China: non-religious and atheist are separate answers
WVS, 2018: 49.4% chose “not a religious person”; 33.8% chose “an atheist”. Of the full weighted sample, including nonresponse.
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WVS, 2018: 49.4% chose “not a religious person”; 33.8% chose “an atheist”. Of the full weighted sample, including nonresponse.
Bars start at zero. Each uses a published value; the year and measurement universe are listed below.
- Religious people % of all weighted respondents
15.5 (2018)
- Non-religious people % of all weighted respondents
49.4 (2018)
- Atheists % of all weighted respondents
33.8 (2018)
Published estimates with the same units. Small bounded estimates are not substituted as exact values. This is a descriptive comparison.
WVS7 published tables of Joint EVS/WVS v5.0.0, 66 country/territory samples, 2017–2023. Separate EVS samples are excluded to avoid duplication. Percentages use the full weighted sample, including do-not-know, refusal and other missing responses in the denominator; this differs from EVS valid percentages. gwght retains the original national WVS weights, not population-size country weights. The weighted TOTAL is retained and is not the actual interview count. F034/Q173 distinguishes a religious person, a non-religious person and an atheist; the original WVS response does not say “convinced” although the joint harmonized heading does. Affiliation, self-description and belief are distinct questions; there is no separate agnostic category. The year is the survey reference year from the year variable, not the publication year; India is 2023. Great Britain and Northern Ireland remain separate regions. Published dashes remain unprinted cells, not exact zeros. No confidence intervals or representative global aggregate are available in these tables. Source: EVS/WVS (2024), Joint EVS/WVS 2017–2022 Dataset v5.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.14320; tables dated 2024-06-30; WVS7 v6.0, doi:10.14281/18241.24. Selected published aggregates for non-commercial analysis; original microdata are not redistributed.
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