Sweden: more believe animals can have spirits than believe in God
63% of adults say animals can have spirits or spiritual energies. 33% believe in God; 7% say religion is very important. A 2024 survey.
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A question about God alone leaves much of this picture of spiritual belief out of view. Religious commitment and beliefs about animals give very different answers.
Three separate questions, one scale from 0 to 100% of adults. People can appear in several bars; do not add them. “Spirits” in the label shortens “spirits or spiritual energies.”
- Animals can have spirits or spiritual energies % of adults
2024: 63
Pew Research Center: beliefs and practices, 2023–2024 surveys
- Belief in God % of adults
2024: 33
Pew Research Center: beliefs and practices, 2023–2024 surveys
- Religion is very important in life % of adults
2024: 7
Pew Research Center: beliefs and practices, 2023–2024 surveys
Pew Research Center, Spring 2024, telephone survey of Swedish adults. Three published weighted shares from the same wave; no mixing with a census or EVS/WVS.
Rounded to whole percentages. These are different questions, not competing answers to one question. Marginal shares do not identify who combines beliefs. “Spiritual energy” can be understood more broadly than a religious soul. The survey tests neither the truth of beliefs nor change over time.
A question for this picture
Which beliefs disappear when religiosity is measured with just one question?