Funeral pyre in Ubud, Bali. Cremation is the preferred method of disposal of the dead in Buddhism.[1]
This article is a list of countries by cremation rate. Cremation rates vary widely across the world.[2] As of 2019, international statistics report that countries with large Buddhist and Hindu populations like Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Thailand and India have a cremation rate ranging from 80% to 99%,[2] while Roman Catholic majority-countries like Italy, France, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, and Portugal report much lower rates.[2] Factors include both culture and religion; for example, the cremation rate in Muslim-, Eastern Orthodox–, Oriental Orthodox–, and Roman Catholic–majority countries is much lower due to religious sanctions on the practice of cremation, whereas for Hindu-, Jain-, and Buddhist-majority countries the cremation rate is much higher.[2] However, economic factors such as cemetery fees, prices on coffins and funerals greatly impel towards the choice of cremation.
^Walters, Jonathan S. (2010) [2007]. "Buddhist funerals". In Keown, Damien; Prebish, Charles S. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Buddhism (1st ed.). London and New York: Routledge. pp. 372–373. ISBN 9780415556248.
^ abcd"International Cremation Statistics 2019". www.cremation.org.uk. Maidstone: Cremation Society of Great Britain. 2020. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
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