels of Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and religiously unaffiliated adults ages 25 and older. Here are five key takeaways from the report.

Jews are more highly educated than any other major religious group around the world, while Muslims and Hindus tend to have the fewest years of formal schooling. But all religious groups are making gains, particularly among women.

Imagining the U.S. as a town of 100 people can help illuminate the nation's religious diversity.

The share of people completing a college education differs by religion, with members of some faith groups much more educated, on average, than others.

Roughly one-in-five U.S. adults were raised with a mixed religious background, according to a new Pew Research Center study.