Sub-Saharan Africa

79 countries and territories out of the 198 studied around the world (40%) had laws or policies in 2019 banning blasphemy.

Immigrants – particularly those from African nations – are a growing share of the U.S. Black population.

Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa tend to be more religious than U.S.-born Black adults or immigrants from the Caribbean.

Family is preeminent for most publics but work, material well-being and health also play a key role.

Around a fifth (21%) of the 198 countries evaluated banned at least one religion-related group in 2019, our analysis found.

It is estimated that at least 700,000 immigrants from 12 countries currently have or are eligible to have a reprieve from deportation under TPS.

Social hostilities involving religion, including violence and harassment against religious groups by private individuals and groups, declined in 2019, according to Pew Research Center’s 12th annual study of global restrictions on religion, which examines 198 countries and territories.

17% of the global population could be considered middle income in 2020. Most people were either low income (51%) or poor (10%).

Putting minimum wage policy in the hands of lawmakers is one of several ways in which the U.S. approach stands apart from other countries.

The unauthorized immigrant population’s size and composition has ebbed and flowed significantly over the past 30 years.